Social Media 101 presentation part of AUB's Online Collaborative Social Media 101 workshop presented by Weam Alawar, content by Mohammad Hijazi.

1. Social Media Tools

2. History of Social Media

4. Information Overload?

5. Information Overload?
• You do not have to acquire ALL
the knowledge
• Pace yourself
• Interact only with people or topics
that you care about
• Do not start using all the tools at
once
• Take breaks and remember to
breathe

6. While users of all age
groups flood to
Facebook and other
social networking and
media destinations,
the demographic
growing the fastest is
those age 50 and over.

8. More than 1.5 million
elderly people have a
profile on Facebook
and regularly use
Skype to stay in touch
with friends and
relatives.

9. Facebook and
YouTube help the
elderly 'keep their
brains active and
reduce stress and
depression'

10. It allows them to
keep contact with
younger members
of their family. It
keeps them alert

12. Facebook

13. Facebook
• create online profiles
• share photos, video, and audio, links
• send private message and instant message
• learn more about people and organizations
• Follow brands, celebrities, and gain your own fans

14. Other Social Networks

15. Twitter

19. Why Use Twitter?

20. Why Use Twitter?

21. Why Use Twitter?

22. Why Use Twitter?

23. Why Use Twitter?

24. Why Use Twitter?

25. Why Use Twitter?

26. Linkedin

27. Linkedin
• On LinkedIn your can:
• Post a profile and resume
• Connect with colleagues
• Share professional recommendations
• Find jobs
• Forums to demonstrate expertise and find answers
• average individual salary on LinkedIn is $109,000

28. Blogs
• A blog (web log) is a website with regular entries of
commentary or news usually presented in reverse
chronological order.

30. Video Sharing
• Video sharing sites let you
upload videos and share
them with people.
• They’re a perfect repository
for video blogs, taped
seminars, witty
Powerpoints, commercials,
how-to’s and a behind-the-
scene look at your
organization.

31. Photo Sharing
• Photo sharing sites give you a
place to upload and organize
your photos
• You can invite friends to
check out your photos and
people can find your photos
by searching for the keywords
(tags) you apply to your
photos.

32. Photo Sharing
• Photo sharing sites give you a
place to upload and organize
your photos
• You can invite friends to
check out your photos and
people can find your photos
by searching for the keywords
(tags) you apply to your
photos.

33. Questions?

34. Content by
Mohammad Hijazi
• Chief Collaborator and Founder
of Online Collaborative
• mhijazi@onlinecollaborative.org
• @mhijazi on twitter

35. Presented by
Weam Alawar
• President of AUB’s Online
Collaborative
• aub@onlinecollaborative.org
• weam.alawar@gmail.com
• @WeamAlawar on twitter
• Facebook.com/weam.alawar