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Using Social Software to Get  the   your  Word Out   Dr. Matthew Ganis IBM – ganis@us.ibm.com Fast Changes - Fierce Challenges  Corporations Sharing Expertise to Help Non-Profits Survive and Thrive   March 2009
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What is Social Networking? Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivisions This computer-mediated communication has become very popular with  social sites  like  MySpace  and  Facebook ,  media sites  like Flickr and YouTube, and  commercial sites  like Amazon.com and eBay.
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What is Twitter ? Twitter is a social networking or microblogging service that allows users to send small updates (messages) about what they are currently doing. Twitter does this by sending short text messages (140 characters in length) called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers."
Number of people  following me Number of people  I’m following
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Blogs A "Blog" is an abbreviated version of "weblog," which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information.  A blog is a frequently updated, personal website featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles on other Web sites.  They can range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.
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Building Networks (linkedin, plaxo) Allows you to stay informed about what’s happening with your contacts or within your industry. It also helps you find the right, knowledgeable people, which help you achieve your goals
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How should I use it ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Share, Share – that’s Fair !
Sharing your information Flickr is a popular photo-sharing and hosting service with advanced and powerful features. It supports an active and engaged community where people share and explore each other's photos. You can share and host hundreds of your own pictures on Flickr  without paying a dime   (there's also a pro service that gets you unlimited storage and sharing for about $2 a month)
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Brand Channels ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
Get Creative Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" issued a challenge to his audience. He shot a video of himself on a green screen for fans to download and edit in any way they wanted. He asked people to submit the videos to his fan site. Many of the videos have also shown up on YouTube. The result has been phenomenal. One video alone on YouTube has been viewed almost  700,000  times
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Using Social Software To Get Your Word Out

  • 1. Using Social Software to Get the your Word Out Dr. Matthew Ganis IBM – ganis@us.ibm.com Fast Changes - Fierce Challenges Corporations Sharing Expertise to Help Non-Profits Survive and Thrive March 2009
  • 2.
  • 3. What is Social Networking? Social networking is the grouping of individuals into specific groups, like small rural communities or a neighborhood subdivisions This computer-mediated communication has become very popular with social sites like MySpace and Facebook , media sites like Flickr and YouTube, and commercial sites like Amazon.com and eBay.
  • 4.
  • 5. Where did it start ?
  • 6.
  • 8.  
  • 9. What is Twitter ? Twitter is a social networking or microblogging service that allows users to send small updates (messages) about what they are currently doing. Twitter does this by sending short text messages (140 characters in length) called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers."
  • 10. Number of people following me Number of people I’m following
  • 11.
  • 12. Blogs A "Blog" is an abbreviated version of "weblog," which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog is a frequently updated, personal website featuring diary-type commentary and links to articles on other Web sites. They can range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.
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  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18. Building Networks (linkedin, plaxo) Allows you to stay informed about what’s happening with your contacts or within your industry. It also helps you find the right, knowledgeable people, which help you achieve your goals
  • 19.
  • 20.
  • 21.  
  • 22.
  • 23. Share, Share – that’s Fair !
  • 24. Sharing your information Flickr is a popular photo-sharing and hosting service with advanced and powerful features. It supports an active and engaged community where people share and explore each other's photos. You can share and host hundreds of your own pictures on Flickr without paying a dime (there's also a pro service that gets you unlimited storage and sharing for about $2 a month)
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  • 28. Get Creative Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" issued a challenge to his audience. He shot a video of himself on a green screen for fans to download and edit in any way they wanted. He asked people to submit the videos to his fan site. Many of the videos have also shown up on YouTube. The result has been phenomenal. One video alone on YouTube has been viewed almost 700,000 times
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