This is a presentation using social media and other tools to network in the 21st century. This presentation was done on the fly at BarCamp Orlando 4/14/12. Visit http://professorjosh.com for more information, tips, and tricks.

3. “Networking in the 21st
Century is all about
understanding who your
networking with and the
mediums they prefer.” – Josh
Murdock

5. 1. Find a Person’s Preferred
Communication Channel
2. Say Just Enough
3. Don’t Expect a Response
4. Clarify Early
5. What You Want is Not the
Point
6. Be Open Without Needing
7. Give Space

6. “Social Media provides the
opportunity to connect
yourself to content and
people in an amazing way”
– Josh Murdock

8. #SocialGood

9. Sharing a cause
Tagging Donors & Linking
Connections
Sharing Content
Making Personal Connections

10. Facebook Pages vs. Groups
”We don’t have to be friends to connect”
Pages – act as a brand Groups – act as a
person

11. Facebook Groups
”We don’t have to be friends to connect”
Create a space to
share, question, poll, chat,
update a variety of people
with similar interest.
Secret: Only members see
the group, who's in it, and
what members post.
Closed: Anyone can see the
group and who's in it. Only
members see posts.
Open (public): Anyone can
see the group, who's in
it, and what members post.
Groups for Schools:
Requires
mail.valenciacollege.edu or

12. “The qualities that
make Twitter seem
insane and half-baked
are what makes it so
powerful.”
- Jonathan Zittrain
–Harvard Law Professor & Internet Expert

13. 5 Reasons to Use Twitter
1. Personal Connections
2. Keeping up with the
News
3. Networking
4. Advice
5. Marketing

14. Tweepsmap.com Your Global Network

15. Twitter Hashtags
The # symbol, called
a hashtag, is used to
mark keywords or
topics in a Tweet. It
was created
organically by Twitter
users as a way to
categorize
messages.
Example:
#edtech #highered
#SXSWedu
#elearning

16. Twitter Chat

18. vizualize.me: infographic

19. What: CardMunch is easy way to
turn business cards into contacts
with just a quick snap.
Price: FREE
CardMunch

20. LinkedI
n
Groups
Increase
your
exposure
and be
known as
expert in a
field

23. FREE Blog Host:
Wordpress: http://wordpress.com
Blogger: http://blogger.com
Weebly: http://weebly.com
LiveJournal: http://livejournal.com
Why Blog?
• Show Knowledge of Subject
• Become Content Expert
• You Enjoy Blogging
• Meet Fellow Bloggers
• Internet Search Traffic

24. http://www.meetup.com/#SocialGood

27. You can access your bookmarks
everywhere you go
You can share your bookmarks with others
You can organize by stacks and tags
You can subscribe to favorite users
You can search and explore
http://www.delicious.com/professorjosh
Social Bookmarking

29. QR Code: Barcode to a link

30. Top 10 QR Code Generators:
http://freenuts.com/top-10-free-online-qr-code-generators/
Types of Codes:
URL (web links)
Email
Phone Number
Text
Contact Info
Google Maps
App Store

31. #SocialGood

32. @professorjosh
Facebook.com/professorjosh
josh@professorjosh.com
jmurdock3@valenciacollege.
edu

33. Facebook www.facebook.com
• Mashable’s The Facebook Guide Book
http://mashable.com/guidebook/facebook/
• Facebook Privacy: 10 Settings Every User Needs to Know
http://mashable.com/2011/02/07/facebook-privacy-guide/
• How to protect your Facebook Timeline privacy - http://cnet.co/n4aL73
• Facebook Privacy Help Topic http://www.facebook.com/help/privacy
• Facebook Pages vs. Groups http://mashable.com/2009/05/27/facebook-
page-vs-group/
• Professor Josh http://facebook.com/professorjosh
Twitter www.twitter.com
• Mashable’s The Twitter Guide Book http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
• What’s a Twitter Chat?
http://professorjosh.wordpress.com/2011/04/18/whats-a-twitter-chat/
• How to Run a Successful Twitter Chat
http://mashable.com/2009/12/08/twitter-chat/
• AFC Twitter http://twitter.com/myafchome
• Professor Josh http://twitter.com/professorjosh

34. Delicious www.delicious.com
• 7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7001.pdf
• Social Bookmarking in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/video/social-
bookmarking
• Professor Josh http://delicious.com/professorjosh
Blogs www.wordpress.com
• Wordpress.com Support http://en.support.wordpress.com/
• 19 Reasons You Should Blog http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/05/10/reasons-
you-should-blog-and-not-just-tweet/
• Professor Josh http://professorjosh.com
Various Social Media Tools
• Hootsuite: http://hootsuite.com/ (Social Media Dashboard, great for multiple accounts)
• Google+: https://plus.google.com/ (Latest Social Networking via Google)
• SlideShare: http://slideshare.net/jmurdock3
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ (who doesn’t know about this?)
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ (resume, jobs, professional network)
• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/ (photo sharing & exploring galore)
• The Shy Connector: http://bit.ly/shyconnector