Social Media for Social Good (EcoFair Marin)
Speaker · Lecture · EcoFair Marin · September 2011
Ten ways social media can serve social good: education, democracy, love, money, disaster response, mobility, local news, citizen science, local food and farming.
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- Presented at… Social Media for Social Good JoeyShepp.com
- JoeyShepp.com Program Director Web Strategist
- Social Media Today
- Moore’s Law
- 750 Million Active Users 70% outside of the USA
- 8,868 Tweets Per Second
- 2 Days of Video Uploaded Every Minute
- 92% of U.S. Toddlers Have Online Presence
- Potential for Social Good
- 10 Ways Social Media can be used for Social Good 1. Education 6. Mobility 2. Democracy 7. Local News 3. Love 8. Citizen Science 4. Money 9. Local Food 5. Disaster 10. Farming
- Education
- Education • Touch Interface • Affordability • Global
- http://KhanAcademy.org/
- 1 to 1 iPad Program • • Faculty Support 5th Grade Pilot
- GreenMBA Community • Blog • Facebook Page • Facebook Group • Twitter • You Tube • Email Lists http://GreenMBA.com
- Democracy
- Democracy • Social Voting • Citizen Journalism • Open Government
- Social Voting
- http://CitizenTube.com/
- http://OpenCongress.org
- Money
- Financing • Microfinance • Croudfunding • Microvolunteering
- http://Kiva.org/
- $240 Million Loaned
- Loan Repayment Rate: 98%
- Loans to Women: 81%
- http://KickStarter.com/
- http://Sparked.com/
- Love
- Love • Profiles • Matching • New Relationships
- Online Dating Bigger Industry than Porn
- Online Dating 1 in 6 US Marriages Started Online
- Health
- Health • Information Access • Home Monitoring • Preventative
- http://23andMe.com/
- http://iHadCancer.com/
- Disaster
- Disaster • Locate Lost • Status Reports • Donations and Volunteers
- Haiti Disaster Response
- Faster Than Earthquakes
- (picture only)
- Mobility
- Mobility • Mobile Phones • GPS/4G • Crowd Sourcing
- http://GetAround.com/
- http://Google.com/Transit
- Hyperlocal News
- Hyperlocal News • Citizen Journalism • Mobile Reporting • Real-Time
- http://SanRafael.ThePatch.com
- http://YouTube.com/Direct/
- Citizen Science
- Citizen Science • Crowd Sourcing • On Location • Photos/Videos
- http://YourGardenShow.com
- Local Food
- Local Food • Local Reviews • Local Farmers • Mobile Food
- http://LocalHarvest.org
- http://GetLocalvore.com
- Social Media Drives Sales
- Farming
- Connected Farmers 20% rise in Farmers Online in the past decade
- http://AgChat.org/
- http://AgWired.com/
- Privacy
- Privacy • Understanding Permissions • Balance of Transparency • Consequences to Conspiracy
- http://Facebook.com/
- http://WikiLeads.org/
- Collective Consciousness
- Global Citizenship
- Stay Human
- Questions?
- (picture only)
- http://JoeyShep.com
- Gaming • Social Gaming • Gaming Productivity • Gamification
- Death