This presentation was given to the Whitehall Club of Houston, TX to feature online networks and tools in a new light as they directly complement traditional offline networking.

1. Doing what you do, just geekier
Katie Laird
klaird@schipul.com
www.schipul.com/happykatie

3. ✓ Networking 2.0 toolkit
✓ (before)
Laying your groundwork
✓ (during)
Don’t stop now!
✓ (after)
Follow up magic

6. Start a group to connect
your Community
Ask and answer questions
Create
a poll

7. 300 million
Facebook-ers
307 million Americans

8. Avoiding someone?
BLOCK THEM!

9. fl
521 photos
53 ‘yes’
194 ‘maybe’
888 members

12. Want to know what tools to use? ASK!
Young professionals? Potential recruits? Your friends?

13. www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/288335335/
Connect with Rich Media

14. Nissan: www.youtube.com/slamdunk
Zappos: www.youtube.com/user/zappos
Schipul: www.vimeo.com/schipul

15. Buy a Flip camera (seriously)
http://www.theflip.com/

17. http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/
http://domoreforpets.yahoo.com/
www.flickr.com/groups/domoreforpets/ http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=gmfyi&m=tags
8,700 photos 8,300 photos

20. www,technorati.com/watchlist
Powerful Social Media search engine
watches for your terms and updates you
www.google.com/alerts
Email updates for your company
name and keywords
http://alerts.yahoo.com
Yahoo! alerts you of any
occurrences of defined terms and
names

21. ... and a big congrats on www.google.com/alerts
Free and fast alerts on topics and
your latest award! people you care about.
... and I saw today that
Bill White will be on
NPR’s Morning Edition!
http://search.twitter.com
Up-to-the-second updates on topics
and people you need to know more
about.

22. IceRocket: www.icerocket.com
Blogpulse: www.blogpulse.com/conversation + Social Mention: www.socialmention.com

24. www.bumptechnologies.com
Easy contact sharing - perfect for www.roambi.com
busy networking events Mobile visuals of accurate data
from software you already use
www.pptexpert.com
Present on-the-go - take
advantage of every opportunity you
can!

26. www.doyoupoken.com
Pokens are USB drive contact /
data sharing devices - could be a
great trade show / conference gift
www.contxts.com
Set up your contact info for
immediate connection via your cell
phone’s text message
www.moo.com
www.mydropcard.com Colorful mini cards to include ALL
Email you contact info immediately of your online URLs and contact
once you have emails of contacts. info on

31. www.slideshare.net
Like YouTube, but for your
Powerpoints
www.empressr.com
Design and present in a
single online space
www.sliderocket.com
Create, update and promote
your presentations

32. ✓ Be brave, be online
✓ Tap into the new
event life cycle
✓ Find your niche
and be generous

33. Katie Laird
Schipul - The Web Marketing Company
www.schipul.com // www.tendenci.com
(281) 497.6567, ext 519
Katie details:
Personal brand: www.schipul.com/happykatie
Blog: www.happykatie.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/happykatie
Flickr: www.flickr.com/happykatie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66125582@N00/457743309/

34. Slide 3:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38851430@N07/3611953382/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43144679@N00/318932845/ Slide 23:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awesomealpharetta/2180649081/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/3610544969/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonseagrant/3672685139/
Slide 18: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43927576@N00/3345715839/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13233992@N00/1665541384/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/3346540316/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamaleaver/3121888662/
Slide 27:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19365001@N00/119992871/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32405143@N00/2609193463/
www.flickr.com/photos/96628233@N00/1913229391/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70104412@N00/2757061023/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50505243@N00/29439835/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opacity/3656473498/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20444618@N00/2224198410/
Slide 19:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chinwagcom/509606123/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chinwagcom/509606629//
http://www.flickr.com/photos/opacity/3751087044/sizes/l/