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Good Afternoon! MIT Enterprise Forum Leaders/Volunteers
Web Tools and Social Networking:  Building Global and Local Networks (or what the heck can I use Facebook for?!)
Who are you?
- 30ish - 50ish (young at heart) - Entrepreneur yourself - participating in one of the 24 EF’s - put on multiple events - motivate and recruit people - moderate to high tech savvy - volunteer (plus the other 4 jobs you have)
Who am I? (and more importantly why should you care)
 
 
 
I use the tools I like to share thinkjose.com flickr.com/thinkjose twitter.com/thinkjose
What will YOU  get out of this?
Tools, stories, and things you can do now! ? = DO IT!
What are the points we will cover? (or how will I know when this thing is almost over)
(very brief Web 2.0 overview) 1. Story Time 2. Widgets 3. Senior Prom 4. Rock Hard Abs 5. Racin’ 5.5 ? & QA
Lets get moving...
What is Web 2.0? (insanely quick)
Why should I care?
$5 buzzwords
Actual real world stuff
?
Web 2.0
 
next gen online tools 1.0 - 2.0 - etc.
blog
 
RSS
 
wiki
fast hawaiian
Web 2.0 is also  a shift in thinking
 
remixability
participation not publication
 
stand up
nobody listens
nobody cares about your marketing blah blah blah
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Real conversations with real people
shewwww....
1. Story Time
Whoever tells the best story wins...
Know your story
Social Networking = People Talking
 
Tell it creatively (and in lots of different ways)
 
All the senses...
Your story is not a Press Release!!!!
?
DO IT! -Tell a clear story  (so others can easily tell it) -Use multimedia (audio, video, photo, etc.) All the time! (buy camera)
2. widgets
 
held verbal hostage
held textual hostage
info overload
 
google home page
RSS feeds
It’s all about me
?
DO IT! -Use RSS -Build a blog (wordpress.com)
3. Senior Prom
remember
The event!
Theme
Take Pictures & Video!
Celebrate and Capture!
?
DO IT! -Have interesting events -Capture the moments -Get a flickr account -Share your stories
4. rock hard abs
late nite tv
 
 
myspace = business app
 
google - linkedin - facebook - myspace - bebo - youtube -
social networking works...
usually for free.
?
DO IT! -Get an account -Join/make a group -Invite your friends/members
5. Racin’
thousands of rednecks can’t be wrong
SUZSWV = 19,026 views and 1,791 replies
BMS
?
DO IT! -Empower your members/volunteers (forums, wikis, etc.) -They are smarter than you
5.5 Tasty vs. Dry
Tasty Anecdotes vs. Data & Metrics
People are doing it!
Find a geek! (it may be you)
Social networking is...
you, me, and us.
Questions?
thank you [email_address]
 

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