National AgrAbility Workshop power point. Social Networking, reaching you clients in new ways

1. Farm Safety and Social
Networking
Just another Farmers’ Market
conversation

2. Reaching our clients in new ways
With
Alexandra Jump
Farm Safety Educator
UVM Extension VT AgrAbility Project
And
Emily Morehouse
Program Specialist
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Any reference to commercial products, trade names, or brand names is for
information only, and no endorsement or approval is intended.

3. A social network is a social structure made of
individuals having something in common.

4. Social Networking using the internet
allows us to reach individuals with
information.

5. There are many platforms to
choose from……
Twitter Blogger My space Facebook Wordpress

6. The Social Networking Platforms
we use
Facebook Wordpress

7. Additional Platforms
Video Sharing through and linked services

8. ●Founded in February 2004 and by December it had 1,000,000.[2]
●It began as an internet student directory, much like a year book.
●Initially for Harvard students, it expanded to other colleges.
●Next it expanded to include high school students.
●Finally opening to everyone.
● Founder Mark Zuckerburg just turned 27 on May 14th.

9. Why do it at all?
Facebook passed the
400 million user mark on
Feb 5, 2010 [3]
As of September 28th, 2010
We have over 590 friends
A 41% increase from June

10. Who are our Friends?
• Farmers
• Vermont legislators and policy makers
• Media
• Other network groups

11. How do we know it works?
●People are asking to be friends.
●We are having conversations.
●We are reaching our targeted population

12. We link
Facebook Wordpress

13. Wordpress is a blog platform
• Write stories
• Post photos
• Add links
• Layer pages
of information

14. Total views on
9.28.2010
15,061
62.5% increase

15. How Do we know it works?
We can check the stats on the blog site

16. Now share the message
• Using share platforms like You Tube and
Share This helps get the word out.
Can you
It?
Why yes we can!

17. What AgrAbility
means to me
Bambi Freeman
Tom Younkman, VCIL
Michael Cotroneo
stand by a finished project.

19. Bottom line… social networking
Information and
ideas
Helps us reach
the people we
strive to serve

20. Reference and Resources
1. Wikipedia, Social Network (2010). Retrieved electronically
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network
2. Wikipedia, Facebook (2010) retrieved electronically
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
3. Ibid.