Gretchen Edwards and Hu Womack presented "Texts, Tweets and More: An Introduction to Social Media" at a 'Lunch 'n Learn' event on 4/16/2012 for Wake Forest alumni in Raleigh, NC.
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Texts, Tweets and More: An Introduction to Social Media
1. Texts, Tweets and More: An
Introduction to Social Media
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter,
Google+ and Pinterest
April 16th, 2012
2. The Workshop Plan
Presentation
and Discussion
An overview of various social
media tools
Some discussion of how social
media works.
How we use Social Media at
Wake Forest.
Clicker questions.
Q and A at the end or anytime
you have a question!
3. Best Barbecue?
1. Old Time Barbecue
2. Smithfields
3. The Pit
4. Other
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4. What is Social Media?
The term Social
Media refers to the
use of web-based
and mobile
technologies to turn
communication into
an interactive
dialogue.
5. How Many People Are On Facebook?
1. 600 million
2. 850 million
3. 1 billion
4. 1.5 billion
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25. Social Media and WFU Alumni
Vision
Ways you can engage with us:
Facebook: facebook.com/wfualumni
Twitter: @wfualumni
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/wfualumni
We want to hear from you!
Email: edwardee@wfu.edu
26. Social Media Resources
Mashable
(http://mashable.com)
TNW Social Media
(http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/)
TechCrunch
(http://techcrunch.com)
27. Raleigh Club Social Media
Digital Deacs: Darcy
Delph (09) and Caroline
Sutton(09)
Facebook: https://www.
facebook.com/groups/
43831902018/
Twitter: @WFUinRDU
28. Questions?
Contact Information:
Gretchen Edwards
Assistant Director of Digital Engagement, Alumni Services
PO Box 7227
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem NC 27109
336.758.4607 /edwardee@wfu.edu / @gretchEdwards
Hubert David Womack
Librarian, Instruction and Outreach
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
PO Box 7777
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336.758.4314 / 336.758.5605 (fax) / womack@wfu.edu
#5: GretchenAndreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.Social media are media for social interaction, as a superset beyond social communication. Kietzmannet al. (2011) argue that social media introduce substantial and pervasive changes to communication between organizations, communities, and individuals, enabled by ubiquitously accessible and scalable communication techniques. -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
#7: GretchenMore than 750 million active users.50% of their active users log on to Facebook in any given day.Average user has 130 friends.People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States.People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.Estimated Revenues of $2 billion in 2010.-https://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
#8: GretchenMore than 750 million active users.50% of their active users log on to Facebook in any given day.Average user has 130 friends.People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States.People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.Estimated Revenues of $2 billion in 2010.-https://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
#9: GretchenMore than 750 million active users.50% of their active users log on to Facebook in any given day.Average user has 130 friends.People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States.People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.Estimated Revenues of $2 billion in 2010.-https://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics