Eight Stories from the Social Media Global Report Shel Israel Writer. Speaker. Nice guy [email_address] GlobalNeighbourhoods.net Twitter.com/shelisrael

How I got here Some personal stuff Naked Conversations China 2.0 Isaac Mao

Some personal stuff

Naked Conversations

China 2.0

Isaac Mao

Global Neighbourhoods SM is about conversations 2 friends talking Geography less relevant Build neighborhoods on interest

SM is about conversations

2 friends talking

Geography less relevant

Build neighborhoods on interest

Social Media Global Report Follow SM 115 interviews 34 countries/5 continents

Follow SM

115 interviews

34 countries/5 continents

US. China. Canada . Argentina. Brazil . Chile. Australia. Singapore. Cambodia. Japan. India . Russia . Estonia. Czech Republic . Ukraine . Croatia. Bulgaria. Poland. Rumania. Greece. Italy. Germany. France . Belgium. Spain . Scotland . Ireland. UK. South Africa. Kenya. Egypt. Saudi Arabia . Holland. Lebanon

Conversations w/world-changers

Isaac Mao, China Opened my eyes to China ‘ Hacking Harmony’ ‘ Sharism’ v. Communism

Michael Dell, Dell Computer 2 billion people online by 2011 Conversations more valuable than ads. Social Media is cost effective

Laurel Papworth, Silkworm Saudi women like all women Anonymity Mutual support Jawad Boulos Queen Rania

Francois Gossieaux, Beeline Labs People are tribal Communities change Communities scale

Father Roderick, Amsterdam PoTzxccxT Very cool podcast Modern, human church People are different & alike

PoTzxccxT

Wael Abbas Egypt Citizen-Journalist Expose abuse on YouTube Telling truth is “seditious” YouTube take down ‘ I will be replaced’

Ethan Bodnar, US Student ‘ Why would I work for a company that won’t let me blog?’

‘ Why would I work for a company that won’t let me blog?’

Erik Hersman, Kenya Kenyans not warlike ‘ Ushahidi’ or ‘witness’ 100% mobile apps

Basic lessons Youth is the killer app Tools change. People stay the same Conversations are revolutionary Generosity wins

Youth is the killer app

Tools change. People stay the same

Conversations are revolutionary

Generosity wins

China in Social Media 1.2 > 25 million bloggers in 4 yrs Meteoric Facebook growth Twitter growing Joining Global Neighborhoods Starts social. Goes everywhere.

1.2 > 25 million bloggers in 4 yrs

Meteoric Facebook growth

Twitter growing

Joining Global Neighborhoods

Starts social. Goes everywhere.

Barriers: China & US Language Mutual ignorance Face-to-face difficult SM next best thing

Language

Mutual ignorance

Face-to-face difficult

SM next best thing

My Ultimate Lesson We are all alike

We are all alike

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