You and Social Media


The Dissemination CoP will be hosting a webinar in March called Social Media Tools. Interested? If so, please take a moment and answer the questions below. Your answers will help us design a webinar that fits your level of knowledge about social media.

Social media uses new and emerging technologies to transform traditional "one-to-many" information broadcasting into information exchange and dialogue by "many-to-many." Social media tools fall into several general categories, including but not limited to:

 

Communication: Blogs (Blogger, TypePad, WordPress); Microblogs (Twitter); Social Networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning)

Collaboration: Wikis (Wikipedia); Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo); Social News (Digg, Reddit)

Multimedia: Photo sharing (Flickr, Picassa, Photobucket); Video sharing (YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler); Audio sharing/podcasting (ITunes, Newzee, Doppler); WebCasting/LiveCasting (Adobe Connect, WebEx, ILinc, Dimdim, Skype)

Information Aggregators (Netvibes, Twine, iGoogle, PageFlakes)
 


How familiar are you with using social media tools? (Check only one.)
Not familiar at all
I've heard of social media, but that's about it
I'm a beginner. I've visited social media sites, but haven't really participated
I'm an intermediate user. I am a regular consumer of social media but not a regular producer.
I'm skilled! I'm a regular consumer and producer of social media.
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How familiar are you with these specific social media tools?
 Not familiar at all I've heard of it but that's all I've visited it I use it several times a month I'm skilled! 
Blogging (Blogger, TypePad, WordPress); Microblogging (Twitter)
Social Networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning)
Social bookmarking sites (e.g., Delicious, Diigo)
Social news sites (e.g., Digg, Reddit)
Multimedia Sharing Sites (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, iTunes)
WebCasts/LiveCasts (e.g., Adobe Connect, WebEx, iLinc, Dimdim, Skype)
Other
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Which of the following have you done this month? (Check all that apply.)
Browsed the web on a mobile device (e.g., cell phone)
Read tweets
Tweeted
Bookmarked a site
Shared bookmarks with others
Visited social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Ning
Updated your own profile on sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, or Ning
Read a blog
Left a comment on a blog
Created/posted a blog of your own
Uploaded a video to a site like YouTube
Uploaded a photo or graphic to a site like Flickr or Photobucket or downloaded from them
Listened to a podcast
Downloaded a podcast to your mobile device (e.g., cell phone)
Installed a widget, plugin, or "app" (application) on your website or cell phone
Other  
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Anything else you'd like us to know about the level of detail you're looking for in a webinar about social media tools? Tell us in the space below.
 

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