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Social Media: Expand Your ReachFind out how social media is being used to communicate, collaborate and engage colleagues, clients, and communities. Tools include: Facebook, Twitter and blogs. This session will cover: Tips for getting started using social networking, practical examples of how others in the field are using it, and Making your Case: How to talk to supervisors and IT about using social networking for work.TRANSCRIPT
SOCIAL MEDIA: EXPAND YOUR REACH WISCONSIN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION CONVENTION
Heidi DusekYouth & Family Coordinator, Outagamie County UW-Extension
Resources for this presentation
This presentation is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/hmdusek
An outline of tools referenced is available at:http://bit.ly/heidi-edtech
Research is sited on most slides, however much of my information comes from the PEW Research Center: Internet & Technology http://pewresearch.org/topics/internetandtechnology/
Definitions came from: www.techterms.com
Opportunities technology can provide? New programming format Reach newer/diverse audiences Source of knowledge Save staff time and resources Becoming more user friendly
Challenges in using technology? Keeping up with the changes Inappropriate use Safety & Security Virtual replacing “real life”
All Whites (75%)
All Blacks (59%)
English-Speaking Hispanics
(80%)
73%* of the population reports using the internet or email. Here is a breakdown of use among different online groups.(shown as a percentage of population online)
18-29 Years Old (90%)
30-49 Years Old (85%)
50-64 Years Old (70%)
65+ Years Old (35%)
No High School Degree (44%)
College Graduates (91%)
<$30K Income (53%)
>$75K Income (95%)
Men (73%)Women
(73%)
*Source: Pew Internet & American Life Survey, May 2008. http://www.pewinternet.org
** This statistic comes from the Pew Internet Project’s Latinos Online data, collected June-October, 2006.
High School Graduates (63%)
Urban (74%)
Rural (63%)
Suburban (77%)
Spanish-Dominant Hispanics (32%)**
Risks and Considerations
Who is your audience? Is it appropriate? Privacy (settings/expected behavior) Copyright & Fair Use Terms of Service Agreement
-liability, who owns the content Accountability
-how do people find your content Life of the Data (permission to post) Stability of site/Security
Before getting connected….
How do I know what to choose? UW-Cooperative Extension has just
released a position paper comparing different technologies, teaching methods, strengths and limitations.
For more information see this link. * also available on Heidi-edtech bookmark resource at the beginning of this presentation.
Web 2.0 tools
Interactive Open-Source Collaborative Interact with other applications (widgets) Integrated, often using RSS
Real Simple Syndication
Social Networking
Means for individual profiles Connect globally Virtual communities Examples: Facebook, MySpace, Linked
In, Ning
Ways to Use Social Networking Extend your network- find connections with
others-staff (network, program development, communication)
Marketing program/products-new audiences (marketing, awareness, fundraising)-fan pages-group pages-event announcements
Communicate with other groups-Public or private
Social Media in the workplace “We see this as an area that will continue to
grow. We believe that responsible, professional, educational and scholarly use of social media is possible and encourage our colleagues to engage in its appropriate use.”
Source: CE-Tech services position paper. For more information on guidance to use social media in workplace, please see their recommendations.
Sample policies available here: Social Media Governance
Adults and Social Networking 75% of 18-24 year olds have profile 57% of 25-34 year olds have profile 30% of 35-44 year olds have profile 19% of 45-54 year olds have profile 10% of 55-64 year olds have profile 7% of adults 65 and older have a profile.
These rates have quadrupled since 2005
Real-Simple-Syndication. By having an RSS feed/aggregator, websites that you subscribe to will update in your RSS, rather than you having to go to different website for current content. It’s like having an INBOX for the web.
RSS in Plain English-videoExamples: Google Reader, Bloglines, Pageflakes
RSS
Social Bookmarking
Similar to a real-life bookmark A marker for a Web site. (In Internet
Explorer, they're called "Favorites“). Accessible from anywhere on the web Allow “tags” to sort your bookmarks
Examples: Delicious, Filamentality, Diigo, Edmondo
Blog and Micro-blogs
Short for "Web Log" journal entries posted on a Web page-
given a personalized URL address. Allows ANYONE to be an author
Examples: Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter
How are Professionals using blogs?
Newsletter updates Recognition Sharing Results: Evaluation, Impact,
Research Marketing
Events Programming Fundraising
Managing a blog
Establish content- long or short Updates (at least 2x per month) Make others aware of your blog (clients,
partners) Track Statistics Can embed multimedia into blog Can embed blog into other networks
(Facebook) comments-interactive
What is Twitter?
Micro-blogging platform 140 character limit Integrates into other web 2.0 Allows web and mobile updates
Tweet: Twitter posting
Who uses twitter?
Twitter, Tweets, Tweeps
Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status
Collaboration Tools
Wikis: a Web site that allows users to add and update content. (public or private) PBWorks, Wikispaces, Wet-Paint, Wiggio
Collaborative editing and file sharing Google Docs Writeboard Drop.io
Calendar/scheduling Doodle
Multimedia Tools
Images, video, audio TONS of open source software for editing
and sharing
PLEASE remember to get permission to post. You are required by law to obtain release forms and maintain them for the life of the media.
Photo editing and Sharing
GIMP/Pixlr- open source for high end photo editing (similar to Photoshop-but free)
Flickr- create groups for organization to share photos (classroom display example)
Picassa –requires download. Integrated with Google. Also includes Collage and presentation tools
Cooliris-fast, cinematic way to view pictures in 3-D
Foto Flexer-easy-to-use photo editing that integrates with the major online photo-sharing sites
Audio- podcasts
Podcasts are audio and video broadcasts that can be played on an iPod, or downloaded to a computer through iTunes. Anyone can create and distribute podcasts. Most common way to share is by posting a link to your website.
Web 2.0 tools for creating podcasts: Gabcast, pod-o-matic, kidcast
Video Editing and Sharing
Teacher tube- video sharing site for teachers. Bypasses most filters typically blocked by YouTube.
YouTube- free web-based platform to publish videos. Can easily embed into other Web 2.0
Presentation tools
Animoto - Upload images to this site, select your music and it applies all the transitions and creates a customized a video. Easy-to-use, and very high quality!
Jing - create short (<5 minutes) screen capture videos with audio support. Free download and server space to store and share the videos you have created.
SlideRocket - With SlideRocket you quickly make stunning presentations, manage a library of slides and assets, share them securely with colleagues, and measure how they're used
Slideshare - upload PowerPoint presentations to share publicly or privately. Like YouTube, but for presentations.
Overwhelmed?
Just know these applications exist to help you
If they sound exciting, try to incorporate just 1-2 into your programming.