A C T I V E    N E T W O R K I N G

 

Part of Communication 2.0

 

                   WHY use Networking ?

 

· Empower yourself

 

· Put your knowledge, experience

and networks at the disposal of others

 

· Inspire – and be inspired

 

· Mobilise – and be mobilised

 

· Raise issues of importance to you

 

· Ask questions, make proposals

 

· It’s free

 

· It’s mobile

 

· It’s instantaneous

 

· Distances are irrelevant

 

 

                       HOW to do Networking ?

 

· Join all relevant social networks

 

· Contribute frequently to the networks

 

· Have your own dynamic home page

 

· Make your cyber presence well known, incl. to search engines

 

· Start issues of importance to you at the sites

· Encourage groups to get active

 

· Respect Netiquette

 

 

 

 

 

                   Niels Jørgen Thøgersen

 

                   November 2008

 

                     e-mail:  kimbrer@gmail.com    

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EUROPEAN SOCIAL NETWORKS

 

Overview of number of members

 

 

                                  A:  General networks:

 

                            *  Facebook:          124 million

 

                            *  MySpace:          247 million

 

                            *  hi5:                      80 million

 

                            *  Live Journal:     17 million

 

                            *  Orknet:               67 million

 

                            *  Bebo:                  40 million

 

                            *  Netlog:                36 million

 

                            *  Friendster:         80 million

 

                            *  Skyrock:            22 million

 

                            *  Second Life:     120 mill 
       
                            *  DIGG

 

                            *  Twitter:              2 million

 

 

                            *  YouTube   Broadcast Yourself   Hundreds of millions per day

 

                            *   Flickr        On-line Photo Sharing   More than 1 billion photos

 

 

                                     B:  Business networks:

 

                            *  LinkedIn:           36 million

 

                            *  Plaxo Pulse:       15 million

 

                            *  XING:                  6 million

 

 

                                    NJT – November 2008  

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