A look at some of the current and emerging trends around social media, social networks and collaborative technology. We've transitioned from the industrial paradigms of the 20th century to a new age full of opportunities for shared knowledge and learning. But it's an increasingly complex world and we need to be able to adapt and change if we are to make the most of our opportunities.
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Future Trends In Social Media
1. Where Next For Social Media
29 June 2012
Steve Dale
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3. What I will cover
•The world is changing (some stats)
•Quantity vs. Quality - in search of
relevance
•Reputation, influence and trust
•Technology
•The future is ‘appified’ and mobile
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4. “Social Media” in a nutshell Donut
Twitter I’m eating a #donut
Facebook I like donuts
This is where I eat donuts
Instagram This is a vintage photo of my donut
Here I am eating my donut
LinkedIn My skills include eating donuts
Pinterest Here’s a recipe for making donuts
Last FM Now listening to “Donuts”
Google+ I’ve joined a circle of donut-eating enthusiasts
Reddit There’s a conspiracy around donut eating
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Source: Many
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5. some
lies,
damn
lies
and
sta-s-cs
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6. Number Of Users Monthly Visits
Time Spent
Source: http://marciamarcia.tumblr.com @stephendale
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7. Every Minute On The Internet
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8. 2.1 billion Internet users 555 million websites
350 million Facebook users log-in via mobile phone
5.9 billion mobile subscriptions - more than number
of tooth brushes!
Apple’s iPad share of global tablet web traffic is 88%
No. of network devices = global population - will
be 2 x global population by 2015
Source: http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/01/17/internet-2011-in-numbers/ @stephendale
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9. Social networking and mobile
devices.
•66% of online adults use social
media platforms such as Twitter,
Facebook, Myspace or LinkedIn
•Smartphone and tablet shipments
now outpace PCs.
•41% of Gen Y say social media is
important to them in the workplace.
•64% of Gen Y download
unauthorised applications at least
once per week to get their job
Sources: done.
Pew Internet and American Life Project,
IDC Predictions for 2012
Prescient Digital @stephendale
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10. The world is
changing.
People are
empowered like
never before.
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11. BUT....
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13. in
search
of
relevance...
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14. The Rise And Rise Of Digital
Curation
“Social
Curators” use their insight
into a particular audience to
determine what might interest them
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15. g
d in
ren
&
T
o n
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gre
Ag
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16. t io n
m a
fo r
d
In
l is e
o n a
P e rs
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17. reputa-on,
influence
and
trust
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18. Knowledge from a
trusted source is
richer than what
we can discover
for ourselves
Photo: Flickr.com by Jackie Welberg!
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19. How credible are your sources?
rce: Stuart McCrae www.smcrae.com ! @stephendale
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20. ce
e n
f lu
d in gly
an s in
n a
Your
i o r e
networks
at c
in t
might know
t
u ing
ep an
r
e eco porm t
n lin b
O are im
Influence Measurement Services?
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21. technology
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22. ...but
technology
can
influence
human
behaviour
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23. Gamification
Increasing use in serious/professional
networks to encourage engagement and
participation.
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25. Mobile will be bigger than
desktop Internet within 5 years.
Source: Morgan Stanley Internet Trends Report 4 Dec 2010
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26. Working patterns are changing
More than a third of
enterprise employees
are working outside
the firewall and
need tools that keep
them connected with
their peers and
business applications.
Source: Forrester
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27. Access to data and information,
anywhere, anytime, any device.
Cloud services can provide real-time data
synchronisation
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28. Rise of the Apps!
2005 – 2010 Design for
PC, think about Mobile
2011/12/? Design for
Mobile, think about PC
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34. Augmented Reality
New York Nearest Places: lets you explore Golfscape GPS Rangefinder: an augmented reality
New York like never before. And you have range finder for Golf lovers. It covers 35K+ Panoramascope: gives you information about
seen nothing yet. courses. It displays the distance from front, your surroundings (mountains, their names).
center, and back of green.
Cyclopedia: adds Wikipedia information to your Theodolite: a little app that acts as your Star Chart: gives you your very own virtual
reality. When you move your iPhone around, the app compass, GPS, map, and two-axis inclinometer. star chart on your iPhone. Just point your
will automatically dig up information and display it on Great for hiking and active sports in general. iPhone to the sky and this app will tell you
your screen. what you are looking at.
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35. Take-‐aways
• Social Media is ubiquitous. The numbers keep getting
bigger. But information Quantity is beating Quality.
• Curation and personalisation becoming increasingly
important as people seek out relevant information.
• Online reputation, influence and trust becoming the
DNA of the web.
• Gamification comes to serious/professional networks
• The future is mobile and ‘appified’. Products/services
not designed for mobile will flounder.
• Users/workers expect data & information anywhere,
anytime, on any device.
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36. Sources/References
• Morgan Stanley Internet Trends: http://www.morganstanley.com/institutional/
techresearch/pdfs/Internet_Trends_041210.pdf
• Internet World Stats: http://www.internetworldstats.com
• Marcia Marcia http://marciamarcia.tumblr.com
• Royal Pingdom: http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/01/17/internet-2011-in-numbers/
• McKinsey, Big Data: The Next Frontier For Innovation.... http://www.mckinsey.com/
mgi/publications/big_data/pdfs/MGI_big_data_full_report.pdf
• Edition:http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/19/tech/social-media/google-plus-users/
index.html
• Venturebeat: http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/20/google-skews-google-plus-statistics/
• Phil.co: http://phill.co/social-media/social-media-statistics-dec-2011-video-infographic
• ComScore: http://www.comscore.com/Products_Services/Product_Index/
Media_Metrix_Suite/Media_Metrix_Core_Reports
• Go-Gulf.com (60 seconds) http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/60-seconds
• Dilbert: www.dilbert.com/
• Pew Internet
• IDC
• Prescient Digital
Other photos and images sourced from Google images and iStock Photos.
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37. “Life can only be understood backwards,
but it must be lived forwards.”
Soren Geer, Danish Philosopher
Email: Steve.dale@collabor8now.com
Twitter: @stephendale
Profile: http://about.me/stephendale
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