Presentation given at the North Coast Technology Conference.

1. CONNECTING & COLLABORATING THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKING Daria Topousis

2. I work on Web 2.0 for NASA including communities of practice, collaborative tools, and some social networking.

3. Social networking: Communities with shared interests that interact online

4. The old ways of communicating are over.

5. The old ways of networking are over.

6. Web 2.0: It’s not just about technology

12. Jobs

13. Work Discussions

17. Connect with family

18. Connect with friends and colleagues

20. Join groups

23. Facebook understands the power of users

27. Mars Phoenix Lander "Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!"

28. Chat about a TV show

29. Follow NASA missions

31. Twitter Mashups

32. Twitter Glossary Tweet: Twitter message Twitterer or Tweeter : Twitter user Tweeple: Group of Twitter users @: Response or reference to twitterer RT: Retweeting—rebroadcasting information sent by another user DM: Direct message, which only recipient sees #: Hash tags establish keywords