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1. By
Muhammad Iqbal, PM, HRPA, ON
HR Professional and Social Media Strategist
iqbalarfeen@gmail.com
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2. Presentation Sequence
 Introduction to Social Media
 Growth of Social Media
 3-Phases of Educational Technology
 Social Networking Tools
 Benefits of Social Media
 Useful Resources
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3. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Communication Process
Message Channel
Sender Receiver
Feedback
Smile

4. Social Media Awareness Seminar
What is a Media? – Print and Electronics
• Journalists;
• Reporters;
• Photographers;
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5. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Social Media is an interactive communication
– where You can interact with the media
A Social Network is a connection of
Like-minded People around the World
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6. Social Media Awareness Seminar
From Pigeon to twitter:
 Letters to Emails
 Cards to eCards
 Social Media – Facebook, Twitter, Wiki
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7. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Access to 50 Million Users - Benchmark
38 years
13 years
4 years
3 years
less than a year

8. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Research Statistics – social media
• Google Look-up 200 Million for info/DAY
• 100 Billion Clicks per DAY
• 55 Trillion LINKS
• 2 Billion Emails per SECOND
• 1 Million IM per SECOND
• Facebook – 355 Million Users
• Linked In – 50 Million Users
• Twitters – 50 Million Users
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Research Statistics – US Education Dept.
• Online out-performed Face-to-Face Learner
• Student spend:
5 hours/week on YouTube
31 hours/week on Internet
 90% Online participation
 10% Class participation
• Its time to Re-Think Teaching
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10. Social Media Awareness Seminar
3 phases of educational technology
“Any teacher that can be replaced
by technology deserves to be”
• It is the really Teacher who brings
technology to the class
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11. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Tools for Social networking
Twitter
Digg.com EmpireAvenue
Skype
Facebook
Friend Feed Reddit
Wiki
Blogs
eAcademy StumbleUpon
Google + LinkedIn
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12. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Benefits of Using Social Media
• Bigger Social Platform
• User Generated Content
• Handy & Scalable
• Building Relationships
• Global Connecting
• Customer Services
• Gaining Goodwill
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13. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Benefits of Using Social Media
• Make You Credible
• Increase Referrals
• New Relationships
• Outstanding Visibility
• Trust Building
• Perceived Expert
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Social Media – Best Practices
• Be Honest and Transparent
• Write What You Know
• Professional Email; No Roman
• Disagree Professionally
• Be Responsive and Trustworthy
• Virtual Handshake
– Ask Permission
– Write a Personal Email
– Its OK to decline or ignore
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15. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Social Media Tool - Facebook
Largest Social Network Populous
countries – Rank
• 350,000,000 + Users
– China
• 3rd Populous Country – India
– Facebook
– USA
– Indonesia
– Brazil
– Pakistan
– Bangladesh

16. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Capitalize on Facebook
 Birthday Reminders name@gmail.com ……….
 ChattingIn one on one or groups
• Log –
 Games – lot available
 Pictures – sharing and timelines
 Network – for:
 Socializing
 Academic; or
 Job Search or Professional

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Capitalize on Facebook
Personal Page

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Fair Use of Facebook
Privacy setting:
Public
Friends
Friends of Friends
Specific people
Only me

19. Social Media Awareness Seminar
“We don’t have
a choice on
whether we DO
Social Media.
The Question is
How Well We
DO it”
Moving to web 3.0

20. Social Media Awareness Seminar
Today’s Message
Become a Valuable
Time
Member of the
Listen
Community
Participate
Collaborate
Stay Hungry and Stay Foolish
Steve Job

21. Thanks – contact me…..
Muhammad Iqbal
HR Professional
& Social Media Strategist
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