Social Networking for the Older and Wiser
Table of contents
By Sean McManus
Part I - Getting started
Chapter 1 - Introducing social networking
- What is social networking?
- What you need
- Using this book
- Overcoming common fears
- Summary
- Brain training
Chapter 2 - Learning the basics of social networking
- Creating your account
- Passing the security checks
- Creating your profile
- Adding your profile image
- Using your email address book to find your friends
- Logging out to protect your account
- Learning the culture of social networking
- Summary
- Brain training
Part II - Connecting with friends old and new
Chapter 3 - Getting in touch with friends old and new on Facebook
- Creating your account and profile
- Looking up your friends on Facebook
- Receiving friend requests
- Interacting with your friends on Facebook
- Challenging your friends to a game on Facebook
- Finding interest groups
- Organising a reunion with a Facebook event
- Protecting your privacy on Facebook
- Speeding up Facebook
- Summary
- Brain training
Chapter 4 - Finding old schoolmates at Friends Reunited
- How Friends Reunited helped Pam organise her school reunion
- Creating your account
- Adding your school or other place
- Finding your former schoolmates
- Adding friends to your friends lists
- Adding a Newsflash
- Adding photos and videos
- Finding like-minded people in groups
- Creating your own group
- Organising a class reunion
- Managing your privacy on Friends Reunited
- Summary
- Brain training
Chapter 5 - Using Twitter to tell the world what you're doing
- Famous people on Twitter
- Creating your Twitter account
- Posting your first tweet
- Finding people to follow on Twitter
- Sending replies and messages to people on Twitter
- Forwarding messages with 're-tweeting'
- Joining the conversation with hashtags
- Sharing pictures with Twitpic
- Managing your privacy and blocking spam
- Summary
- Brain training
Part III - Joining specialist communities and starting your own
Chapter 6 - Connecting with other seniors at Saga Zone
- Finding your bearings on Saga Zone
- Having fun in the forums
- Joining in clubs
- Creating a blog
- Organising social events
- Making friends on Saga Zone
- Managing your privacy
- Summary
- Brain training
Chapter 7 - Networking with other seniors at Eons
- Finding your bearings on Eons
- Uploading photos to your profile
- Finding friends on Eons
- Interacting with people on Eons
- Meeting other newcomers in groups
- Finding other groups to participate in
- Creating your own group
- Creating a blog
- Summary
- Brain training
Chapter 8 - Finding and planning real-world social events at Meetup
- Finding Meetup groups near you
- Planning to attend events
- Sharing ideas for events
- Uploading photos to the group
- Uploading files to the group
- Creating and managing your own event group
- A final word
- Summary
- Brain training
Chapter 9 - Creating your own social network at Ning
- Touring Ning
- Defining your purpose
- Creating your own social network
- Adding content to your network
- Communicating with people in your network
- Managing your network
- Managing your privacy on Ning
- Summary
- Brain training
Part IV - Appendices and index
Appendix A - How to use a web browser: from novice to expert
- Would you rather read this on paper?
- It all happens in the browser
- What is a web browser?
- Taking a tour of your browser
- Navigating websites
- Using forms
- Making the web easier to use: magnification and keyboard shortcuts
- Summary
- Brain Training
You can read an enhanced version of this tutorial online.
Appendix B - Site directory
You can read an enhanced and extended version of this directory here.
Appendix C - Glossary
Index
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