Title: Hot Technologies for the Meetings Industry: Web 2.0
1Hot Technologies for the Meetings Industry Web
2.0 Social Networking
- Jim Spellos
- MPI Indiana Chapter
- August 20, 2009
2Whats Your Favorite New Web Tool??
3Session Objectives
- Identify critical Web 2.0 sites that impact how
you do business today - Understand the new lingo
- Use social networking microblogging tools for
business.
4Lets Play Lingo
- Web 2.0
- Social Networking
- Tagging
- Social Bookmarking
- Back channel
- Microblogs.
5The New Community
- Global
- Topical
- Frequent, brief communications.
- Blogs pods
- Social networks
- Wikis
- Viral videos
- Texting tweeting
- Virtual worlds.
6Blah Blah Blogs
- Defined
- Did you know
- A few numbers
An online journal. Typically text-based and
delivering a single point of view.
The word blog is a contraction of web log.
7So, Whats a Podcast?
Digital media files (audio or video) that are
shared over the web, and listened to over
computers or through mp3-type players.
The acronym pod stands for Portable on Demand.
8Its REALLY simple!
- RSS Use your iGoogle!
- Feeds - Easy to use
- Find them
- Post them.
RSS Web 2.0s Delivery Tool
9Just One Question about Social Networking
WHY?
10How Did We Get Here?
- SN BBSs
- Mid 90s Classmates Six Degrees
- The New Millenium
- 02 Friendster
- 03 LinkedIn MySpace
- 04 Facebook Ning
- 06 - Twitter
11The Big 3
- Facebook
- LinkedIn
- Twitter.
12Why Facebook?
- (Re)establishing Connections
- Fan Event Pages
- Customized applications
Great Facebook Blog www.allfacebook.com
13Are You LinkedIn?
- Similar to FB
- but different
- More for business networking
- Customize is key
- so is active participation.
14Home Tweet Home
- SoWhat is a microblog?
- And the question is
- Businesses use this? Really?
15So Whos Tweeting?
- Zappos
- Jet Blue
- Marriott
- MPI
- Hyatt
- American Heart Association
- The White House.
Just to name a very few
16Hashtagging
- What is it?
- Have hashtags follow you
- How can it be used at events?
Back Channel Simultaneous conversation taking
place at event.
17Welcome to Wiki-ville
- Coming to terms with it
- Have ya read the book?
Whats a Wiki? A collaborative website that
can be edited by anyone.
18The Main Event
- Wikipedia
- Would you believe
- Wikibooks
- Wikitravel
- Wikinews.
Defined A neutral unbiased compilation of
previously written, verifiable facts.
19One Mashup, Hold the Potatoes, Please
- Whats a mashup?
- Some examples
- Housingmaps
- Realosophy
- Google Earth Excel.
Could your organization benefit from creating a
mashup?
20The 2.0 Top 9.0
- Digg
- Delicious
- Stumble Upon
- Craigs List
- You Tube
- Library Thing
- Lulu
- Flickr
- Chowhound.
21Thank You!
James Spellos, CMPPresident, Meeting
U.718-224-5516jspellos_at_meeting-u.comwww.meeting
-u.com