Go With the Flow with Web 2.0

Social Media for the Water & Wastewater Industry

What is Web 2.0 & Why do I Care?

Web 2.0 Tools

a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer

Source: Merriam-Webster Online

= Web + Log

133 million blog records indexed

since 2002

77% of active Internet users read

blogs

Source: http://technorati.com (2008)

2007

2008

Examples & Comparisons from our Industry

A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site

using their own Web browser. Source: TechTerms.com

http://waterwiki.net

Ratingsby

Nielsen Online Dec 2008

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1. MySpace 2. Facebook3. Classmates4. Linkedin 5. Reunion 6. Windows Live Home 7. Club Penguin8. AOL Community 9. Tagged.com 10. Flixster 11. Ning12. Twitter.com 13. Imeem14. Last.fm15. MyYearbook

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1. MySpace 2. Facebook3. Classmates4. Linkedin 5. Reunion 6. Windows Live Home 7. Club Penguin8. AOL Community 9. Tagged.com 10. Flixster 11. Ning12. Twitter.com 13. Imeem14. Last.fm15. MyYearbook

Source: http://pewinternet.org (2009)

Why joining

Facebook is worth

your while

Social Networks for the Water & Wastewater Industries

http://www.waterspheres.com

a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or

by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user..

http://twitter.com/michellesegrest

http://twitter.com/OmniSite

http://twitter.com/Greenversations

Examples of Tweets Related to Water/Wastewater

•A Virtual World is a computer-based simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and

interact via avatars.

•An avatar … is a computer user's representation of himself or herself, whether in the form of a three-

dimensional model used in computer games, a two-dimensional icon (picture) used on Internet forums

and other communities…

http://www.publicworksgroup.com/node/12

Pam Broviak, PECity of LaSalle815-223-7041p.broviak@lasalle-il.gov

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