Sloan-C Emerging Technologies Symposium Social Networking & Contest

1. Sloan-C Emerging Technologies SymposiumSocial Networking & Contest

2. Sandra Coswatte Social Media Specialist The Sloan Consortium Jean Fredrick Director of Marketing The Sloan Consortium

3. Login • You will receive an invitation with a link and a Username and Password (Monday July 19) • Login • Can change Username & Password

5. Basics • Home • Welcome, all tabs available • Virtual Exhibit Hall • My.ET4 • Message center: your messages, replies, all, following • Search • For attendees by name, company, industry, city, state • Follow People • Mutually following - see each other’s schedule

6. Basics, cont. • Contests • Streamed Sessions • Virtual sessions • Full Schedule • My Schedule • Profile • Help • Log Out

8. Profile • Upload Photo • Password Reset • Contact Info • Public Profile • Shows schedule • Twitter • Find friends from twitter who are also attendees

11. Contacts/Follow • To find people to follow use Search • To View Use My.ET4 • Who I’m Following • Who is Following Me • Mutual Following • You may “Unfollow” people here • Following: can view their messages

12. Message Notifications • Set Message Notifications Option • Set reply msg. to non-spam • Social Notifications • When a person follows or private messages me, email me at: my email address • Schedule Notifications: input your email address to get notified when events change (time, location, etc.) • Twitter Notifications • twitter username & pswd. • Sends your msgs. to your twitter account

13. Messages: • from the people you follow and from your groups • @Replies • Reply to specific user type @ followed by the person's username in the message. Message appears on your public feed & in the @Replies tab of the user you sent the message to - also visible to anyone following you. • Example: "@username See you in dinner!" • Sent • All Messages (public and private) that you send • Direct Messages • “Private” message: use a "d" before your message. This message will only be visible to you and the person you're sending the message to. Note: You can only direct message people who are following you. • Example: "d username See you in March!" • Everybody • See all

14. Messages – Sidebar • My Upcoming Events • Search people function • Twitter – find friends • checks registrants for Twitter usernames you are following • Following: View all • RSS Message Feeds • View all of your sent messages sent, received & replies, and all messages

15. Full Schedule • Click on the calendar day you want to see • Choose “Track” or All • Can also choose date on pull-down • Choose the sessions you want for your calendar by clicking on the box at the right of a session • Go to My Calendar to view selections

16. My Schedule • Shows all of the sessions you have selected for each day of the event. • To de-select a session click on the X at the right of the session and it will be removed. • My Schedule RSS Feed • Shows timeline and descriptors of all of your scheduled sessions • Calendar Icons • You can send your schedule to Outlook, Google and to your Outlook inbox

17. Social Networking Contest • Twitter • Facebook • Linkedin • Post messages during the conference • Drawing is random after the conference ends • Prizes mailed or emailed

19. How to Participate Twitter Contest • Follow Sloan-C on twitter (see below for how) • Tweet about the conference using #et4online hashtag • Retweet other’s tweets about the conference using #et4online hashtag Facebook and Linkedin Contest • Join Sloan-C on Facebook and/or Linkedin • Post about the conference on the Sloan-C Facebook and/or Linkedin pages • Include photos if you are at the event and want to share the fun!

20. Prizes • A year single user license gift certificate for the latest version of SoftChalk • One complimentary registration to the Sloan-C 16th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning in Orlando, FL Nov. 3-5, 2010, from Waypoint Outcomes • One free seat in a Certified Adobe or Google Training class (online or in-person in DC) from Fig Leaf Software http://training.figleaf.com) from Fig Leaf Software • One complimentary registration (a $315 value) to our conference in Napa, "Soaring to New Heights" November 5-6, 2010, from Computer-Using Educators (CUE) • Laser pointer/flash drive combo from Compass Knowledge Group • One Individual Membership from Sloan-C • Insulated travel mugs from MERLOT • Bag of goodies from Desire2Learn

22. How to “tweet” • You need to have a Twitter account. Don’t have one? Sign up at twitter.com • To “follow” Sloan-C on twitter go to http://twitter.com/SloanConsortiumand click on “Follow” • “Tweet” about the Emerging Technologies symposium as much as you like – the panels, topics, speakers, technologies, etc. A “tweet” is simply a short “what are you doing” message that can be up to 140 characters long. • Include this “hashtag” anywhere in your tweet so we can track your tweet: #et4online • Example: just attendedgreatSocial Networking panel at Sloan-C Emerging Tech symposium #et4online • The more you tweet the better but it only takes once to be eligible to win!

23. Drawing & Notifying Winners • Drawings will be taken from all tweets posted during the length of the contest • Winner will be announced the week following the conference via twitter and email • Prizes will be mail or emailed Contest Sponsors: • Compass Knowledge Group • Computer Using Educators (CUE) • Fig Leaf Software • MERLOT • Waypoint Outcomes • Sloan-C

24. Questions?