Social Media Stats and Trends for Extension Professionals
1. Social Media in Extension Columbus, GA September 3, 2009 Anne Mims Adrian, PhD Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University
2. “Today, if you're not staying current with Web 2.0 technologies' impact on business, then you're just not staying current. Period.”Sarah Perez of ReadWriteWeb flickr.com/photos/rambleon/2384382498/in/set-72157604099911780/
9. Facebook Facebook is the largest social networking site, passing MySpace in 2008 www.mashable.com
10. Facebook Women older than 55 make up the fastest-growing age group on Facebook cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/13/social.network.older/
11. Twitter stats 3 million - Tweets/day (March 2008) Tuesday– most popular day Wednesday – close 2nd popular day techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/end-of-speculation-the-real-twitter-usage-numbers/ sysomos.com/insidetwitter/Inside Twitter An In-Depth Look Inside the Twitter World
12. Twitter stats 2.62 billion - number of Tweets as July 14, 2009 Twitter is the fastest growing (752% increase in 2008!) http://popacular.com/gigatweet/ Giga Tweet thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/ 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats www.mashable.com
13. Wikipedia 75,000- active contributors 13 million– number of articles contributors have worked on thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/ 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats & thefuturebuzz.com/2009/07/10/future-marketing-trends/ Future Marketing Trends – By The Numbers
14. Wikipedia ~57 million 2008monthly visitors ~65 million 2009 monthly visitors thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/ 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats & thefuturebuzz.com/2009/07/10/future-marketing-trends/ Future Marketing Trends – By The Numbers
15. YouTube 70 million– videos (March 2008) 95.4 million – videos (May 2009) 13 hours- amount of video uploaded every minute thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/ 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats & thefuturebuzz.com/2009/07/10/future-marketing-trends/ Future Marketing Trends – By The Numbers
16. Blogosphere 346 million – people read blogs (comScore March 2008) 900,000 - average number of blog posts in a 24 hour period 77% - active Internet users read blogs thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/ 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats
17. 1 trillion - unique URLs in Google’s index thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/ 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats
18. What is the point? http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipnclick/2945026921/
22. Online connections enhance working & social relationships & build social capital, particularly in relationships that already have a physical presence. Hampton, K. (2002) Hampton, K. & Wellman, B. (2003) Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., & Lampe, C. (2007)
23. So what is the point? What does this mean for Cooperative Extension? flickr.com/photos/skipnclick/2945026921/
27. Learn to drink from a fire hose slideshare.net/aafromaa/drinking-from-a-fire-hoseconnect.extension.iastate.edu/p73481377/ flickr.com/photos/webwalker/114991439/
28. Multiple areas of interest and avenues Wikis (Wikipedia, and internal) Google Documents Twitter Facebook Friendfeed Colleagues Organization’s news (internal, partners, competitors) Friends’ social bookmarks (delicious)
29. Multiple areas of interest and avenues Email Comments on blogs (particularly my own) Google Analytics Feedburner Google Alerts Communities (book club, Ning communities) Flickr YouTube General news Personal information
32. Choose pipes, methods, and info based on your purpose and what you value flickr.com/photos/namlhots/3096109459/ blog.k1v1n.com/2008/10/defining-freerange-enterprise.html
33. Use a “start page” iGoogle Google Reader Netvibes Friendfeed
34. Network Connect & build relationships withthose who share your interests. flickr.com/photos/rambleon/2637714144/
35. Keep learning new tools Becometechnologically adept flickr.com/photos/cc511/2304699865/ blog.k1v1n.com/2008/10/defining-freerange-enterprise.html
37. “…that's part of the fire hose …a mix of rapid fire ideas loaded with “imperfections”—a lot like life. Jason Adam Young flickr.com/photos/aafromaa/3026998606/in/set-72157608631840641/
42. Re-tune filters Continuously re-tune. Filters temporary. Updating the old filters is not the fix. We create, rethink, and re-tuned the filters. flickr.com/photos/jasoncwallace/2224259237/
43. Navigate the flow of easily, conveniently, and efficiently published information. flickr.com/photos/jdorner/2624179515/
44. Re-think social structure & expectations New paradigm –underlying way we share & not share. flickr.com/photos/ihardlyflickr/2368302976/
45. Extension Blog Examples Winston County Natural Resources Council wcnrc.blogspot.com/ Agriculture in Van Wert County, Ohio gvanwert.wordpress.com/ Eat, Save, and Be Healthy: Ohio State University Extension Family and Consumer Sciences osufcs.wordpress.com/
46. Extension Blog Examples FCS Edu-Connector information & resources useful to educators and parents. Joanne Kinsey, Family & Community Health Sciences Educator, Rutgers University fcsedu-connector.blogspot.com/
47. Social Networks Examples ACES Food Processors Network on Ryzehttp://www.ryze.com/networkindex.php?network=acesfoodsafety
48. Family Consumer Science Extension Educators on Twitter (a few examples) karynblass media literacy for girls/young adults, financial literacy for young people. sharoncowen family/work balance; also focuses on refugee parents/families. justjokins Joanne Kinsey Rutgers. woodskl Kristin Woods Alabama food safety agent.
