Social Networking
Web 2.0
New Lebanon Library
June 18, 2009
Marcia Mayper – info@innovative.net
518.793.8012

Agenda
• What is Social Networking?
• The Networks
• Some Terminology
• A look at the major players
• Search for you or your organization
• Set up a Facebook account with photo/image
• Q&A
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Social Networking
School
Friends
Family
Work
Yes, this is an old photo, of a younger Marcia 
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The Networks
Most Popular Social Networks
• Blogging: • MySpace
– www.blogger.com – www.myspace.com
– www.wordpress.com • YouTube (Google)
• Facebook – www.youtube.com
– www.facebook.com • Wikipedia
• Flickr – www.wikipedia.com
– www.flickr.com • LinkedIn
• Twitter – www.linkedin.com
– www.twitter.com
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Profile = information about you, photos, videos, can be kept private!
Tags = descriptive words – helps to group like items = photos, friends
Mashups= combination of various applications – links to other social
networks
Folksonomy= social tagging – Project = steve.museum
SOME TERMINOLOGY
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Blogs
Google’s Blogger = www.blogger.com
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Blogs
WordPress = www.wordpress.com
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The Cultured Web
http://theculturedweb.blogspot.com
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Blog Features
Videos
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Blogs I Follow…
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Teens to Young Adult – www.facebook.com
FACEBOOK
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Photo Site
www.flickr.com
FLICKR
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What are you doing?
www.twitter.com
TWITTER
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MySpace
• ….the younger set….
• www.myspace.com
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Video, photos, music….
www.youtube.com
YOUTUBE
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www.wikipedia.com
WIKIPEDIA
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Professional Network
www.lindedin.com
LINKEDIN
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Slideshare
• Powerpoint presentations
• Word Documents
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Q&A
THANK YOU!
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