Marjorie's handling the orientation for the new interns,
and I am taking over for tonight for her.
Uh, my name is Charlene Squires.
Again, umm, one of the managers and cybersecurity Department
today is October 19th, 2023.
And it is right now 801 Eastern Standard Time.
OK.
So next on the list is Kyle.
The importance of professional networking and IT sounds great,
Kyle.
So are you around Kyle?
Yeah, I'm here.
Ready.
Ohh. Wonderful.
Wonderful.
OK, uh, go ahead.
I have it recording.
So you can go ahead and do your presentation.
Alright, one SEC.
Ohh on mute me so you don't have to listen to me.
Sorry I haven't presented it before, so I'm trying to figure
out how I do this.
That's fine.
Umm, go ahead and bring up your presentation on your computer
and then hit share in the teams.
App.
OK.
Do you have any kind of audio that comes with your
presentation?
No, it's just that I have it in the drive so I can try to grab
it from there.
So if you bring it up on your main screen and then.
You wanna click on share for the.
Games UM meeting or teams application for the meeting. UM.
Do you want me to come back to you, Kyle?
I think I.
I think you got it OK.
Got it. Maybe.
Did it pop up?
Not no, not yet.
OK.
You might have to share the you have to find the screen or the
window.
Maybe the window check on your window.
Because you can share screens or windows with teams, and I saw
OK.
your hand, Austin.
If you want, you can go ahead and go to the next person while
they check this out.
Ohk.
OK, fine, I'll skin.
Or wait, hold on.
Did that work?
Oh, I think it did.
Yes, it's on the screen.
If you want to go ahead and present and then we can come
Sure.
back to you, Austin.
OK, ready?
Cool.
I think so.
OK, good.
Have at it.
Have at it, Kyle.
OK, today my topics, professional networking and the
world of information technology.
It's something I'm sure we've all heard that's really
important for us to do.
I haven't really heard a lot of why it's important or the best
way to go forward with it, so that's kind of my focus.
Umm, who am I?
I'm Kyle.
I'm a PGIP tech cyber security analyst.
Umm, So what is professional networking?
It's a good idea to get an understanding of how we define
it, and in essence it's just the building of a mutually
beneficial relationship and that mutually beneficial parts really
important because something I struggle with when I first
started building relationships like this was the idea that.
He was almost manipulative because I came at it with the
idea of like, well, I need something from this person, but
I don't know what I can offer to them.
And you want to build these relationships in connection to
your field and the fields that are around that.
Now, why is it important?
Like, why should we do this?
The initial one is career development.
That's something that we've all heard it in context too.
You know, we're gonna find job opportunities from the people
that we are working with, the people we connect to.
You know, I've seen it on LinkedIn a lot of times.
I'll see someone post a job opportunity that they found
interesting, but wasn't quite a good fit for them, and it might
be for someone else.
Umm, clients and candidates to hire are another good one.
Umm, but the main thing like the strongest point is
collaboration.
The idea of building these networks isn't just, you know,
what do I get from it?
But it's from, you know, how can I use this network to develop
A-Team or answer questions or pretty much build your build
yourself.
Build what your projects are and that comes in.
You know, sharing advice and resources.
And mentorships is another good one.
Umm, an example that I came across was like Stuxnet.
Uh, what we know now about the Stuxnet virus didn't come from
one professional it came from the the collaboration of several
organizations.
Several people and the actual creation of the virus itself
wasn't just one organization.
You know, it was Israel and the US as far as we know.
And where do you start?
That's kind of like the hardest part is getting your foot into
it.
The best place would be social media.
It's probably the easiest place to start, and I've seen it not
too long ago where we had a chain of LinkedIn links for
everyone to go through and join up with each other.
You know that's a great opportunity, you know, look for,
you know, people in your teams that you're working with now,
you know, make those connections and keep them around.
Uh industry leaders are is another good one.
You know they have pages on LinkedIn where other people are
following them.
They're gonna post content.
They'll post jobs.
That's a big plus, and content creators, too.
Podcasters umm and, like with tryhackme for example, there's a
lot of people that go through and they'll do walkthroughs and
make videos on YouTube and stuff, and you can find people
commenting on those videos that are gonna be interested in the
same things that you are.
And if you wanted to go to like physical events like
conventions, workshops, that kind of stuff, that's another
great way.
Cause all the people that you're gonna be surrounded by are gonna
be people that are interested in the things you're interested in.
And you know, keep in mind, like your friends, family, just
people in public.
You never know who you're gonna run into.
And how do you build these relationships? It's.
Sometimes the challenge to get them started.
