The document discusses the benefits of using social media, including staying informed, meeting new people, learning new things, finding opportunities, and contributing to the collective intelligence of humanity. It encourages students to define their online brand, find influential people to follow, engage in discussions, and establish a positive online presence and image in order to make the most of social networking. The overall message is that social media can help students learn, connect, and pave the way for their future if they participate thoughtfully and proactively.

1. Getting Social
Finding your voice in the Global conversation
By Neil Krasnoff

2. Do you write for your own blog or on
other Web sites?
A. Yes
B. No

3. What is your main social network
A. LinkedIn
B. Facebook
C. Twitter
D. Other/None

5. Which of these do you do most often
on a social network
A. Keep in touch with friends at school
B. Find out what is happening in the world
C. Share opinions

6. Which of these do you trust most as a
source of information?
A. Google or other Internet search
B. Your family and friends
C. highly respected experts
D. Twitter or Facebook
E. Mr. Krasnoff/Library information

7. It is easier to engage in bad behavior
such as lying, cheating, bullying, etc.
A. Offline in real life
B. Online
C. Not sure/depends

8. Why go Social?
• Be the first to know about stuff
• Meet interesting people
• Learn new things
• Sell or buy products
• Find mentors and gurus
• Be helpful and influential yourself
• Find opportunities and make a better future
for yourself and the world

9. Social Media =Collective Intelligence
• In 2011 all the
computing power
on the Internet =
about 1 human
brain.
• If you’re not part of
it, you’re not part of
humanity’s future.

10. In a world with 7 Billion people where do
you fit in?

11. How can you contribute to Social
World?
• Helper- ex. Tips and cheat codes for video games
• Expert-Know more about shoes than almost
anyone
• Conversationalist or Networker-talk with a wide
variety of people centered on your interests
• Reporter-ex. Live Tweeting from the DISD School
Board
• Commentator-Ex. React to live events like
President #Obama speech

12. How to establish a positive online
image
• Define yourself. What is your brand?
• Find the right people
• Learn the lingo. Use smart language
• Understand the roles and ethics of online
participation
• Learn tips and maintain positive attitude
• Think BIG

13. Defining your brand online
• Main interests and hobbies you post about
• Language you choose
• People you associate with
• Manners
It’s not what you are doing, but what you are
interested in.

15. Ga Ga for the 80/20 Rule!

16. Who to follow?
• People you admire
• Journalists that cover your favorite topics
• People in careers you want to be in
• People you find in #chats that say something
you like
• Professors at colleges you want to attend or in
fields that you want to study

17. Things to do soon
• Change your online profiles and posts to be
about your beliefs and ideas
• Participate in discussions
• Deliberately search for interesting people
• Read books and online articles and share
about them

18. After hearing this presentation do you
want to do more social networking?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe

19. Goals for this year
• Increase participation in Echo Social Media
Club
• Get more #amsnth mentions on Twitter and
‘Likes’ on Facebook
• Establish international student connections
with Australia and other countries