SOCIAL NETWORKING

What is Social Networking?

•Grouping of individuals into specifics groups like a community or a subdivision online.•Online social networking websites are commonly used.•Boomers are the fastest-growing age segment on social-networking sites and many log on at least once a day.

Why?

• Great way to stay connected with family members and friends

• To stay up to date what AARP is doing in Annapolis and DC

• Post pictures, stories

• Develop new friendships

• It’s FREE!!!

Different Types of Social Networking

• More than 400 social networking sites on the internet!

• Personal interest

• Public interest

• Business interest

• Sports interest

• Dating interest

The Top Social Sites

• Facebook- has more than 200 million active users

• Twitter- 3 million tweets a day

FACT: Women 50+ are the fastest growing users of Facebook

FACEBOOK

• www.facebook.com

• Very easy to join

• All you need is an email address and some patience!

AARP MD State Web Page

1. Go to www.aarp.org

2. Connect to the Community

3. Click “Register”

Twitter

• Twitter is a social networking tool that allows you answer the question, "What are you doing?" by sending short text messages 140 characters in length, called "tweets", to your friends, or "followers."

• Your tweets are displayed on your profile page, on the home page of each of your followers

• TWEET- is hosting an advocacy training today and talking about Social Media http://ow.ly/IeB2