50. Resources Engaging Communities on their on Turf: Secrets of Social networkers connect.extension.iastate.edu/p79426457/ Not information overload--filter failure blog.anneadrian.com/2008/10/not-information-overload-filter-failure.html
51. Resources Clay Shirky "It's not information overload. It's filter failure" http://web2expo.blip.tv/file/1277460/ at Web 2.0 Expo NY Beginner’s Guide to Social Media in Extension http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Beginners_Guide_to_Social_Media_in_Extension
52. Resources Poscente, Vince. The Age of Speed. Aral, Sinan and Van Alstyne, Marshall W., "Network Structure & Information Advantage: Structural Determinants of Access to Novel Information and Their Performance Implications" (January 18, 2007). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=958158
53. Resources RSS in Plain English, a video introduction to using news readers from Common Craft commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english Use a newsreaderblog.anneadrian.com/2007/05/how-to-use-news-reader.html
54. Resources Feeding Frenzy, an eXtension 30-Minute session recording presented by Beth Raney, eXtension connect.extension.iastate.edu/p51525211/ How to Use Twitter for Business - Webinar on 6/18/09 flyte.biz/resources/newsletters/08/06-twitter-for-business.php
55. Resources Social Media Marketing Guide. How To Use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube And MySpace To Grow Your Internet Marketing Business small-business-articles.com/social-media-marketing-guide-how-to-use-twitter-facebook-youtube-and-myspace-to-grow-your-internet-marketing-business/
56. Resources Twitter Guide: How to, Tips, and Instructions mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/ Ohio Farm Bureau Social Media Guide ofbf.org/uploads/social-media-guide.pdf Misconception about web technologies blog.anneadrian.com/2009/06/misconception-about-web-technologies_26.html
57. Resources Hampton, K. (2002). Place-based and IT mediated “community.” Planning Theory and Practice, 3(2), 228-23. Hampton, K. & Wellman, B. (2003). Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet supports community and social capital in a wired suburb. City and Community, 2(4), 277-311. Ellison, N. B. Steinfield, C., and Lampe, C. (2007). The benefits of Facebook “friends”: Social capital and college students’ use of online social network sites. Journal of Computer Mediation Communication, 12(4), Article 1.
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60. Social Media in Extension September 2009 Anne Mims Adrian, PhD Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn University aadrian@auburn.edu blog.anneadrian.com
Editor's Notes
You realize that there is a plethora of information available, some that is accurate and some that may not be accurate, but nevertheless you want to keep up.You are true professional, and you don’t want to get caught now knowing your industry, your area of expertise.http://www.flickr.com/photos/rambleon/2384382498/in/set-72157604099911780Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Share —Remix — Under the following conditions: Attribution. Noncommercial.
techcrunch.com/2008/04/29/end-of-speculation-the-real-twitter-usage-numbers/http://www.sysomos.com/insidetwitter/Inside Twitter An In-Depth Look Inside the Twitter World
http://popacular.com/gigatweet/ Giga Tweetthefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Statswww.mashable.com
thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Statsthefuturebuzz.com/2009/07/10/future-marketing-trends/Future Marketing Trends – By The Numbers
thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Statsthefuturebuzz.com/2009/07/10/future-marketing-trends/Future Marketing Trends – By The Numbers
thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats& thefuturebuzz.com/2009/07/10/future-marketing-trends/Future Marketing Trends – By The Numbers
thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats
thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats
Vince Poscente the author ofThe Age of Speed describes that increasing the speed for which we do things and absorb information is integral to surviving today and tomorrow. He also recognizes that demand and desire for speed has blurred the lines between work, home and play. This new environment has changed the paradigm of compartmentalized life.
