1. 30 Clicks: Information Tools at Your Fingertips Jody Shulnak Service-Learning & Volunteer Program Manager

2.  Twitter  Hi5  Friendster  MySpace  LinkedIn – business-oriented social networking  ASmallWorld- an exclusive invitation-only network  Cyworld – South Korean social network service; uses “avatars”  XING- social networking for professionals  Tagged – based in San Francisco; games & share gifts  Orkut – owned/operated by Google Inc.; most popular in India & Brazil

3.  Social network/utility service – launched in February 2004  Started by Harvard college students  More than 500 million users  Controversial & blocked in several countries (ie: China, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Uzbekistan…)  A January 2009 Compete.com study ranked Facebook as “the most used social network by worldwide monthly active users, followed by MySpace.” (Vandersluis, 2004)

4.  Profile  Events  Notes  Photos  Group  Job/School sections (“Info”)  Gifts, Pokes  Messages  Wall Posts  Status updates  Videos  Comments  Facebook Pages  “Like” feature  Contact information  Relationship status  Applications  News Feed  Etc….

5. 1. In the macro sense - connection to the rest of the Facebook world; 2. In the micro sense -user-to-user connection with direct communication; 3. & Everything in between! [ie: Facebook’s organization of users by geographical, school, and company networks.] **CAN BE USED TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL ACTION & SOCIAL CHANGE! **

6.  Managing social information (ie: photos & events)  Indirect & direct communication  Information gathering & character assessment made more efficient  Construction of virtual identities and perform them through profiles and Facebook features  Consideration of appropriateness when identity performance occurs with an unknown audience

7. 93 Dollar Club Parfait in Haiti – a blog

8.  A woman at a Trader Joe’s checkout stand had lost her wallet  The woman behind her in line paid her grocery bill: $207  She received a check from first woman for $300 & asked Facebook friends what to do with extra $93  Response = donate to charity!  $112,000 has since been raised for Second Harvest Food Bank  The “93 Dollar Club” is born! 93 Dollar Club http://www.facebook.com/93dollarclub

9.  Volunteered with UN World Food Program in Haiti  Youth outreach through music  Posted blog on Facebook  Coming to Clark College on November 16 th !! Parfait in Haiti

10. Clark Service-Learning

12. Thank You! Questions? Comments? Jody Shulnak Service-Learning Program Manager Clark College Jshulnak@clark.edu 360.992.2447