Social Networking

A Tool of Collective Power for Each of Us

What Is Social Networking?

• Getting to Know You (and you, and you, and you, etc.)

• Social Networks (SN) run on Social Capital, just like financial networks run on monetary capital

• Social Capital= Trust built on personal relationships and reciprocal exchange

• Social networks are many, complex, overlapping, and, now, technological

PWDs and SNs

• People with disabilities can become withdrawn from SN’s because of:– Lack of Access– Discrimination and Stereotypes– Lack of Communication Accommodations– Personal Changes that occur when a disability is

acquired• Withdrawal can become a vicious circle

PWDs and Technology

• Persons with disabilities can have difficulty using technology because:– Poverty– Lack of technology accommodations– Lack of access to the internet– Lack of training

• BUT-this is changing

Disability-Friendly Technology

• Smartphones at http://bit.ly/OOAj– Can browse the web– Can run on Voice– Can use text instead of voice

• Netbooks at http://bit.ly/1kUJEC– Less than $400– Can do most anything with built in wireless– Light weight; 90% of normal keyboard

SN Technologies

• Social Networking Websites– Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/

• Blogging– Blogger at http://www.blogger.com/

• Microblogging– Twitter at http://twitter.com/

• Twitter Clients http://bit.ly/ZVKr • Facebook Client at http://seesmic.com/

Facebook

• A Tour of Mine at http://bit.ly/35Y50j– Friends– Status Updates– Groups– Profile– Requests– Games, gifts, and other flair

• Facebook Lite at http://lite.facebook.com/

Blogger

• Blogging is self-publishing• Our communities do not blog enough!• Blogger is free and easy to use• My blogs at http://draft.blogger.com/home– Long Term Care Reform– The Recovering Life– Others

• Start your own at http://www.blogger.com/

Microblogging

• Twitter is the core example• Short messages (140 characters)– Can have pics attached (see Twitpic at

http://twitpic.com/)– Can have Internet Addresses shortened by a

service like Bit.ly at http://bit.ly/• Twitter clients for anything at

http://bit.ly/2IOfZS• See one of mine

Seesmic

• Seesmic is an Aggregator• See My Seesmic• Other Aggregators– Digsby at http://bit.ly/3Nl334– Peoplebrowser at http://my.peoplebrowsr.com/– Tweetdeck at http://tweetdeck.com/beta/

• They all vary in services and complexity

Other Resources

• 35 Social Media Tools at http://bit.ly/13LpJ• Social Media for Beginners:

http://bit.ly/168c4B• Social Media Bible at http://bit.ly/1aarh7• Social media and Advocacy at

http://bit.ly/UPX4P• Government and Social media at

http://bit.ly/136KH3

My Resources• My Twitter Accounts: mdrcngd, commpower• FriendFeed: http://friendfeed.com/normandelisle• My Blogs:

– The Recovering Life– LTC Reform– Communities of Power– Universal Education

• MDRC Website: http://www.copower.org/• Linkedin Profile: http://bit.ly/s1mS• Email: ndelisle@prosynergy.org• Download This Presentation: http://bit.ly/mX7U3• Comment on this Presentation

Final Thoughts

• Send Comments or Questions on this presentation to ndelisle@prosynergy.org or drop them on one of my social networking accounts

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