Uh, sometimes joining an organization and reaching out to
people on social media.
You know, when you go into these situations, come into it with
goals in mind?
Like what are you looking to get out of this relationship and
share how your goals and how theirs can work with each other?
And don't be afraid to show that you're passionate about it.
And then once you've made that connection, you're gonna want to
stay in touch.
You know it.
It's a lot of work making that initial connection and then to
just let it fade away into nothing.
It doesn't do you a whole lot of good.
So start conversations with these people that you're
interacting with.
It's sometimes as simple as asking what's new.
You know, talk about accomplishments, if you might
see someone post about a challenge, don't feel free.
Don't be afraid to interact and ask about it.
Maybe even give some insight.
Umm I have some really weird situations that I've come across
that kind of demonstrates just how.
Building these networks can happen anywhere you know I was
on vacation in a small town in Washington and Leavenworth.
If you guys have ever been where I just saw someone wearing a
shirt that talked about, you know, the difference between a
scope during a pen test and during an actual attack, and we
we laughed about it, you know, struck up conversation with them
and, you know, he ended up giving me some really good
advice and leads on content for studying for the CompTIA exams,
you know, on the same vacation is relaxing in a hot tub just
happened to run into someone who worked with, you know, a cloud
industry.
And we talked about that for a while.
You know, there's just riding motorcycle.
You know, I was practicing some exercises, had some other people
join in with me and it turned out one of them was a network
engineer who was planning on transferring over to sales.
And he wanted to build his network so that when he finally
got into sales, he could reach out, you know, and try to sell
software.
And his idea was that if you could help people get into jobs,
they they might be a little more willing to listen to a sales
offer and then another one was a wedding.
You know, I just happened to be that a friend's wedding.
They're not in attack at all and came across someone who was, and
he even offered to put in a good word if I wanted to apply at his
place of work.
So when you're thinking about this stuff, it really can just
come from anywhere.
But it takes some effort on your part to make it grow into more
than just happenstance.
And if you're curious about where I got some of this
information, it's right here.
And I think that about does it.
Great.
Kyle, that was wonderful information.
Umm.
I even get intimidated by just talking to strangers, you know,
and it's kind of nice that, you know, you can find people
everywhere doing some something with technology.
So do we have any questions for Kyle?
Yeah.
Anyone have questions?
It's a great topic, by the way, and I love your cartoons.
That was wonderful.
Thanks.
I had a quick question.
Do you know how I closed this now?
Yeah, it's just exit.
I'll stop sharing.
Oh, there it is.
Perfect.
Is Austin raising his hand to ask a question?
Hi, do you hear me?
Austin, yes, I can. Wonderful.
OK.
I just want to say, Kyle, that was a great presentation.
Also I wanted to check if my mic was working, but that was a
really good presentation.
It was excellent.
But thank you.
I will pass it off to the next person then.
OK.
So, Austin, Are you ready?
Sharlene.
Ohh, Kayla.
You had two.
He had a someone else.
Christie was asking who was presenting after Kyle.
Ohh, I was gonna go back to Austin since he was the first on
the list.
OK.
And I think she heard you.
Thank you.
All right.
You're welcome.
Austin, Are you ready to present?
I am ready.
Do I just hit the share button?
Yes, share your screen and do you have any audio?
I don't have any audio.
Do you guys see it?
OK, perfect.
I can see it.
So you're good to go.
Alright, so my presentation.
Ohh hello everybody.
My presentation is gonna be about web design.
Basically talking about HTML5 and CSS, the coding languages.
All right.
The first slide is going to be on what is HTML5, so let me grab
my notes.
Firstly, we will look into HTML5, HTML standing for
hypertext.
Markup language is the building block of all websites.
You can think of it as the skeletal structure for our
online world.
It allows us to structure our websites and define content like
texts, images, videos and more.
The number 5 in HTML5 represents it as the 5th and current
version of HTML.
It introduces a set of new elements, attributes, and
behaviors, as well as a larger set of technologies that allows
us to build more diverse and powerful websites and
applications.
HTML5 is now universally supported on all browsers,
making it a pivotal sorry, making it pivotal in
standardizing the way we interact and create on the web
and conclusion.
HTML5 is our present and future in building and navigating the
Internet.
Next slide is going to be uh CSS in the previous line we were
Speaking of its HTML5, CSS works.
No, I'm sorry this this can be considered the skin and clothes
of the website which works well with HTML5.
Determining the look and the feel.
It's CSS that provides the color, the layout, the fonts and
the animations you see on the websites.
CSS works hand in hand with HTML, while HTML structures the
content CSS is used to format structured content.
