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Social Media Workshop Fuse Member’s Day 1 st November 2011

Social Media Workshop Fuse Member’s Day 1 st November 2011. Your facilitators. Stevie Ronnie Culture Lab / Newcastle University email: s.t.ronnie@ncl.ac.uk Facebook / twitter / google+ / stevieronnie.com Anna Wraith Beacon NE / Newcastle University email: anna.wraith@ncl.ac.uk.

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Social Media Workshop Fuse Member’s Day 1 st November 2011

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  1. Social Media WorkshopFuse Member’s Day 1st November 2011

  2. Your facilitators... Stevie Ronnie Culture Lab / Newcastle University email: s.t.ronnie@ncl.ac.uk Facebook / twitter / google+ / stevieronnie.com Anna Wraith Beacon NE / Newcastle University email: anna.wraith@ncl.ac.uk

  3. Schedule 5’ Introduction / icebreaker. 10’ What is social media? 10’ Why use social media? 25’ What exactly are these tools and how do we use them? 10’ Group discussion / reflection

  4. Session aims Learn about potential social media platforms that are available. Gain understanding of why social media might be useful. Promote connection & collaborative working. Share knowledge and requirements of social media platforms with fellow researchers.

  5. What is social media? Communication • Examples: • Blogging (Wordpress, Blogger, Posterous, ...) • Microblogging (Twitter, Tumblr, Google Buzz...) • Social Networking (Facebook, Bebo, Google+ ...) • Location based SN (Foursquare, FB places, Gowalla ..) • Events (Eventbrite, Hotlist, Meetup.com ...) • Also: Crowd Funding, Advertising, and many more

  6. What is social media? Collaboration • Examples: • Wiki’s (Wikipedia, Wikimedia, Qwiki...) • Social bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, StumbleUpon...) • Document management (GoogleDocs, Dropbox ...) • Social News (Digg, Reddit ..) • Content Management (Wordpress, Drupal...) • Also: Navigation, Gaming, and many more

  7. What is social media?Multimedia • Examples: • Photography / Art (Flickr, Picassa, deviantArt...) • Video (Youtube, Vimeo, Dailymotion...) • Livecasting (Skype, Ustream, YouTube ...) • Music (SoundCloud, bandcamp, Spotify ..) • Text / Presentations (Prezi, Scribd, ...)

  8. Why use social media?Advantages: • Showcase expertise & supplement press releases and traditional media. • Showcase research produced by staff / students. • You can broadcast events. • Deliver emergency notifications instantly. • Connect & interact people – have a two-way dialogue. • Reach and influence an audience directly. • Researchers, staff and public can be trained in communication techniques. • You can co-create knowledge with your audience.

  9. Why use social media?FUSE core funders / partners • British Heart Foundation: Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Flickr / RSS feeds • Cancer Research UK: Facebook / Twitter / YouTube / Flickr / Blogging / Podcasting / Delicious / Digg / Reddit / Stumbleupon / FriendFeed / RSS feeds • Economic & Social Research Council: Twitter / RSS feeds • Medical Research Council: Twitter / YouTube / RSS Feeds • National Institute for Health Research: Twitter / YouTube / RSS Feeds • NHS North East: Facebook / Twitter / YouTube • Association of North East Councils: None • Centre for Excellence in Life Sciences: None

  10. Why use social media?FUSE core funders / partners • Please note that this list is not exhaustive • Fresh: Facebook / Twitter / RSS feeds • National Energy Action: AddThis / Just Giving / YouTube • North East Chamber of Commerce: Facebook / Twitter / Linkedin / Blogging / Flickr / RSS Feeds • North East Public Health Observatory: Twitter / RSS Feeds • Universities for the North East: Twitter / AddThis / RSS Feeds • Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East: Twitter / YouTube / Share this / RSS Feeds • Information correct as of 30th October 2011

  11. But what exactly are these tools and how do we use them? Let’s look at some of them in more detail...

  12. Group discussion & reflection • Group discussion • Key learning points. • Benefits. • Drawbacks. • What do you want to do next?

  13. Summary Beacon NE www.newcastle.ac.uk/beaconne Culture Lab culturelab.ncl.ac.uk/home

  14. Thank you!

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