Special Event: "The Who, What, and Why of Internet Social Networking"

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 at 5:30pm

FHC, Inc., 1201 Main Street, Bowdoin

These days it seems as though everyone talking about social networking web sites: FaceBook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter are mentioned in the news and by stars and political figures. What is this phenomenon called "social networking" and can it be of any benefit to the small business?

On April 16th, Scheherazade Mason and Sarah Paul, Career Coaches from Bowdoin College, joined us for a very special After Hours and present a “show and tell” session to help us understand who in the world is using tools like LinkedIn and Twitter, what companies and individuals are doing with these services, and why social networking is an important tool making connections in professional circles as well as personal.

Here are the links that Sherry mentioned during the session...

1) LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com (Please feel free to add either of us (search by name) as a contact if you would like!)

2) Facebook: www.facebook.com

3) Twitter: www.twitter.com (my username is “sherryfm” and Sarah's is “sarahkp” if you want to keep track of what we are up to.)

4) How to control privacy settings on Facebook: http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/

5) Review what is being said about you on the Web: www.viewzi.com

6) A great article about how to use LinkedIn: http://www.bnet.com/2403-13070_23-219860.html

7) And a great presentation summing up how different social media channels can help demonstrate your competence: http://blog.nombray.com/2009/02/youre-about-to-get-fired.html