Social Media & Networks - How to survive online (or “your [next] employer is watching you!”)

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Social Media & Networks
How to survive online
or “your [next] employer is watching you!”

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Social Media & Networks
• Identify the importance of
your online activity.
• Recognise and understand
the importance of monitoring
your ‘digital footprint’.
• Awareness of online activity
• Reflect on what will you do
with this information?
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What do you use ... and why?
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“… I’m blowing the airport sky high!”
“A man who posted a
message on Twitter
threatening [due to
frustration at it’s closure
because of snow] to blow
an airport "sky high" has
been found guilty of
sending a menacing
electronic
communication.”
May 10th, 2010
Source: BBC News

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The District Judge ruled that…
“… the Tweet was ‘of a menacing nature in the
context of the times in which we live’.”
Source: BBC News

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Social Media is …
• “… media designed to be
disseminated through social
interaction, created using
highly accessible and scalable
publishing techniques.”
• “… any form of online
publication or presence that
allows end users to engage in
multi-directional conversations
in or around the content on the
website.“
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Social Media Statistics
• Facebook has 500 million users, and
over 50% login EACH DAY.
• Flickr has over 4 billion images.
• Facebook is available in 70
languages.
• Twitter has 1.3 million Tweets, per
hour (almost 10 billion Tweets per year).
• Twitter has 600 million searches per
day.
… and they’re growing!
Source: eConsultancy

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Social Media Statistics
• “If facebook was a country it would
be the 3rd largest by population
[500 million]!”
Source: TechXav
• The dominant age group on
Facebook is 45-54, whereas it is
35-44 on Twitter
Source: PingDom
• Wikipedia has in excess of 14
million entries, written by only
85,000 individuals (~165 each)
Source: eConsultancy
Source: eConsultancy

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Video: Did You Know 4.0
YouTube: Did You Know 4.0
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Two Simple Rules …
NEVER say anything online
you wouldn’t say to your
Mother or Grandmother
What happened in Vegas
STAYS on Facebook
(forever?)
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Some Examples

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“United Airlines broke my guitar”

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“United Airlines broke my guitar”
• YouTube: 9.5 million views since
July 2009!
• YouTube: 2 further songs as
saga unfolded.
• YouTube: Taylor Guitars gets
media coverage as it supports
the band by donating free guitars
to the band.
• Media Coverage: CBS News
Online, July 2009
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The Public ‘Outing’
“Woman Publicly Outs Boss for
Playing ‘FarmVille’ at Work”
“… Jenny announced that she was
quitting her job through a series of
messages written on dry erase boards,
which she photographed and e-mailed
out to her entire office of roughly 20
employees. Those photos have since
found their way to the Internet.”
Source: Mashable
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Professional Misconduct
“A prison officer has
been dismissed for gross
misconduct after being
caught making friends
with [current and former]
inmates on the social
networking website
Facebook.”
March 23rd, 2009
Source: BBC News

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Don’t criticise your employer
“Thirteen cabin crew
staff have been sacked
by Virgin Atlantic over
their use of a social
networking website …
following claims staff
used Facebook to
criticise its safety
standards and call
passengers ‘chavs’.”
October 31st, 2008
Source: BBC News

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Your first day at work … ?
“ …the words 'first day at work
OMG So dull!!' and ‘I’m so totally
bored’ came back to haunt her
when her boss discovered them
as he surfed the net.”
“Following your comments made
on Facebook … we end your
employment with [company
name] with immediate effect.’”
February 26th, 2009
Source: Mail Online

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You will be caught out
“A Swiss woman has lost her job
after her employers spotted she
was using the Facebook website
when she had claimed to be too ill
to use a computer. The unnamed
woman was suffering a migraine
and had told her employer she
needed to lie in a darkened room.
The company said its discovery
that she was also using Facebook
destroyed its trust in her and
prompted her sacking. ”
April 25th, 2009
Source: BBC News

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Don’t tweet during a telephone interview
Be careful what you tweet
during a telephone interview!

