Web 2.0 Survival Guide

Bronwyn Mauldin, Consultant

• 15+ years in workforce development • Workforce Developments blog

– http://workforcedevelopments.com• Expertise:

– Program evaluation – Applied research – Policy analysis – Blogging & Web 2.0 tools – Training and coaching

What is Web 2.0?

• A set of computer programs and software applications

• A new concept underpinning the development of internet technologies

• A social phenomenon

Ye Olde Web

The New Web

wiki YouTube

blog

Internet user

FlickrMySpace

social bookmarking

What does web 2.0 have that my website doesn’t?

Comments and

interactivity

As easy to update as writing an email

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<span class="bdyhd">MDRC Receives Gates Foundation Grant for Antipoverty Projects</span><br>

<img src="images/site/publications_white_line.gif" width="459" height="5"> <br> <p align="left">In December, MDRC was awarded a $979,000 grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to support work in two projects focused on addressing poverty. <br />

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<span class="bdyhd">MDRC Receives Gates Foundation Grant for Antipoverty Projects</span><br>

<img src="images/site/publications_white_line.gif" width="459" height="5"> <br> <p align="left">In December, MDRC was awarded a $979,000 grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to support work in two projects focused on addressing poverty. <br />

<br />No IT knowledge required

No computer servers to take care of

Upload or connect to multimedia content

Professional design templates

web 2.0Search engines

Cheap

Is anyone in workforce development

really using web 2.0?

Screen scraping

Alt LMI

Can web 2.0 work for you?

Bronwyn Mauldin

Email: bronwyn@bmauldin.com Web: http://bmauldin.com Blog: http://workforcedevelopments.com