www.gapingvoid.com

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 toolsI like to share

thinkjose.comflickr.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 Time2. Widgets

3. Senior Prom4. 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/volunteer

s(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

jose@thinkjose.com