This is a presentation I gave to students at Fairfield University on the 19th September 2011. The talk was about the opportunities offered by digital technologies in terms of making a mark in the world, future jobs and careers.
7. Most exciting trends
1. Transparency: Explosion of available data
2. Crowdsourcing: Harnessing that power for good
8. Most exciting trends
1. Transparency: Explosion of available data
2. Crowdsourcing: Harnessing that power for good
3. Mobile Technology
9. Most exciting trends
1. Transparency: Explosion of available data
2. Crowdsourcing: Harnessing that power for good
3. Mobile Technology
4. Reporting and Curation
10. Most exciting trends
1. Transparency: Explosion of available data
2. Crowdsourcing: Harnessing that power for good
3. Mobile Technology
4. Reporting and Curation
5. The downright brilliant
24. More people own a mobile phone than a...
- you probably own more than one
25. More people own a mobile phone than a...
- you probably own more than one
- each member of your family probably has
their own
26. More people own a mobile phone than a...
- you probably own more than one
- each member of your family probably has
their own
- you won’t let anyone else use yours
27. More people own a mobile phone than a...
- you probably own more than one
- each member of your family probably has
their own
- you won’t let anyone else use yours
- you might take a different one away on
holiday with you
28. More people own a mobile phone than a...
- you probably own more than one
- each member of your family probably has
their own
- you won’t let anyone else use yours
- you might take a different one away on
holiday with you
- it can vibrate
29. More people own a mobile phone than a...
- you probably own more than one
- each member of your family probably has
their own
- you won’t let anyone else use yours
- you might take a different one away on
holiday with you
- it can vibrate
49. Top Tips
1. Make sure you’re active on Linkedin
50. Top Tips
1. Make sure you’re active on Linkedin
2. Join twitter, follow interesting relevant people and
start tweeting links. Start becoming a curator.
51. Top Tips
1. Make sure you’re active on Linkedin
2. Join twitter, follow interesting relevant people and
start tweeting links. Start becoming a curator.
3. Become admins for facebook pages/groups/
events. Work out the basics of community
management.
52. Top Tips
1. Make sure you’re active on Linkedin
2. Join twitter, follow interesting relevant people and
start tweeting links. Start becoming a curator.
3. Become admins for facebook pages/groups/
events. Work out the basics of community
management.
4. Start thinking and experimenting.
53. Top Tips
1. Make sure you’re active on Linkedin
2. Join twitter, follow interesting relevant people and
start tweeting links. Start becoming a curator.
3. Become admins for facebook pages/groups/
events. Work out the basics of community
management.
4. Start thinking and experimenting.
5. Try, fail, keep the good stuff (delete the bad stuff!)