Social networking, blogs, and online video are open, transparent and collaborative, allowing innovation to grow at unprecedented speeds. Learn how consumers, activists, and entrepreneurs are leveraging the power of the social media to create a sustainability revolution. Hear breaking stories on how the Internet is being used for microlending, localization, citizen journalism and corporate accountability. Shepp, a new media expert, will help you see a vision of the near future.
24. FACEBOOK STATS
• More than 300 million active
users
• 50% of our active users log on
to Facebook in any given day
• The fastest growing
demographic is those 35 years
old and older
• More than 8 billion minutes are
spent on Facebook each day
(worldwide)
• More than 45 million status
updates each day
• About 70% of Facebook users
are outside the United States
• More than 2 billion pieces of
content (web links, news stories,
blog posts, notes, photos, etc.)
shared each week
November 2009
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
25. LIVE STREAMING
U2's Live Concert: 10 million
streams across 7 continents
Thousands of fans left messages
thanking the band for the free
internet gig.
Michael Jackson's "This is
It" Red Carpet: 1.8 Million
viewers, 6 languages
around the globe
38. WOMAN’S BLOGGING NETWORK
• Thirty-six million women
read or write a blog every
week, and women spend
about $2 trillion a year.
• BlogHer is working to create
opportunities for women
online, from mommy bloggers
to future online entrepreneurs.
• Teaching women about
technology empowers a
growing and influential
demographic in an ever more
pervasive medium.
48. GREEN MOBILE APPS
• GenGreen (ThirdWhale):
Find local green business and
services.
• Good Guide: Find health,
environmental, and social
performance ratings for over
70,000 food, toys, personal
care, & household products.
49. #IRANELECTION #CNNFAIL
• June 2009; Disputed Iranian
presidential election.
• Authorities shut down text
messaging, blocked Facebook and
YouTube and cut off the BBC
Persian-language service — but
they forgot about Twitter.
• Iran's lifeline to the outside, a
way for Iranians to tell the world
what's happening on the streets
ofTehran in real time — and a
vital means of communication
among themselves.
50. PARTICIPATION:
How do you use Mobile Technology for Activism?
Tweet your answer with hashtag #GreenFest
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