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The break-up
“A New Zealand judge sentenced
20-year-old to 4 months in prison
for his ‘irresponsible drunken
jealous rage’ which included a
texted threat to kill her.”
“’Technology can't be used in this
way’ said the judge. ‘You would
do incalculable damage to
someone's reputation’.”
November 13th, 2010
Source: Newser

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Is Radio a Social Network … ?
“… school girl had invited fellow
sixth-formers to the event at her
21-bedroom family home, was
said to be "inconsolable" when
2,000 gatecrashers arrived after
Radio 1 DJ Pete Tong mentioned
it on his programme.”
“Thousands of revellers
descended on the country manor,
smashing windows, ripping up
carpets, destroying chandeliers
and ripping doors off their
hinges.”
March 18th, 2008
Source: London Evening Standard

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What about Email ... ?
Source: News.com.au
“… fired off the alert late at night
to every secretary at investment
giant Barclays Capital in London
… [saying] the IT worker was
‘sleeping his way around all of
the secretaries’ and ‘was very
persistent’.”
“Barclays are
considering whether or not to
fire Ms Barker.”
July 2nd, 2010

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It’s not all doom and
gloom .. Is it?

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When Social Media works for YOU
“Greyson Chance impresses
Ellen De Generes with his
rendition of Lady Gaga's song
‘Paparazzi’.”
“[Greyson Chance ] a 12-year-old
boy who became a hit on
YouTube with his cover version of
Lady Gaga's Paparazzi has
received a phone call from the
pop star.”
May 14th, 2010
Source: BBC News

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"The Fully Sick Rapper"
“Since being locked in quarantine
on December 9, 2009, the viral-
man-turned-viral-success turned
his fight against tuberculosis into
a series of comedic rap music.”
“… is now busy consulting social
media campaigns, hosting and
judging a music contest and
sifting through offers for
sponsorships and
endorsements.”
August10th, 2010
Source: Business Insider
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“United Airlines …” Part 3

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Corporate users
Image source: Dell.com
Source: SocialMedia.biz
“... many responses to the 2005
‘Dell Hell’ out burst initiated by
social media consultant Jeff
Jarvis, who wrote an open letter
to Dell complaining about Dell’s
customer service. At the time,
Dell’s response was, ‘We don’t
respond to bloggers’.”
“... finally responded a year later
with a full social media presence
for customer service and
promoting sales ... responsible
for $6.5 million in worldwide
sales.”
December 12th, 2009

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What about your
employability?

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Employers and Social Media
• Almost half of all companies now screen
potential employees’ social media profile
prior to hiring or interviewing.
• The study concluded that “… 35% of
employers reported they have found
content on social networking sites that
caused them not to hire the candidate.”
Source: Mashable

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The Interview Starts Before You Meet HR
• “… [the] employer relies on
feedback from staff of the nearby
hotel and taxi firm as part of its
applicant screening process.”
• “… the best way to assess a
candidate’s true colour is not by
the answers to interview
questions, but by determining
how the person acts when he or
she is in a normal, everyday
situation.”
Source: Suite101

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What you must consider …
• Online activity can be seen by
more people than you realise.
• You DO NOT control your
online ‘footprint’.
• Your friends may not always
be your friends.
• Anyone can find out what you
did last summer!
• Employers are checking you
out online BEFORE they ask
you for an Interview!
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What can I do?
• Look closely at your Privacy
settings on EACH network
website.
• Read the T&Cs before you
sign up to any website!
• Consider having a separate
profile on the networks for
private and professional
activities.
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What else can I do?
Don’t be silly; don’t
write anything that
will come back and
haunt you in 2, 5, 10
years time!
If in doubt, don’t do it!
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… and finally?
• What your Parents told you … that also apply to
Social Media:
• How would you like it if someone did that to you?
• If you can’t say anything good about someone, don’t
say it all.
• Everything in moderation.
• Think before you speak.
• Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Adapted from: Danny Brown

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Thank You