1. Socially Scouting Shawn Cleary

2. Who Am I?  Social Networking Nut  Scoutmaster for Troop 1363  Assistant Cubmaster for Pack 4363  Husband of Pack CC  3 sons: 1 st Class Scout Webelos II Tiger in Fall of 2012

3. How Social are you?...

4. …and the answers Skype Wordpress RSS Reddit Flickr FourSquare YouTube Twitter MySpace Facebook Delicious LinkedIn Posterous StumbleUpon Picasa Blogger Get Glue Google Plus Digg Email

5. Blogs

6. What is a Blog?  An electronic diary  Can be shared or kept to a few select people  Stored on the internet

7. How is a Blog useful?  Get a thought out of your head  Ask for feedback/help  Make online friends  Know that you aren’t alone

8. Free Blogging Services  Blogger  Wordpress  Posterous  Yahoo  Weebly  Mashable

9. Sample Blogs  The Scoutmaster Minute Blog The Scoutmaster Minute Blog  The Trainer's Corner Blog The Trainer's Corner Blog  Scouting in NKY Scouting in NKY  Scouter Adam’s Blog Scouter Adam’s Blog  My Life with 3 kids in Scouts My Life with 3 kids in Scouts  Arlen Ward’s Blog Arlen Ward’s Blog

10. Be Careful…  State only the facts  Use a disclaimer  Be careful of trademark/copyrights  Privacy issues Names Photos Specific information

11. Podcasts

12. What are Podcasts?  Video or audio recordings that are available from the internet  Can be downloaded to music players, phones or your computer Directly from the site Podcatchers  Google Listen  iTunes  Stitcher

13. How is a Podcast useful?  Listen to it, as opposed to reading it In the car on the way to work At the PC when working on other things Yardwork Housework At work if you have the free time or are allowed to.  Easier to relate “Yea, I have been there/done that…”

14. Scouting Podcasts  PTC Media 8 different shows ranging from Tiger to Eagle  Cubcast From National Office  The Trainer’s Corner Great shows and blog  Scouting Radio International  The Scoutmaster Podcast Podcast and show from 30 year Scoutmaster

15. Social Sites

16. What are Social Sites?  Online Town halls  Quick messaging  Online collaboration  Resource finder  A wonder-what-soinso-is-up-to place

17. How are they useful?  Meet new online friends  Trade secrets to success  Share resources Files Sites Ideas  Networking

18. What are some social sites?  Facebook  Twitter  Google Plus  My Space  LinkedIn  Skype

19. Safety on the Internet - CYA  Chat rooms Be careful of the information you devulge Be mindful of the ages of the people you chat with  Per the Guide to Safe Scouting, no one-to- one contact Don’t respond to chat Send an email to reply to their question  CC parent or leader

20. Safety on the Internet - CYA  Web Sites Be careful of the information you devulge Have parents sign off on allowing pictures No names, keep information vague Try to use generic email addresses  cubmaster@pack1234.org, instead of bob.jones@gmail.com cubmaster@pack1234.org bob.jones@gmail.com  Use info@pack1234.org and have the information forwarded to the appropriate leadersinfo@pack1234.org Use disclaimers  This website is in not endorsed by the BSA and it’s opinions and information are those of [UNIT NAME] and it’s leaders.

21. Who else am I?  Twitter – SM_Shawn  Skype – shawn.cleary  Google Plus – shawn.cleary  Facebook – http://facebook.com/scoutmaster.shawnhttp://facebook.com/scoutmaster.shawn  Blogs www.truenorthscouting.com scoutnation.wordpress.com  Sites www.troop1363.com www.pack4363.org www.ptcmedia.net  Podcasts www.ptcmedia.net/scout-nation www.ptcmedia.net/true-north