Social Media and You 101

Welcome to the website companion to the
Social Media and You 101: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and YouTube, Theory 101

Click on the links below to find out more!

Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids

Social Media and You Business PowerPoint from Tuolumne County “Common Sense Marketing”

A. News/Info

* Wikipedia
* Digg
* Reddit
* Twitter
* RSS feeds!

B. Apps

* Google (Docs, Groups, Calendar, Reader)
* Open Office
* Delicious bookmarks

C. Social Networks
MySpace
Facebook
Ning
Classmates.com
Linkedin
Yelp
D. Media
YouTube
Picasa
Flickr
Jibjab
Photobucket

E. Aggregators
Ping.fm
FriendFeed
Streamy

F. Webmail
Gmail
Yahoo
Hotmail/Live

G. Online Task Lists
Manymoon
RememberTheMilk

H. Safety and Privacy
Consumer Guide to Internet Safety, Privacy and Security
Wiredsafety’s Privacy and Security Guide
Snopes.com’s virus warnings

YouTube
Our favorite YouTube video ever: An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube. It’s an hour long, and worth every minute. If you’ve wondered why anyone should care about social media, this is the video to watch.

Google’s YouTube Channel: How-tos for everything Google: Docs, Tasks, Maps.

Nancy Today has all sorts of great and entertaining how-to videos – wonder how to build a tipi or make soap? Nancy Today can help! Nancy Today’s YouTube Channel

Social media on the spot! A couple of ATCAA folks went to a broadband retreat in Redding, where they recorded this video – a song about broadband internet sung to the tune of “Green Acres” (with thanks and a hat tip to Connie Stewart for coming up with the lyrics!): The Rural Broadband Song

Nonprofits effectively leveraging social media:
Charity: Water lets you know exactly where your money goes – very clever marketing for donations.
Humane Society of the US – scroll down and note the handy collection of links to social media on the
right hand side: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Flickr. Well done, Humane Society!
Save the Children has an incredibly smart feature: an RSS button above-the-fold. One click and you can
load Save the Children latest news directly into your feed reader of choice!
UNICEF doesn’t link to their social media accounts directly from the main page, but they have a lovely feature
on their social media page that gives you a bit of guidance. The site tells you exactly what they want you to do:
“Become a ‘fan’ of UNICEF on Facebook,” it tells you. “Become a ‘friend’ on UNIFEF on MySpace.” Very clear, and a click will
do the trick!
Exploratorium page. (Follow their Twitter feed! @Exploratorium!)
The American Red Cross, often held to be one of the biggest, baddest orgs to play with
social media (the first line of the Red Cross social media page is “Who says the Internet is only for young people? At
age 127, the American Red Cross loves the Internet.”) – these folks will connect with you online in any way possible.
Impressive, Red Cross!

Twitter
@BreakingNews does a great job of newsflash-style instant reporting.
Local news on Twitter! @mymotherlode, @thepinetree, @uniondemocrat, @amadornews, @atcaa

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