Esther Nagle documents her social media journey from early casual use to realizing its power for fundraising, education, and social change. Over 10 years, she raised money for causes, learned through online courses, and helped communities through projects like improving digital inclusion. She now uses social media for her organization Inspire Women Online and understands its ability to both connect people and create echo chambers. Her journey showed social media's potential when balanced with real-world interaction.
7. 2011 – THE YEAR OF TWITTER!
@funky_witch
Twitter is STUUUUUPID
@esthernagle
Twitter is AWESOME!
8. LEARNING THROUGH, AND ABOUT,
SOCIAL MEDIA
You can build your time better when you find a passion,
The Internet and public services give free education,
Scroobius Pip
9. SO MUCH INFORMATION, SO LITTLE TIME
Politics Environment
Social media
Web design
Third
Sector
Social
issues
Solutions to
society’s
problems
Teenagers
Yoga
Job Hunting
10. THE INTERNET AND PUBLIC SERVICES GIVE
FREE EDUCATION
Massive Open Online Course
http://www.mooc-list.com/
#CNSoMe
11. REALISING THE POWER OF SOCIAL
MEDIA
London's burning, London's burning.
Fetch the engines, fetch the engines.
Fire fire, Fire Fire!
Pour on water, pour on water
12. UK CITY RIOTS – CONVENTIONAL REPORTING
VS SOCIAL MEDIA
6 August 2011
15. TAKING THE LEARNING FURTHER
Social media
strategies for
several elements
Mentoring in IT and Construction
Business and IT leadership
‘Skill Upload’ – Admin to Web Designer
Improving Business Practices
Women in Construction Network
17. FRIENDS’ VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
@louanndavies
Social interaction has changed. I'm sure people thought
speaking on the telephone was weird for the first few years. Any
communication between people can be used for good or bad,
but what makes us human is our ability to share our thoughts
and feelings, using any media available.
Networking
Information sharing
Staying in touch with far away family
Meeting like-minded people
Wendy Anne Fowler Being able to do just this!
(read what you are up to & able to contribute - all while we are
both at different ends of the UK - and , indeed when I am on the
toilet )
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19. 3 LEARNING POINTS
Social media doesn’t represent the world as it is, it
represents the world as you see it
University education might be great, but you can
learn a great deal from the phenomenal range of
resources available on the web….just choose your
courses wisely
Make sure you enjoy life away from social media….
Remember you had a life before the
internet….housework does sometimes need to be
done (really?????)