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New Media and You:

Making IT Work For You!

Phil Gerbyshak

President Brew City HDI

HDI Midwest Regional Director

What is New Media?

How have you used

new media?

Why do I use new media?

Research new ideas

Connect with people I know (and need to

know)

Share my ideas

Make a name for myself

Rules of New Media

No silver bullet

More tools than time

Everyone is different

Be YOU – a real person

Push versus Pull – Pull wins

It’s all WIIFM

Let’s Talk About Tools

Google

Google Alerts

Connect Your Network

LinkedIn

Plaxo

Lots of Ways to Share Content

Blogs

Podcasts

Newsletters

Google Reader

140 characters is not

much room to say what

you want to say

Share something small

Twitter

Plurk

Facebook status

Plaxo status

What can you do?

Dabble a bit

Find something you like and learn it well

Share your knowledge with someone

Ask LOTS of questions

Have fun!

Connect with Phil

Username is philgerb on most new media

places

Google “Phil Gerbyshak” to find me all over

the web (popping up in new places)

Email me: president@brewcityhdi.com