The document discusses new media and various social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. It provides definitions and facts about each platform, including the top users, growth statistics, and examples of how non-profits have used the platforms. The key takeaways are that new media refers to on-demand access to content anywhere through digital devices, as well as user feedback and participation; and that social media platforms can help non-profits tell their stories, engage communities, and support their missions.
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Making New Media Work in Your Universe
1. Making New Media Work
in Your Universe
The Grants Collaborative
Tuesday, April 10, 2011
3. #what
What is new media?
New media is a broad term in media studies that
emerged in the latter part of the 20th century that refers to
on-demand access to content
any time, anywhere, on any
digital device, as well as interactive user
feedback, creative participation and
community formation around the media content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media
4. #what
What is new media?
[also]
Another aspect of new media is the real-
time generation of new,
unregulated content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media
5. #what
What is new media?
The good: on-demand access to content any time,
anywhere, on any digital device
The bad: unregulated content
The ugly: user feedback and creative participation*
7. #what
What is Twitter?
Micro-blogging hub
Stream(s) of conversation(s)
Dynamic resource
Online connector of resources (people, $, etc.)
Time management tool
8. #what
What is Twitter?
Facts and Figures
Top 3 Twitter Users:
Lady Gaga @LadyGaga (19,790,844)
Justin Beiber @justinbeiber (17,895,235)
Katy Perry @katyperry (15,564434)
President Obama @barackobama is number 8! (12,713,299)
Note: # of users is not the only metric of success or quality
Source: Twitaholic
9. #what
What is Twitter?
Facts and Figures
300,000,000 = the number of users globally
450,000 = the number of Twitter accounts created
every day
88% = brand awareness
1 billion = the number of tweets per week
30% = number of Twitter users with $100,000
household income
67% = percentage of users likely to recommend a
brand they follow
Sources:
www.JeffBullas.com
PC Magazine
Media Bistro
10. #what
What is Twitter?
Anecdotally
Critical tool in the Arab Spring uprisings
Obamas Speech On Osama bin Laden was 12.4
million tweets per hour or 27.9 million tweets in
just 2 hours and 35 minutes)
Helped diagnose a paralyzed man
Real-time reporting device of events (JWB Board
Meetings #JWBBoard)
Sources:
www.JeffBullas.com
Blog.bufferapp.com
Media Bistro
11. #what
What is Facebook?
Launched in February 2004
Critical tool in the microfinancing movement
Brand promotion tool
Research tool
Networking tool
Sources:
Wikepedia
Facebook
Kiva
12. #what
What is Facebook?
Facts and Figures
As of February 2012, Facebook has more than
845 million active users globally
52% of users are age 18-35 (26% split 18-25 + 25-34)
20% of users are age 13-17
Revenue of $4.27 billion (2011)
Sources:
ZDnet
Facebook
Kiva
Bloomberg
13. #what
What is Facebook?
Facts and Figures
#1 Fan page: Facebook (59,991,519 fans)
Fastest growing fan page: Nokia (39% growth in
2011; at #50)
Top non-profit fan pages:
-- The Breast Cancer Site = 2,975,817 fans
-- (RED) = 1,319,861 fans
-- PBS = 1,086,295 fans
Sources:
ZDnet
Facebook
Fanpagelist.com
14. #what
What is Facebook?
Anecdotally
US non-profit Zidisha tapped into first person-to-
person microfinance platform (linking lenders direct
to borrowers across international borders without
intermediaries) on FB.
"One Million Voices Against FARC" organized
hundreds of thousands of Colombians and marched
in protest against the Revolutionary Armed Forces
of Colombia
Sources:
Wikipedida
Zdisha
Facebook
15. #what
What is YouTube?
A free video-sharing website
Dominant provider of online video content
Allows embedding and easy link sharing
Has begun showing full-length movies, shows
and sporting events
Sources:
Wikepedia
YouTube
Kiva
16. #what
What is YouTube?
Facts and Figures
Most popular YouTube video (as of Feb 2012):
Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris; 684,597,595 views
Serves 4 billion videos every day
Only (appx )11% of YouTube views are monetized
Bought by Google in 2006 for $1.65 billion
80% of the viewership of educational content on the site
came from outside the United States.*
*Less than 70% of the site's total traffic is International, so the educational content is
disproportionately viewed by global audiences.
Sources:
Wikepedia
YouTube
Google
17. #what
What is YouTube?
Anecdotally
Big Brothers Big Sisters, March of Dimes, Charity:
Water, and Make-a-Wish
Copyright issues are still ongoing
In 2011, an Egyptian baby was named
"Facebook" to commemorate the vital role
Facebook played in Egypt's revolution.
Sources:
Wikepedia
YouTube
Google
18. #what What does it look like
and how does it work?
your
feed
your
followers
your your recs
branding
trending
your tweet! topics
19. #what What does it look like
and how does it work? email is for
old people
search for
people or
140 things
characters
goes here
character
publish
uses your re-published counter
button
@name your tweet
to their
followers
20. #where Where Do I Find
Followers?
Websites
Twitter search function
A modern-day news feed
Other users this is the social in social media
21. #how What does it look like
and how does it work?
Hash Tag = # Identifies trend or subject ex:
#Education
#JWBBoard
#USF
#Florida
At Symbol = @ Identifies a Twitter user ex:
@JWBPinellas
@JWBPinellasED
@bkirby816
@LearnandSucceed
@N_A_P_C
22. #how What does it look like
and how does it work?
A Good Tweet
#
tweet
origin
#
options
23. #how What does it look like
and how does it work?
Retweet
re-
tweeter
tweet
origin
tiny url
options
24. #how What does it look like
and how does it work?
A Lousy Tweet
answer:
unfollow
25. #why
The electronically synergized multiphase value-
added message delivery methodology for non-
profits
PHASE 1: PHASE 3:
Tell your then here
story here
PHASE 2: PHASE 4:
Good things
happen here then here
PHASE 5:
then here!
26. #why
in other words,
telling your story
helps the community you serve
and your bottom line