Social Media

Communication for the

21st Century

Preview of Points

What is Social Media?

Facts about Social Media.

Who’s using it?

Why is it so popular?

Problems that come along with it.

What is it?

Two words come together to make up one

HUGE idea.

The internet allows it’s popularity to grow at a

much more rapid pace than ever before.

Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc.

Businesses use social media to reach people

where they are – the internet (Altes 4).

Facts

45% Employers use Facebook and/or Twitter

to screen job candidates (Grasz).

Facebook has more than 400 million active

users.

70% of people believe that social networking

sites can inappropriately blur the distinction

between personal and professional lives

(Osborn).

Generation Y

As in why is this so important for you to know all

of this?

People that have grown up with technology

expect it to be standard everywhere.

Conference calls can be replaced by Skype

and collaborative websites.

20 is the new 50. Stay up to date.

Gen Y people are the one’s incorporating

social media into their businesses.

Growing Pains

Not everyone knows how to make use new

technology.

Social Media can make or break a job

seekers chances at finding employment.

Balancing social life and work life gets more

difficult as both networks grow and blend

together.

Identity fraud and loss of face to face

communication.

Concluding Q and A

What is Social Media?

Who is using it?

Why is it so important?

What problems come along with it?

What’s next?

Works Cited

Altes, Karen. "Social media: young professionals effect change in the workplace."

Journal of Property Management 74.5 (2009): 44+. Academic OneFile. Web. 26

Apr. 2010.

Grasz, Jennifer .”45% Employers use Facebook-Twitter to screen job candidates”

Oregon Business Report (2009): Web. 27 Apr. 2010.

Osborn, Marc and Emily Harris “New Study Examines Technology Generation Gap

in the Workplace: LexisNexis Technology Gap Survey Finds Impact on

Workplace Etiquette and Blurred Boundaries Between Work and Home”

LexisNexis (2009) Enhanced Online News. Web. 27. Apr. 2010

Stone, Brad “The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s.” New York

Times (2010): Web. 26 Apr. 2010

Thank you

Presentation For: Lansing Community College,

Oral Communication in the workplace (SPCH120)

with Jessica Joy Wednesdays 6:30pm – 9:45pm.

By: Thomas Girdwood