Plugg 11th March 2010 PSN presentation

1. Professional Social Networking: Past, Present & Future@petercrosby

2. Viadeo is… 25 million members worldwide 1 million new members / Month 150 million viewed pages / Month 100 000 connections / Day

3. David vs. Goliath ?

4. One size fits all vs. The world’s PSN

5. In the beginning… bulletin boards

6. The WEB is finally becoming UNIVERSAL… “1.8 Billion users worldwide – 26% of humanity – ¾ of populations in Western countries & about 10% in Africa” (Source: Internet World Stats) …and still its GROWTH is PHENOMENAL!! 400% globally since 2000 – 1500% in Africa – 900% in Latin America 550% in Asia and even 300% in Europe

7. SOCIAL NETWORKING is changing the web 350 million members, 5 billion minutes / day spent on Facebook, Twitter ‘s monthly growth up to 1400% v 2 out of 3 internet users are on social networks 4th most popular online activity (ahead of email) 10% of time spent on the web – and so on… (Source: Nielsen)

8. INFO FLOW: exponential growth 100M viewed videos on YouTube / day 15M articles on Wikipedia Synchronized GLOBALLY… 534M / month Add This users share articles in 50 languages, 1 article shared on Viadeo generates 5 new readers …in REAL TIME, from ANYWHERE Info is automatically and globally synchronized from anywhere: websites, smartphonesthru API …from ANYONE Any individual produces info that can to be shared, recommended, tweeted, etc.

9. The WEB is OPEN Platforms are open and interoperate thru APIs and web services, information feeds are shared. The next step: Web without websites? CONTENT is no more king The INDIVIDUAL is ! The web is about sharing & engaging “It’s not what you do but who you know” His differences make the difference.. even in a globalized world. Both from a personal & professional point of view

12. Find suppliers 16%

13. Find clients 25%

14. Find financial partners 11%

15. Find new career opportunities 54%

16. Recruitment 16%Note : Viadeo’s studies on motivation of members to join Viadeo

17. Professional Social Network: For whom? 2006 2008 2010 Everyone

18. Professional Social Network: Where ? Internet population (in million users) 45M 46M 28M 20M 54M 43M 220M 30M 32M 29M 96M 360M 10M 87M 19M 13M 7M 81M 4M 27M 20M 11M 30M 67M 17M 8M 5M 20M Everywhere (1.7Bn Internet users worldwide) Source: www.internetworldstats.com

20. Their VALUE is linked to their e-REPUTATION

21. e-REPUTATION is based on RECOMMENDATIONPSN are changing PROFESSIONALS & COMPANIES PSN bring more transparency

25. ADDED VALUE takes time & comes out of engagement, personal relations