It separates a document structure from its presentation,
which has several benefits such as improved content
accessibility, flexibility and control in the specification of
presentational characteristics and reduce the complexity,
complexity and redundancy in the structural content and a
layman's terms.
It's HML lays out the foundation of the website.
When CSS comes in to make it visually appealing and
user-friendly, together they create interactive, functional
and a beautiful website.
Moving on to the next slide, we'll discuss the symbiotic
relationship between HTML5 and CSS.
As we now know that HTML5 provides the structure of the
pages and CSS is used to style these structures.
Combining the two HTML5 and CSS, we cannot only devise but also
decorate our web projects.
Think of it's summer 5 as a sketch pad and CSS as the set of
colors and brushes.
HTML5 helps draft the outline of elements such as headers,
paragraphs, links, and so forth.
Rounding our outline on the worldwide web.
Literally and figuratively speaking.
Then CSS steps in the color and style these objectives.
It specifies the layout the vibrant or monochrome chromatic
color schemes, fancy fonts, and interesting animations to truly
bring sketch to our bring our sketch to life. Sorry.
Together, HTML5 and CSS formulate a more interactive,
dynamic and responsive user experience by separating the
websites content from its design, we can manage, amend and
optimize them independently and improve the overall efficiency
of web development.
Next slide, I'm just gonna show you an example of the skeletal
structure.
I will go over it in the next slide.
Basically what the DOC type, the header, the title of the page
goes off the header, we got a body.
That's where the body and everything goes, where the
paragraph can go close the body and then close the HTML.
Now we're going to define the structure.
Let's see.
Set doctype.
Basically, you're declaring the declaration to use HTML5.
Umm, it basically informs the browser that this document is
they've HTML5 document and with with the closing HTML it
basically closes off the commands.
The title?
The fines?
The title of the web page where we would write on the top each
one is a heading tag.
You can tell by the each one.
There's also an H2O3 and so on paragraph tag which is the P
where you can write the content and then slash at the end of the
HTML and all the others and signals the end of the code.
And we got an example of the CSS basic structure.
All right, I'm going to find the structure.
So basically the body sets the background color of the entire
page, the age 1, like the HTML5 is a header style.
Ah, the color settings.
Change the text color and the text align property.
It's centers the text peace styles, all paragraph element
comments, the font family property changes the font and
the font size property sits the size of the text.
That that the benefits of using HTML5 and CSS in web design.
So for the first, we got the enhanced user experience, HTML5
and CSS enable the creation of dynamic and interactive web
pages, improving user engagement.
It's cross platform compatibility.
The websites built with HTML5 and CSS are compatible with
various different devices and browsers in shahaub consistent
experience for users.
Improved SEO.
Search engine optimization.
Properly structured HTML5 and CSS code can enhance the
websites visibility in search engines, driving organic or
human traffic to your site.
Mobile responsiveness with HTML5 and CSS it is easier to build
responsive websites that adapt to different screen sizes and
mobile devices, enhancing the user experience.
It's but in code and maintenance it's similar 5 and CSS promote
clean structured code, making it easier to maintain and update
your website in the long run.
I will also say that working with HTML5 and CSS myself, I
found it easier than most of the other languages to learn styling
flexibility.
CSS allows for precise and control over design elements,
enabling creativity and visually appealing web pages.
Right.
So conclusion, it's wrap up this presentation on HTML5 and CSS.
Let's take a moment to reflect on what we've covered.
We have explored the fundamentals of HTML5,
understanding its role as structural structural framework
of web pages.
We learned about the new elements and capabilities
introduced in HTML5, allowing us to create dynamic and engaging
websites.
Next, we delved into CSS and it's complementary relationship
with HTML5.
CSS empowers us to design and style web pages, adding visual
appeal, creating layouts and enhancing user experience.
Yeah, it's.
By combining HTML5 and CSS, we leverage the strength of both
languages to create stunning, functional and adaptable
websites that cater to the needs of modern users.
Throughout our journey, we have seen the benefits of both CSS
and HTML5 in the web design from the semantic structure and
accessibility improvements to multimedia support and SEO
friendliness.
These technologies offer a robust foundation for building
compelling online experiences.
As you continue to explore uh web development, we're going to
keep honing your skills in HTML5 and CSS.
These languages will continue to evolve, and staying up to date
with the latest standards and best practices will be create
innovative, innovative and captivating.
Captivating web experience.
I thank you everybody is the end any questions?
That was wonderful, Austin.
Thank you.
Good job, good job.
That was good.
Makes you wonder you when you open a web page.
