Presentations and other posts relating to social networking

Our August Philly Net Tuesday will be focused on Google+, the brand new social networking service from Google.

We’ll start gathering at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, August 2 in the Friends Center at 1501 Cherry Street. Plus we’ll be streaming the event live (see http://phillynetsquared.org/live) and paying attention to the Twitter backchannel (using #phlnet2).

Some things we’ll cover:

• What is Google+ and how does it work?
• Why is Google+ important (or not)? Will it rival/surpass Facebook?
• How can Google+ help nonprofits and social change?

We’ll start off with some demonstrations of Google+ and its features, exploring circles, sparks, huddles and hangouts. (Bring your own laptop if you can, so you can “play along.”) We’ll talk about how Google+ relates to other Google products. We’ll discuss how we can use Google+ to help our organizations and causes. And we’ll speculate about where this is all going.