Slide deck for my session at the 2010 Information Technology Symposium at Fall Creek Falls April 20, 2010.

1. A Chief Information Officer’s 12 Month Research Expedition through the Social Media/Web 2.0 Jungle andHandheld Devices Tennessee IT Symposium April 20, 2010 Thomas Danford Chief Information Officer Tennessee Board of Regents

2. Ground Rules, Goals, and Objectives Nothing in this presentation should suggest the presenter is a Social Media/Web 2.0 or Mobile Device Expert! Discussion of the Trepredations, Motivations & Approach to Exploring Social Media Survey of Social Media Explored Survey of Web 2.0 Offerings Explored Discussion of the of the use of Smart Phones with Social Media and Web 2.0 Developing a Cloud Strategy & Discoveries Case Study of Social Media/Web 2.0

4. February 2009 (received an iPod Touch “hand-me-down”)

5. April 2009 (early “dabbling” with social media and iPod Touch)

6. Post IT Symposium … (around July)Preparing my presentation for the 2009 IT Symposium at Fall Creek Falls State Park. http://www.tntech.edu/itsymposium/ 11:39 AM Apr 18th, 2009 via web

7. My Early Trepredations/Fears with Social Media? Privacy Nightmares Data Breaches Account Security Loss of Productivity (personal & staff) Content & Interaction Strategy Reception by Gen X, Y, and Z Exit Strategy???

8. Expedition’s Motivation & Rationale Facts(?) Reported in the Literature: This Year (2010) Gen Y+ will outnumber my generation in the workforce 96% of Gen Y uses social media 80%+ of social media usage is on mobile devices My Children Think E-mail Passé I’ve Worked & Taught in Higher Ed … (researching technologies and trends?) What Could I Be Missing if I Don’t???

9. My Approach/Strategy Experiential (test & learn) Observe & Monitor 1st Engage & Share with “the Experts” VSCC On-line Intro Class BarCamp http://bit.ly/3VTEUH PodCamp http://bit.ly/7YN3bg Geek Breakfast http://bit.ly/Eb3Nn Online (twitter, e-mail, IM) Mixture of Work/Hobby/Social

15. Lessons Learned (to date … many more to come I’m sure) Like any Technology, it can be used for Good as well an Evil Time Waster Breaking news & information Source for new ideas Research Quality or Quantity? Depends Upon Objectives There is a Daunting Amount to Learn

16. Web 2.0 Tools (with less of a social media slant) Google Search Gmail/Calendar Google Docs Google Voice & Talk Wolfram|Alpha iHeartRadio RSS Feeds Many Others …

17. Cloud Strategy?

18. Some Favorite Discoveries Social Media LinkedIn – Answers Twitter #hashtags Web 2.0 Wolfram|Alpha iHeartRadio & Pandora iPhone Built-in screen capture (Hold the "home" button, then hit the "power/sleep" button) Clock countdown to sleep iPhone

19. Case Study Consulting team consisting of 4 individuals from TN, CA, GA, and SC hired to do a technology assessment along with cost and risk analysis.

20. What (and How) was Social Media & Web 2.0 Utilized for the Project? Twitter & LinkedIn Answers Skype Google Voice Gmail & Calendar box.net Google Docs Google Talk

21. Thanks for Attending!!! I would very much like to learn about your successes and challenges with social media, Web 2.0 and Smart Phones. Drop me a line using passé e-mail: tdanford@tbr.edu or … http://twitter.com/tdanford This presentation will be available on: http://www.slideshare.net/tsdanford