Social Media Doesn't Have To Be A Four Letter Word

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Karen Schulman Dupuis' talk to Kiwanis Stratford on November 21, 2011.

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with Karen Schulman Dupuis

Social Media doesn’t have to be a four letter word...

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DON’T BE OVERWHELMED...HELP IS OUT THERE

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WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT...DON’T TRY TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE

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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONIF YOU TALK MORE THAN YOU LISTEN, YOU’RE MISSING MANY OPPORTUNITIES

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KAREN SCHULMAN DUPUIS ABOUT.ME/KARENSD

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COMMUNITYTWEETUPS, MEETUPS & VOLUNTEERING

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CHOICESWHERE SHOULD YOU SPEND YOUR RESOURCES & ENERGY?

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WHERE DO YOU START?

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Do share daily updates & pictures with your community

Create events that can be exported to calendars

Do NOT have your Twitter feed automatically update your Facebook status/page updates

Engage with brands that suit your life & lifestyle

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What do you like? What are you interested in? Who do you want to connect with?

arts, culture, technology, community, sports, foodStart locally

@StratfordON, @gallerystrtfrd, @ionstratford, @thebeaconherald, @stratgazette, @smbstratford, @savourstratford, @uwstratford, @stratfest @splibrary

Find your community; start with one follow, then see who they followLists, lists, lists, lists! Use lists on the main Twitter site or any application (such as Tweetdeck) that supports them

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Over 100 million users, worldwide

LinkedIn users in Canada have more than doubled to 14% from 6% in 2009

As soon as you connect IRL, connect online too

LinkedIn network updates via newsletter; the perfect reason to reach out

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EVENTS TO CONNECTLOCAL AND CLOSE TO LOCAL

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Social Media Stats57% of Canadians over 50 are using social media sites; predominantly, Facebook

1/2 of ALL Canadians are online; 60% of those are on social networks (that’s 17 million)

As of 2011, 35% of Canadians are on a social networking site every single day; in 2010 it was 19%

2/3 of 35-54 yr olds, and 40% of those over 55 use social networking sites

37% of Canadian women are online every single day vs 24% of Canadian men

86% of Canadians that are online are also on Facebook

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CAVEATS

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IT’S NOT ABOUT THE NUMBERS!!

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BEWARE THE TITLE: SOCIAL MEDIA “EXPERT”

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BEWARE: THE ECHO CHAMBER

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RESOURCES

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MASHABLE.COM

Guidebook to Facebook, Twitter

@danodigital | www.danodigital.com

http://www.slideshare.net/danodigital/develop-yourdigitalroadmap-guide

https://twitter.com/#!/karensd/local

The Tweetstock Guide to Twitter by Kevin A. Magee

@unmarketing

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