The slide deck for my presentation to the AAHPM Board of Directors and Exec Staff about the rapid trend of social media. Tried to put it into a historical perspective and did not spend a lot of time explaining tweets etc. Focused on the power of networks, and stuff from Clay Shirky, Malcolm Gladwell, etc. Please contact if you would like a further explanation.
3. Social Media Explosion Information asymmetry Democratization of information Mass amateurization Social media Social networking Metcalfe’s Law Small world phenomenon FOAF effect Ambient awareness Crowdsourcing Power-law distribution
16. “ To find something comparable, you have to go back 500 years to the printing press, the birth of mass media – which, incidentally, is what really destroyed the old world of kings and aristocracies. Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it’s the people who are taking control.” – Rupert Murdoch
17. “ Activities that integrate technology & social interaction around the creation of words, pictures, video and audio” -Wikipedia
18. 3 out of 4 Americans use Social Media Technology -Forrester, The Growth of Social Technology Adoption
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20. 6 billion minutes per day 2 billion shared items per week 10 million fans per day Average user has 130 friends
31. On March 31st, the FDA issued a memo effectively ending the production and distribution of morphine 20mg/ml liquid along with other opioids Thursday
33. Questions to Consider Information wants to be free Organizing without orgs Transparency & participation Resource utilization JPSM use of social media Social media strategy Role in teaching effective use