1. © Young Scot 2008 Creating Your Own Social Network www.ning.com

2. © Young Scot 2008 Web 2.0 - rise of user generated content Third party software opening up the Internet Video content – YouTube Audio content – Podcasts Social networks – MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, Twitter Creating Your Own Social Network

3. © Young Scot 2008 Social Networks – Some Stats Social Networks are now the fourth most popular activity on the Net behind searches, general interest sites and software companies. Bebo’s 16-24 years age group spends 2.14 billion minutes a month on the site! Facebook is currently the most popular social network with over 150 million registered users. Creating Your Own Social Network

4. © Young Scot 2008 Youth Commission on Alcohol Young people from all across Scotland aged 14-21 Coming together to look at the issues surrounding alcohol in Scotland. Residential meets Continuous investigation Creating Your Own Social Network

5. © Young Scot 2008 The Task Online tool Used to communicate outwith residential meets Needs to be secure Needs to be able to group communication together (Commissioners, Advisory etc) Creating Your Own Social Network

6. © Young Scot 2008 Founded in October 2004 in California Social Platform software launched February 2007 Over 1.3 million social networks Over 4000 Ning networks set up a day Over 30 million registered members Creating Your Own Social Network Introducing… Ning!

7. © Young Scot 2008 Ning – Multi-Tooled Latest Activity Text box Events Internal email system Groups Notes Creating Your Own Social Network

8. © Young Scot 2008 Ning – Multi Tooled Creating Your Own Social Network Discussion Forums Blogs Audio Video Photo gallery Chat RSS

9. © Young Scot 2008 Ning – A Secure Network Varying Levels of Access View the main page View everything Closed to only members Closed to only invited members Approve all members Creating Your Own Social Network

10. © Young Scot 2008 Ning – A Secure Network Moderation Members Forum posts Pictures Video Blogs Creating Your Own Social Network

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18. © Young Scot 2008 Ning – Administering Your Network Creating Your Own Social Network No programming knowledge required Layout – drag and drop Can be branded specifically Focused web address e.g. xxxxx.ning.com Google Analytics

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21. © Young Scot 2008 Ning – The Costs Fremium software Remove ads = $24.95 (£15.26) per month Redirect your link = $4.95 (£3.01) per month And more… Creating Your Own Social Network

22. © Young Scot 2008 Youth Commission on Alcohol First podcasts uploaded New workstream groups Photos of trip to London Lots of Discussion Creating Your Own Social Network

23. © Young Scot 2008 Summary Create your own secure social network specific to your needs Multi-tooled Fremium software No programming knowledge required Creating Your Own Social Network

24. © Young Scot 2008 Questions Creating Your Own Social Network