Social Networking for the Older and Wiser
Table of contents

Book cover: Social networking for the older and wiserBy 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

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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

Appendix C - Glossary

Index

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