Results from our techMAP survey

1. Quick poll of #techMAP London
Social Media: driver of change
for good or bad?
Presented by:
@AkaDramaQueen – techMAP Chair
Thanks goes to:
@LukeTIpping – techMAP speaker
@CharlotteBeckett @Amplifier_Paul @LeeStacey- techMAP Panelists

2. The following results are a quick and dirty poll of your
peers and their Social Media behavior to provide a
local sense-check of how Social Media is influencing
London Town as part of @LukeTipping ‘s presentation
included above.

3. 49%% said 4-6
Question 1:
How many really close friends
do you have?
10.2% said 7+
30.6% said 2-3
10.2% said 1
40% have 1-3 really close friends.
60% of us have 4+ friends.

4. 36.7% said Perhaps a little.
Question 2:
My social profiles make
me look happier than I
am.
8.2% said
40.8% said No! WYSIWYG* Well, perception is reality.
14.3% said Yes.
60% of people don’t have an accurate profile.
WYSYWYG = What you see is what you get.

5. 10.2% said Nope.
24.4% said A few times in
a month - sure!
Question 3:
There are times when I can feel
insecure, lonely and isolated.
10.2% said:
•Daily.
•Professionally – I do
•All the time.
57.1% said Yes! But doesn’t •Most times.
everybody?
90% of people polled can relate to this statement to some degree.

6. 34.7% said Sure! There is green in London…? Right?
Question 4:
Nature is important to me and
plays an active role in my life.
10.2% said
No. And why is this
51% said Absolutely. question even
% said 1
here?

7. 55.1% said – Now and the
future.
Question 5:
I spend a lot of time thinking about:
4.1% said Now.
14.3% said Yesterday and
Tomorrow.
14.3% said
the past.
12.2% said
the future.

8. 16.3% Said
Why would we
do this?
Question 6:
I can pull the plug and go 30.6% Said I could and I do.
analogue for a whole week
end… sure!
34.7% said I could but I
won’t.
18.4% Said Wait! The
mobile doesn’t count… does
it?
Only 30% of people shut off for the week end.

9. Question 7:
My social profiles are an 28.6% Said Not really!
accurate representation of me!
4.1% said two
67.3% Said Yes. totally different
people really.

10. Questions for our panel:
1. Is social media a driver of change for good? Why?
2. How has Social Media changed human behavior?
3. Are we creating split personalities? An online me and a
real world me. Is online me happier, prettier, more
popular?

11. @wearetechMAP
techMAP is the real world www.wearetechmap.com
and online community www.meetup.com/techmaplondon
that seeks to resolve how
Shannon@wearetechMAP.com
technology is best applied @ShannonEastman
within
marketing, advertising Barry@wearetechMAP.com
and PR. @BarryFurby