Uh, you know, they they have the CSS ride or not.
Sometimes it looks kind of funky, so you never know.
Many times you can actually see the code from a web page as
well.
I know I've done it off, you know.
Accidentally.
It's like, ohh no, what did I press?
But yes, it's very interesting.
Any questions for Austin guys?
Everyone's being very quiet tonight, OK?
Moving on then, but that was a good, good presentation.
Both you and Kyle didn't really wonderful.
OK, our next presenter is.
Let me find my list.
Alright, we have Kristy Martinez next on health.
Actually, can I go last on my computer?
Kristy. Ah.
Is acting really funky right now?
Oh, sure.
No, no problem.
So we'll call on that.
The next one.
Let's see.
We have Rebecca Martinez.
She here? Rebecca.
Scene.
Becca, I don't see. Rebecca.
Let me look see.
No, I don't see where Rebecca.
Alright, so we'll move on then.
Uh, Nick Shelton.
Are you ready?
It's Nick here.
Yeah.
I thought I saw him. OK.
Give me a second.
I'm trying to pull it up.
Oh, take your time.
Oopsie.
Alright, Gary, see that?
Well, worry.
All right, some organic chemistry.
Yes.
So have at it sounds good night.
Alright.
Alright, so I'm doing my presentation on graphene and the
different innovations that it's brought about.
Ohh.
A semiconductors and innovation, a semiconductor material falls
between conductors and insulators, regulating the
electric current within electronic devices.
This makes it a very widely used element and electronic chips,
including solid state storage devices, among other things,
semiconductors are an essential component of electronic devices,
enabling advances in communications, computing,
healthcare, military systems, transportation, clean energy,
and countless other applications.
Silicon semiconductors enabled the growth of computers and were
arguably the greatest surgeon information technology since the
printing press.
Where did graphene come from?
Ohh in 2004, two scientists from the University of Manchester,
Andre Game and Konstantin Novoselov, discovered graphene
while playing with a graphite block and tape.
In 2010, they shared the Nobel Prize in physics for their
discovery of graphene.
That day, the researchers use various techniques including
electron micro micro.
Yeah, and ramen.
Spectroscopy to confirm the structure and properties of the
isolated graphene, the discovery of graphene was significant
because it opened a new field of research and led to the
exploration of this extraordinary properties and
potential applications in various industries, including
electronics, material science and more.
A single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice
may appear humble, but it's potential knows no bounds.
What is graphene?
Ohh, found a short video to help this little show explains
graphene.
This is graphene.
Let's call him Mr G.
He is the first material that is 2 dimensional.
This gives him a unique set of properties.
Since 1859, many scientists were looking for graphene using
complex experiments.
But the first crystals of graphene were discovered in 2004
using a very simple and effective method, namely
ordinary Scotch tape.
During Friday evening experiments and Manchester
scientists noticed small parts of graphene on the tape used to
clean a graphite stone.
The two scientists, Andrew Guim and Konstantin Novoselov, were
awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 for this simple but
groundbreaking experiment.
Thanks to the Scotch tape method, this area of science
grew extremely quickly, and today hundreds of laboratories
all over the world deal with different aspects of G research.
What makes Mr GA really super material is the combination of
his unique properties.
G is the 1st 2D crystal ever known to us, the thinnest object
ever obtained and also the lightest 1G is the world's
strongest material, harder than diamond and about 300 times
stronger than steel.
Geek conducts electricity much better than copper G is it
transparent material?
G is bendable and can take any form you want, and this unique
supermaterial gave birth to a new class of crystals that are
also just one atom, Finn.
And what's more fantastic is that these can be shuffled with
each other to engineer new materials on demand to meet the
special needs of different industries.
All these factors move graphene swiftly from the G Research
Laboratory to the G marketplace, driven by demand from industries
where such super materials are required.
Aerospace, automotive, electronics, energy storage
coatings and paints.
Communications sensor, solar oil and etcetera.
Thanks to mass production methods intensively being
developed, expect to meet Mr G in person soon.
Alright.
And the properties of graphene, since they didn't get too in
depth with it in there?
Umm, it is a?
Well, they said about 300 times stronger, but it varies.
It's roughly 100 times stronger than steel and stiffer than
diamond.
As far as electrical, it is a 60% greater connectivity than
copper.
Thermal.
It has a 5% conductivity of AI.
Lubricating it has a very low surface shear.
It's impermeable vacuum tight to helium gas, which is very hard
to find.
Transparent.
It's almost 98% clear.
For optical transmission.
Some of the graphene innovations used today are, uh biosensors.
Picture of slender, crisp, seamlessly integrated into your
bloodstream.
