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A Personal Network

A Personal Network. By: Harkamal Aggarwal. Topics. Online Profiles Introduction of Networking Examples of How People Use Online Profiles Artistic Endeavors To Showcase Ideas To Build a Business To Showcase a resume Diagrams of You Google As the Starting Point

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A Personal Network

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  1. A Personal Network By: Harkamal Aggarwal

  2. Topics • Online Profiles • Introduction of Networking • Examples of How People Use Online Profiles • Artistic Endeavors • To Showcase Ideas • To Build a Business • To Showcase a resume • Diagrams of You • Google As the Starting Point • Conclusion - Your Online Presence

  3. Online Profiles • With Creating an Online Presence we can become Social Identities • We can create Social Embassies that represent us – Website, Facebook, Twitter, Blogging and Email Accounts – Google Places • This can be Used for Good or Bad – See Example • How you can do it – Its all up to You • Take control of your self online

  4. History of Networking • http://www.nfistudios.com/blog/2007/06/21/a-brief-history-of-social-networking-sites • 1970 = Bulletin Board Systems – BBS’s - • 1995 = Classmates.com founded • 1997 = Six Degrees of Separation founded • Late 1990’s – Present – WOW – World of Warcraft • 1999 = Circle of Friends founded • 2002 = Friendster.com founded • 2003 = MySpace.com founded / LinkedIn • 2004 = Orkut.com founded • 2004 = Facebook.com founded • 2005 = Yahoo!360 founded • Also SKYPE

  5. The Overall Idea • Online profile goes beyond facebook, MySpace, twitter, LinkedIn, website • It is not about how effectively you use these recourses and leverage them to not just get a job or make a statement or to do something entrepreneurial. • It is about how you use them for what you wan to accomplish and how many people follow you

  6. Artistic Example • Numerous Examples • Painting Portraits from Facebook – Matt Held • Done just from the Facebook profile and sent • http://www.metacafe.com/watch/bg-3019405/radar_nine_matt_held_facebook_portraits/

  7. Idealistic Example • Group Anonymous – Group known for terrorizing through The internet • MySpace users and hacking accounts • Reputation of molesting children and abusing people • Even Bomb threats • They have used their online presence to create fear • This has grown and their may be multiple groups

  8. A Business Idea • As a Small Business – Not hard to pay for Website • Hard to Monitor & Update • Better to use pre-existing Websites to Build Your Business – This is Usually Free • Google Places for Restaurants, Clinique's • EBay, Kijiji for Selling Products • Business Forms for Wholesale companies

  9. Resume Portal • Brad Karsh • Job Search Online Profile: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsa27KSTHX4

  10. Simple You

  11. Complex You

  12. Where to Start?...GOOGLE • Google is the best place to start as always for your online presence • What are you most passionate about • What do you want to show others • Mostly – what do you want out of it – Job, Money, Recognition, A Hobby – You control the outcome • Google has 80% drop off rate when going to second page. – Google your name

  13. Conclusion • Use this course with a predefined goal. • Build our online presence to take our careers, artwork or ideas to a better platform. • We should use this course or even the time in our undergraduate degree to move ourselves into having a strong online presence.

  14. URL’s • http://www.nfistudios.com/blog/2007/06/21/a-brief-history-of-social-networking-sites • http://www.metacafe.com/watch/bg-3019405/radar_nine_matt_held_facebook_portraits/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsa27KSTHX4

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