They analyzed the *content* of the email messages and found that in fact employees with more diverse social networks did have access to more diverse information (as measured across the content of their email). We also found that this link - between network diversity and information diversity - explained productivity and performance differences: Workers with access to diverse information through diverse social networks generated more revenue, completed more projects and completed projects faster, controlling for a host of traditional demographic and human capital variables such as age, gender, education, industry experience etc.The paper can be found here:Aral, Sinan and Van Alstyne, Marshall W., "Network Structure & Information Advantage: Structural Determinants of Access to Novel Information and Their Performance Implications" (January 18, 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=958158
http://blog.anneadrian.com/2009/06/misconception-about-web-technologies_26.html To name just 3 studies (I can find more) are:Hampton, K. (2002). Place-based and IT mediated “community.” Planning Theory and Practice, 3(2), 228-23 Hampton, K. & Wellman, B. (2003) Neighboring in Netville: How the Internet supports community and social capital in a wired suburb. City and Community, 2(4), 277-311. Ellison, N. B. Steinfield, C., and Lampe, C. (2007). The benefits of Facebook “friends”: Social capital and college students’ use of online social network sites. Journal of Computer Mediation Communication, 12(4), Article 1.
People change locations /tools / communitiesflickr.com/photos/mcgarry/111003432/
This goes back to the idea that we break down the physical boundaries of time and physical locations. Information is fluid.http://www.flickr.com/photos/philhawksworth/2588299896/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/webwalker/114991439/The idea of this slide is from Drinking from a Fire Hose: http://www.slideshare.net/aafromaa/drinking-from-a-fire-hose and http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p73481377/
Strategies for managing information and technology growthAdapted partially from Floyd Davenport’s Keeping Up With TechnologyFirst and foremost, relax. Don’t let technology overwhelm and stress you. There are over 100 million blogs covering thousands of different subjects, you can’t read them all. Studies have shown that up to 90% of software features go unused, don’t feel you have to learn them all. Recognize your own limitations and priorities and understand that you are not alone. http://www.flickr.com/photos/zunami/2283133585/ Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 GenericYou are free: to Share — to Remix — Under the following conditions: Attribution. Share Alike.
Strategies for managing information and technology growthAdapted from Floyd Davenport’s Keeping up with TechnologyStay curious. Embrace your inner child and don’t be afraid to play. People over the age of 25 didn’t grow up in the digital age so we can be out of our comfort zone when experimenting with new technologies. We like to understand what will happen before we press a button. Don’t be too quick to judge the value of a new service or technology until you have had a chance to experience it. Look for potential and be creative.http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerobins/2760299430/
Strategies for managing information and technology growthAdapted from Floyd Davenport’s Keeping Up With Technology by Floyd DavenportUse a “start page” service like Netvibes (http://www.netvibes.com/) or iGoogle (http://www.google.com/ig) to organize and review information. These easy to use services help you create your own “home” page and aggregate information and applications into one location. They list numerous resources which can keep you current on everything from the newest gadgets to the latest services in social media. Choose a couple of news services that Techmeme (http://www.techmeme.com/) that bring the latest news on technology.
Strategies for managing information and technology growthAdapted from Floyd Davenport’s Keeping Up With Technology by Floyd DavenportNetwork with your friends and colleagues. We can communicate, share information and engage with more people today than ever before. Take advantage of services like Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) or Twitter (http://twitter.com/) and build relationships with individuals who share your interests. My personal favorite is Twitter for its portability and casual conversation. Don’t underestimate the power of networking. Your network can become the single most important filter for relevant information.www.flickr.com/photos/rambleon/2637714144/
Technologies and communities will not stay constanthttp://www.flickr.com/photos/cc511/2304699865/blog.k1v1n.com/2008/10/defining-freerange-enterprise.html
Strategies for managing information and technology growthAdapted from Floyd Davenport’s Keeping Up With TechnologyParticipate and plan time to explore and learn. Easy to say and hard to do, but work at your own pace and set aside a reasonable amount of time given your individual priorities. flickr.com/photos/aafromaa/3027113461/in/set-72157608631840641/
Mistakes –the imperfections--will happen
Strategies for managing information and technology growth
Strategies for managing information and technology growthAdapted from Floyd Davenport’s Keeping Up With Technology by Floyd DavenportNetwork with your friends and colleagues. We can communicate, share information and engage with more people today than ever before. Take advantage of services like Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) or Twitter (http://twitter.com/) and build relationships with individuals who share your interests. My personal favorite is Twitter for its portability and casual conversation. Don’t underestimate the power of networking. Your network can become the single most important filter for relevant information.Use your network to filter
ACES Food Processors Network on Ryzehttp://www.ryze.com/networkindex.php?network=acesfoodsafety