Final presentation after 10 weeks as an intern with the Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) team at international research & development organisation, ILRI {www.ilri.org}
To read the presentation in full, visit www.karahartley.wordpress.com
7. +
Communication Tools
wiki 4
mobile
slide sharing
participatory video podcast
3 social bookmarking
widgets
photo sharing apps
video enterprise networking
Pinterest 2 microblogging
blog
RSS Feed social networking
website
1 analytics
search engine optimization
emails
8. +
ILRI social media metrics
with Liya Dejene
Who‟s following ILRI online?
What comments do they post?
What are our audience most interested in?
9. +
Look out for in-depth ILRI
social media statistics
reports
3 golden rules for getting the most out of
social media:
1. Identify your audience and goals
2. Don‟t be afraid to make mistakes
3. Analyze the impact of your efforts
10. +
The importance of sharing.
Meals, minibuses and gossip: sharing is at the heart of everything
people do in Ethiopia
Social media as an extension of African culture and traditions
Coffee ceremonies and storytelling = social communication
Making a difference requires teamwork.
Several voices are stronger than one.
The web and global social network is powerful – use it to share.
11. +
“When spiders‟ webs unite, they can
tie up a lion.”
– Ethiopian proverb
Image: CIA figurative map of the world wide web
12. +
Field Trip with some people,
somewhere, to do something.
13. +
I learned a valuable lesson on my very first field trip with ILRI –
ask more questions.
Same goes for social media and knowledge sharing. The
beauty of web 2.0 is that large scale conversation – sharing
your knowledge and expertise, but also learning something
new for yourself too.
14. + Social Media Guide for
promoting African knowledge
on Climate Change
With Ewen Le Borgne & Tsehay Gashaw
A guide to social media
Promoting African knowledge (on climate change
adaptation)
Researchers, civil society practitioners, info.
intermediaries
Doubts and Pitfalls
Encouraging people to experiment with social
media
15. +
Caring about the quality of
your work, caring for each
other - in the office and
across Ethiopia.
Blogs
Brochures with Meron
Wikis
Overall learning experience
17. +
Keep „social‟ at the heart of
everything you do.
Be sociable too.
18. +
Think of social networking as an extension of a
conversation that has been going on for centuries.
Once upon a time,
knowledge was power.
Today, sharing knowledge is power.