social media 2

Is Social Media The New Communications Tool or Just a Fad?

WORK SHOP OUTLINE What is Social Media? What use is Social Media? How will it benefit me

and/or my organisation?

Name Organization Role Experience of Social Media What you want from the workshop.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS

“is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies”

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media

SOCIAL MEDIA

Means it no longer matters what type of computer you use

or what application you run

All you need is Internet Access (Broadband)

+Internet Browser

PRACTICAL APPLICATION - 3 main areas

Having looked at the different applications and the three main areas social media lends itself to rather well, start to think about how social media could work for you.

After the break we will look at some of your thoughts and ideas

Before that take look at how one organisation is using social media.

PRACTICAL APPLICATION - 3 main areas

PRACTICAL APPLICATION - 3 main areas

1 Car = 0.1 tonnes

100 Cars = 10 Tonnes

10,000 Cars = 1,000 tonnes

Time for a Break!

Paul JeffordICT Operations Manager

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