Social Networking Basics:
A very short introduction to Facebook,
Twitter, and maybe a bit of MySpace
Presented by:
Matthew “Buzzy” Nielsen
Assistant Director, North Bend Public Library
This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution
September 4, 2009 United States license. For more information, visit http://www.creativecommons.org.

Arrrggghhh!!!

Who’s on these sites?
People with profiles on social
networking sites:
Adults age 18-24 75%
Adults (overall) 35%
Adults 65+ 7%
Data source: Pew Internet & American Life Project's December 2008 tracking survey

Social networking is . . .
Connecting with friends and family

Social networking is . . .
Conversing with people

Social networking is . . .
Sharing your interests

Social networking is NOT . . .
Difficult

Social networking is NOT . . .
Time-consuming

Social networking is NOT . . .
Useless

Some short introductions to . . .

What
A site to connect with friends, post photos,
and generally interact with people online.
Who
A goodly portion of people under 30.
And a growing percentage of those above it.

What you see

Status updates

Status updates
They’re all about conversation

What’s going on?
Networks

What’s going on
Multimedia

What else can I do?

Find friends

Send messages

Send messages

Post photos and videos

Post photos and videos
Photo “albums”

What they see

What they see

Personal information

Personal information

Privacy

Privacy

Privacy

What
Allows people to post short updates
(140 characters or fewer). AKA microblogging
Who
Anyone interested in sharing
ideas and connecting with people.

What you see

It like Facebook, but simplified

Twitter’s main question

But it’s about so much more!

What you see

What you see

Followers

Followers

Tweets

Your profile

It’s all about conversation

It’s all about conversation

And sharing

And sharing

What
Another social site similar to Facebook,
and one that’s been around a bit longer
Who
Young people (particularly teenagers), music
bands, authors, organizations,
& lots of other people

What you see

Friends

Updates

Messages

What they see

I can do that!

Questions?

Thank you.
Check us out on the Web:
http://info.cclsd.org./non
Follow us on Twitter:
@nblib
Download this presentation on slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/nbpl/social-networking-basics-1950427