(2010) Social Media Networking for Seniors

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A presentation I prepared for a group of seniors to introduce them to the concepts of social media networking

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Social Networking:What is It? Is it For Me?

Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging

{photo: Matt Hamm/flickr.com}

Devendra

http://www.linkedin.com/in/shrikhande

Covering Social Media

The BIG Plan

1. What is Social Media?2. Overview of landscape3. Quick poll 4. Social networking5. Why is it popular?6. Information channels across time7. Social Media traffic and how generations are using it8. Facebook-Blogs-Twitter-Flickr-YouTube-LinkedIn9. Social Media Safety10. Silver Social Media11. Why you should participate12. Questions13. Jump to the sites – maybe even set up accounts?

Please InterruptPLEASE INTERRUPT!

What is Social MediaWhat is Social Media?

Social Media is..

What is Social Media?

Media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable

publishing techniques

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

Social Media Landscape

Social Media Landscape

{photo: Fred Cavazza/flickr.com}

Social Media Poll

A Quick Poll

Blogs Facebook

Twitter

YouTube Flickr

LinkedIn

How many of you are active on:

Social Networking

Social Networking

Social Networking in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a_KF7TYKVc&feature=channel

Social Media Dynamics

Social Media Dynamics

Social Media in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpIOClX1jPE

Why is Social Media Popular

Why is Social Media So Popular?

1. Sites are easy to use2. Makes it easier to meet people online3. Learn more about people before contacting them4. Free5. Can be for general audience or specific focus6. Additional features – free web pages, polls

http://www.socialmediaonline.com/why-social-networking-sites-are-so-popular/

Info Channels across time

Information Channels Across TimeNote the drop-off for traditional broadcast channels (including websites)!

http://www.baekdal.com/articles/Management/market-of-information

Social Media Traffic

How Popular?

75% of Global Internet population visit social networks

Visiting social networks is fourth-most popular activity after personal email

Nielsen’s Global Faces & Networked Places 2009 http://www.socialmediaonline.com/why-social-networking-sites-are-so-popular/

Social Media Across Generations

Social Media Across Generations

1. A quarter of social media users are between the ages of 35 and 442. 61 percent of Facebook's users are middle aged or older3. College-age people do not dominate any particular Web site4. The 17-and-under crowd dominates Bebo5. Senior citizens have not caught onto social media yet6. Classmates.com has the largest amount of older members

http://royal.pingdom.com/2010/02/16/study-ages-of-social-network-users/

Facebook Numbers

Facebook

The Numbers

• 200,000,000 – number of active users• 100,000,000 - users who log on at least once each day• 170 - countries/territories that use Facebook• 35 - different languages used on Facebook• 2,600,000,000 – minutes aggregated on Facebook daily• 100 – number of friends for the average user• 700,000,000 – number of photos added monthly

Blogs Numbers

Blogs

The Numbers

• 133,000,000 – blogs indexed by Technorati since 2002• 900,000 – average number of blog posts/day• 1,750,000 – number of RSS subscribers to TechCrunch• 77% - percentage of active Internet users who read blogs• 81 - number of languages represented in the blogosphere

Blogs Dynamics

Blogs Functionality

Blogs in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI&feature=channel

Twitter Numbers

Twitter

The Numbers

• 10,709,460,000 – number of Tweets to date • 50,000,000 – number of Tweets/day• 165,414– max number of followers Inactive @BarackObama• 86,078 – max number of followers Active @kevinrose• 63% – percent male Twitter users

Twitter Dynamics

Twitter Functionality

Twitter in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o&feature=channel

Flickr Numbers

Flickr

The Numbers

• Flickr now hosts more than 4 billion images• "There were 5,111 uploads in the last minute.“• 33 Alexa Traffic Rank (21 in US)

Flickr Dynamics

Photo Sharing Functionality

Online Photo Sharing in Plain English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wZ5K0eG5wk

YouTube Numbers

YouTube

The Numbers

• YouTube has reached 100 million viewers• 14.8 billion online videos viewed in January 2009 alone• 101 videos viewed per person in the US in January 2009

LinkedIn Numbers

LinkedIn

The Numbers

• 50 million - members worldwide• 41 - average age• $109,703 - average household income• 64% - male

LinkedIn Dynamics

LinkedIn Functionality

LinkedIn Explained

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzT3JVUGUzM

Social Media Safety

Practicing Safe Social Media

{photo: Ben Cumming/flickr.com}

Social Media Safety Tips

Sensible Social Media Practices

1. Do not post you are going somewhere2. Never tweet or post your gone for the weekend or vacation (post after)

3. Never announce you live alone4. Being social does not mean spilling everything5. Explore using two email address (one social/one private)6. Avoid clicking on alerts in mailbox. Access site directly7. Never share personal info – never post it in profile (birthdays)

8. Only accept friends you know9. Assume that everything may become public someday10. Understand that on the Web it is forever

Silver Social Media Sites

Silver Social Media Sites

Eons

Growing Bolder

Eldr

Reduces Depression

Internet Use Reduces Depression by 20% among senior citizens

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/167589.php

{photo: Ben Cumming/flickr.com}

Questions?

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Ready to Explore?

Ready To Explore?

{photo: Lucas Janin/flickr.com}