Social Software for Business Communication Kelly McGee WRT

What is Social Software?  Web-enabled software programs  Interact  Share  Meet other users  Computer-mediated communication  Information sharing systems  Collaborative Work functions

Online Videos “Broadcast Yourself”  What are some of the ways you use YouTube? YouTube  How can you see businesses using it? YouTube YouTube for businesses YouTube ProfessionalAdvertising Website additionsCommercials  How-to Instructional Videos  Mary Kay- Business Service Management Mary Kay Mary Kay  Web 2.0- A five minute intro. Web 2.0 Web 2.0

Social Documentation  Wikipedia Wikipedia  Create  Edit  Link  Create collaborative  Power community  Provide intranets  WindowsLive WindowsLive  Connect   Messenger  Toolbar  Share  Photo Gallery  Writer  Events  Protect  Family

Collaborative Projects  JotSpot JotSpot  Application wiki  Create  Publish  Share  Wrike Wrike  Manage from e mail  Organize tasks  Work Together  Get things done  Basecamp Basecamp  Task oriented  Simple to use  Business & Customer Oriented

Collaborative Writing  Google Docs Google Docs Google Docs  Documents  Presentations  Spreadsheets  Access Online  Revisions  Unlimited Storage  Lessens hassle  Writeboard Writeboard  Write  Share  Revise  Compare

Social Networking  Facebook  MySpace  YouTube  Flickr Flickr  Product design  Store photos  Customer/Competition  Candids  del.icio.us del.icio.us  Keep  Share  Discover  Ning Ning  Free full social network

Additional Resources  The following slides contain a variety of websites that can be categorized as Social Networking sites. These sites have various tools and applications that can be used for personal or business use. Many of them are worth getting acquainted with.

Mashups  Global Incident Map Global Incident Map Global Incident Map   A Global Display of Terrorism and Other Suspicious Events  Yahoo Pipes Yahoo Pipes Yahoo Pipes   A composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.

Virtual Environments  World of Warcraft World of Warcraft World of Warcraft  SecondLife SecondLife  a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents  Ryze Ryze  Business networking site  XING XING  one of the leading professional online networking platforms  LinkedIn LinkedIn  Reconnect  Power your career  Get ?’s Answered  Meetup Meetup  Have an interest  Find a local group  Meet & Discuss  Wikis Wikis  Collaborative Websites

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