NETWORKING AND THE POWER OF….

5 WAYS TO WELLBEING• Doing five simple actions on a regular basis can improve our

mental wellbeing. The "Five Ways to Wellbeing" can help us maintain a healthy balance in our day to day progress.

• Connect...with the people around you• With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in

your local community. 

• Be active... exercising makes you feel good• Discover a physical activity you enjoy; one that suits your level of mobility

and fitness.

• Take notice... be curious• Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing

seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are on a train, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters to you.

• Keep learning... set a challenge you will enjoy achieving• Learning new things will make you more confident, as well as being fun to

do.• Sign up for a class – you could learn a language, do something creative or even take a formal education class such as English or history.

• Give... look out, as well as in• Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be

incredibly rewarding and will create connections with the people around you.

SOCIAL NETWORKING (wikipedia)A social network is a social structure made up of a set of actors (such as individuals or organizations) and the dyadic ties between these actors. The social network perspective provides a clear way of analysing the structure of whole social entities. The study of these structures uses social network analysis to identify local and global patterns, locate influential entities, and examine network dynamics. Aiding the use of asset based development within whole communities and promoting the positive aspects of growth within those communities. A social network is a theoretical construct useful in the social sciences to study relationships between individuals, groups, organizations, or even entire societies (social units). The term is used to describe a social structure determined by such interactions. The ties through which any given social unit connects represent the convergence of the various social contacts of that unit.

• Dyadic level: A dyad is a social relationship between two individuals. Network research on dyads may concentrate on structure of the relationship (e.g. multiplexity, strength), social equality, and tendencies toward reciprocity/mutuality.

• Triadic level: Add one individual to a dyad, and you have a triad. Research at this level may concentrate on factors such as balance and transitivity, as well as social equality and tendencies toward reciprocity/mutuality.

• Actor level: The smallest unit of analysis in a social network is an individual in their social setting, i.e., an "actor" or "ego". Eg: network analysis focuses on network characteristics such as size, relationship strength, density, centrality, prestige and roles such as isolates, liaisons, and bridges, Such analyses, are most commonly used in the fields of psychology or social psychology, ethnographic kinship analysis or other genealogical studies of relationships between individuals.

• Subset level: Subset levels of network research problems begin at the micro-level, but may crossover into the meso-level of analysis. Subset level research may focus on distance and reachability, cliques, cohesive subgroups, or other group action, group actions or behaviour].

SOCIAL MEDIA AS A POSITIVE ASPECT IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPEMENT

 Formal organisations or social groups that distribute tasks for a collective goal, information gathering and dispersing

UNITY AND UNIFORMITY• The study of social networks has led to new

sampling methods for estimating and reaching populations that are hard to enumerate, for example, homeless people, intravenous substance users, abstinent based individuals or groups.

• These studies give a more complex understanding to the needs and wants of those specific groups of individuals and these end results are based on the findings of each groups interactions on the networks.

• Social networks can be a platform for debate, surveys, and collating any formal or informal information needed to promote unity and uniformity within specific groups that make up our communities. There is no limit to the power of social networking. However, continuing action in the real world is a must to achieve the results and make a difference.

DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE FOLLOWING?IF YOU ARE A LEADER MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND WHAT YOUR

END GAME IS? IF YOU ARE A FOLLOWER MAKE SURE YOU KNOW ALL THE FACTS BEFORE EMBARKING ON A

JOURNEY?

ORGANISATIONSFORMAL ORGANISATIONS OR SOCIAL GROUPS USE THE REACH OF SOCIAL NETWORKS TO DISTRIBUTE TASKS AND INFORMATION THAT WORK TOWARDS A COLLECTIVE GOAL. IF THIS IS HOW YOU USE YOUR PLATFORM YOU MUST ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU ARE ADVOCATING OR RALLYING TOWARDS IS JUSTIFIED AND FIRMLY BASED IN REALITY.

EVIDENCE BASED, RESEARCHED AND STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD IT’S GROUND IN AN ARGUMENT OR DEBATE.IT IS A COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT AND YOU ARE EITHER A PART OF IT OR APART FROM IT.