An update to last year's presentation about the use of social media in the public works field. This presentation briefly introduces major social media tools and discusses their use by public works professionals.

1. Virtual Public Works Is this how we’ll be doing business in the future? This is how we are doing business NOW!

3. History of Online Tools Web 1.0?

4. TODAY: WEB 2.0 but what is Web 2.0 & why do I care?

5. Blog a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer Source: Merriam-Webster Online = Web + Log

8. Examples & Comparisons from our Industry

9. Find one you like & grab a feed! Look for the RSS Feed symbol or text

10. Example: The Portland Water Bureau Blog

11. Use iGoogle to organize your feeds

12. Here’s where you get iGoogle

15. Wiki A wiki is a Web site that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. Source: TechTerms.com

17. http:// waterwiki.net

18. http:// www.pavementinteractive.org

20. Creating a simple wiki with Google Sites

23. Number of Unique Visitors June 2008

27. Why joining Facebook is worth your while

30. http://www.twitter.com Unique visitors to Twitter increased 1,382 percent year-over-year, from 475,000 unique visitors in February 2008 to 7 million in February 2009 Source: Nielsen Online

31. Sample Tweets:

34. Voice Over IP (VOIP) http://www.skype.com

36. Skype for Public Works

37. Photo & Video Sites From Esprit de sel’s photostream Flickr Icons from iconspedia.com YouTube

52. Where to go from here?

53. Where to go from here?

54. Resources http://www.publicworksgroup.com/node/12

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