This document discusses how technology and social media are enabling more people to participate and connect in society. Some key points:
- 50% of Americans have a social media account and usage is growing
- Location-based services are becoming more popular, with 4% of Americans using services like Foursquare
- Nearly all online users now have access to information, community, and can participate or passively engage through technology
- Digital tools can help scale assistance and make personal stories/experiences more accessible to overcome stigma
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Technology and Enablement in the Social Age
1. Technology and
Enablement in the
Social Age
An exploratory discussion with Kemp Edmonds
@KempEdmonds @DRNBC
2. It’s young. It’s growing.
• 50% of Americans have an account on
• 8% of online Americans use
• 4% are using location based services like…
Sources:
InsideFacebook.com (US) Feb. 2011
Pew Internet Research (US) Feb. 2011
Pew Internet Research (US) Nov. 2010
9. exercise one
This exercise is to both expose you to this
concept of Google Forms and to try to
gather some of the massive brain trust in this
room and beyond for the benefit of those
present and not present today.
10. exercise two
Start by thinking of people you’d want to join
our survey people who may also be
interested in the results. Do you have a way
to communications with them? email?
twitter? text message? Now pull out any
connect devices: laptops, smartphone or cell
phone.