A short presentation for Associations Forum Australia on 29 Feb 2012, Adelaide.

1. Networking and Building Shai Coggins
Manager, Content & Community
Online Communities
Connecting Up, Inc
http://connectingup.org/

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Social Media Tools.
Maximizing online tools for networking community building

4. Top Social Media
Platforms in Australia
• Facebook
• YouTube
• Wikipedia
• Blogspot
• Twitter

5. Facebook
Networking Tips 11 M users
• Plan for personal and
professional use of your profile
• Like, comment, share...
• Encourage subscribers
• Join groups and take part in
communities

6. LinkedIn
Networking Tips 2+ M users
• Create and update your profile
• Introduce and get introduced
• Join groups
• Share useful information

7. Twitter Networking
Tips 1.8 M+
unique
• Complete your profile.
• Follow individuals and
organisations of interest, then
interact.
• Take part in conversations and
learn hash tags.
• Join TweetChats (eg, #npau,
#leadershipchat ).
• Take part in TweetUps!

8. More social networking communities...

9. Best Practice Tips
Integrate Take it back to base
Engage, collaborate,
Connect bring it offline
Use schedules and
Simplify tools that suit your
lifestyle

10. Questions? Discussions.
@shaicoggins | sc@connectingup.org