This document provides tips for using social media to connect with people and opportunities for learning from Sarah Stewart. It lists her roles and areas of expertise, projects she has worked on, tools she uses for social media including blogs, Twitter, Facebook and Wikispaces. It also lists 10 tips for successful networking and connecting through social media such as being consistent in branding yourself, focusing on quality over quantity, and responding to people who contact you. Contact information is provided at the end.

1. How to use social media to connect with people for learning and other opportunities Sarah Stewart 2011

2. It's all about me!

3. Midwife

4. Educator

5. Researcher

6. EdD student

7. Parent

8. Gardener

9. Rugby fan

10. Projects I've been working on

11. Virtual International Day of the Midwife

12. Eportfolio: http://sarahstewart-eportfolio.wikispaces.com

13. Virtual Birthing Unit: http://slenz.wordpress.com

14. E-mentoring

15. “ Facilitating Online”: http://wikieducator.org/Facilitating_Online

16. Virtual commuting to Griffith University

17. Collaborative wiki for staff developers: http://mindthegap2011.wikispaces.com

18. How to write a paper for publication in 6 weeks: http://writingapaperin6weeks.wikispaces.com

19. What tools do I use?

20. Blog

21. Twitter: @sarahstewart

22. Facebook

23. Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs

24. Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmstewart

25. YouTube/Blip.TV: http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahmstewart

26. Wikispaces

27. Skype

28. Google Docs/DropBox

29. Email groups http://www.flickr.com/photos/40780016@N02/3914728401

30. Where has this led me?

31. Brisbane

32. Queensland

33. Pakistan

34. Everywhere

35. 10 tips for successful networking, connecting and learning

36. Be prepared to give time to networking and don't expect things to happen over night http://www.flickr.com/photos/14516334@N00/316350537

37. Be consistent about how you 'brand' yourself http://www.flickr.com/photos/62845223@N00/1459717062

38. Be open

39. Focus on what you can give as opposed to what you can receive http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenr/2926296193/sizes/z/in/photostream/

40. Focus on quality, not quantity http://www.flickr.com/photos/8663326@N06/4429964169

41. Be authentic http://www.flickr.com/photos/7487149@N03/519690623

42. Practice what you preach http://www.flickr.com/photos/17362366@N00/1288183535

43. Always respond to people when they contact you http://www.flickr.com/photos/44373968@N00/2565606353

44. Keep a blog and post a minimum of 2/3 posts per week http://www.flickr.com/photos/9106303@N05/2493066577

45. Set up a Twitter account and post at least a couple of comments per day http://www.flickr.com/photos/32931740@N06/3326772902

46. Use a licence on your “stuff” so that people can share and re-use it http://www.flickr.com/photos/55943778@N00/3640362081

47. Presentation is available: http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs [email_address] http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com Twitter: SarahStewart Skype: sarah.m.stewart