This is the presentation I gave at IGNITE MPLS. It is about how I view the world, having grown up social, using site to network my entire life.

2. Born: Sept 18 th , 1988

3. Joined MySpace: 2005

5. Joined Facebook: 2006-2007

6. Joined Twitter: 2008 (because of a job, and curious) (my productivity has been missing ever since)

7. Why? Why is he telling us this? Why do I care?

8. I have grown up social. Messaging, poking, (profile) stalking=2 nd nature also, I attend a lot of events I cant drink at…

9. 1990’s communication: Phone Letter Bike Messenger

10. Ways I can contact @stephanielz: Phone Letter FB message FB poke FB wall @ on Twitter DM on Twitter SMS MMS Email

11. I grew up always on, 24/7. Its all I know. Not having it=out of element

12. So what does this mean?

14. (I took this pic this morning)

16. Privacy vs. Brand Management

17. My participation in social media was the basis for my career

18. My Participation in social media affects my daily life

19. Growing up social has found me friends I never would have known

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