Expat Summer Teleseminar 4 Online Expat Aug 05 2010

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Online Expat: August 05, 2010

Online Expat

Expat Summer SeminarAugust 05, 2010

With Evelyn Simpson & Jennifer Bradley

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What will you take away from this seminar?

A Simple Approach to Assessing your Current Needs

Understanding The Rules of the Game: How to an Be Effective Social Media User

Tips for Choosing Among the Various Tools

Dealing with Lack of Accessibility

Traps to Avoid

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Assessing Your Current Needs

I want to:

Maintain existing connections

Make new connections

Find Resources ….

Questions to Consider:

Your personal style & preferences

The Habits of Your “Audience” –how can I make it easy for them?

Friends

Professional & BusinessFamily


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Many Options Personal Professional &

Business

Internet Phone e.g. Skype; Vonage

x x Direct

Video Options

Inexpensive

Facebook; Bebo

x x Easy of Use

Tools

LinkedIn; Plaxo

x Connections

Research

Groups

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Options Contd.Personal Professional &

Business

Microblogging:

Twitter

(Free)

x x Informal

Short Messages

Number of users +/-

Blogging

(Free and Paid)

x x Purpose?

Multimedia

Time?

Do you like to write?


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Resources Specific to Expats

Yahoo groups

Blogs Author sites

LinkedIn GroupsTrailing Spouse

Expat Web

Forum on Expat Websites

Don’t forget: Groups & Associations with whom you have a common Interest (Personal, professional, etc)


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The “Rules of the Game”

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts (benefits of sharing and collaboration)

Choose tools with audience in mind

Take time to get to know the group culture

Do group preferences match your personal preferences?

Giving and reciprocity

Specific requests


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What if your normal tools aren’t available?

Slow internet connection or access restrictions mean that your normal modes of communication aren’t available.

Are there any work-arounds? What are the costs?

Which connections are important to maintain? Let others know your new limitations

Be prepared to commit time (and maybe money) to maintaining important connections by alternative means

Re-establish other methods when access is possible (if you want to)


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Traps to Avoid

Use of Your Time

Privacy & Security

Reputation (the trail you leave)

Take communication offline as appropriate

Awareness & Self-monitoring –Staying connected with old life vs. engaging in new one.


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Wrap up and Q & A

Know your Goals

Keep it Simple

Regular Activity vs. “Binging”

Online + Offline

Your Questions & Comments


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