Continuously tracking your health metrics and even
communicating with your brain to identify potential health risks.
Some of those are in development still, but some of them are
being used already.
Photonics with the integration of graphene chips sensitive to
light could experience a significant boost in the
responsiveness, potentially leading to ground breaking
advancements and photonic devices such as cameras, medical
imaging equipment and more.
It's already been used across many fields as far as cameras
and medical imaging equipment, especially one that's surprised
me was it's also used in water filtration, a derivative of
graphene.
Note, as graphene oxide exhibits great potential in the field of
water purification, whether it's the removal of impurities or the
desalina tion of sea water, graphene could very well be the
champion of clean water in our future.
Graphene can also be used to make batteries.
Lithium ion batteries are commonly used battery today due
to their high energy storage and density, but they do have a flaw
1 issue that lithium ion batteries continue to have is
safety.
The liquid contained within within a lithium ion battery is
flammable.
For example, in 2016, a sudden burst of smartphones caused
first degree burns to several users worldwide.
I actually had one of those phones and they recalled them.
It was a big ordeal.
Graphenes bonds provide it with over four times the tensile
strength of steel, all while maintaining remarkable
transparency, flexibility and outstanding electrical and
thermal connectivity.
These are attributes position.
Graphene is a promising contender for not just
batteries, but also super capacitors.
Nevertheless, graphene supercapacitors, despite their
rapid charge capability fault fall short in terms of energy
storage compared to traditional batteries.
But to address this limitation, researchers have embarked on the
development of a hybrid tech or hybrid energy storage systems
that combine the strengths of both supercapacitors and
batteries relating to graphene.
I started to get into these and I just kind of made a very
simple form cause each one of these is pretty involved.
But as graphene continues to become more understood, many of
the different hybrid batteries have also been discovered.
Among them are a graphene aluminum hybrid battery,
graphene and chanced lithium, sulfur battery, graphene,
enhanced polymer battery and a graphene nonflammable lithium
ion battery or lie battery.
If you want to look any of these up on your own, you can, but
they they all go fairly in depth and they're all developed for a
specific purpose.
Some have pros and cons to different applications.
Some other possibles made product or made possible today
by graphene aerospace materials?
Graphene reinforced materials are being explored for use in
aerospace components, potentially reducing weight and
improving fuel efficiency.
Anti-theft devices embedded into a sticker to avoid detection by
thieves.
The chips can be made flat thanks to graphene.
Many people see them.
I know I saw him before, but I never knew what they were
actually made out of.
Coatings and paints graphing coatings provide protective and
anticorrosion properties for various materials, expanding
their life span.
You can buy graphene nano coating spray just like the one
pictured right from Amazon.
They have different ones to Polish all different types of
things, from the rims on your car to, you know, anything that
you would want to Polish pretty much flexible electronics.
Graphene can be used in flexible displays and wearable
technology, and bendable electronic devices and
bulletproof vests.
Since graphene is such a strong and lightweight material, it has
been added to bulletproof vests to make them more effective as
well.
One of the more fascinating things that I saw when I was
looking into it was, uh, a quantum ruler, that they were
able to develop a single layer of carbon atoms.
The astonishing material called graphene possesses remarkable
properties.
Yet the intrigue deepens when you stack multiple sheets of
graphene.
When two or more graphene layers are slightly misaligned,
exhibiting subtle twists relative to each other, they
manifest a multitude of fascinating characteristics.
Depending on the degree of the twist, these materials referred
to as more quantum matter can spontaneously create their
magnetic fields, transform into superconductors with zero
electrical resistance, or, in contrast, transition into
complete insulators.
Exact opposite Joseph, a straw CIO, and his colleagues at the
NIST, along with an international team of
collaborators, have developed a quantum ruler to measure and
explore the strange properties between these twisted materials.
Don't.
The work may also lead to new miniaturized standard for
electrical resistance that could calibrate electronic devices
directly on the factory floor, eliminating the need to send
them to offsite standards laboratory.
Everybody might not be aware, but in some industries certain
machines have to be fine tuned a lot and they can't calibrate
them on site, so they actually have to pay to ship them
somewhere else and then have them calibrated and then sent
back.
And there's also laboratory equipment.
That's the same way.
This would eliminate the need for that and could potentially
allow them to calibrate everything on site and the
picture here.
Describes a.
There's shows more the different magnetic fields that can be
created just by the overlaying sheets.
When you slightly move them, it can create a different electric
field.
Almost looks like an egg carton.
Graphene in the future, what makes graphene so extraordinary?
It's the epitome of human achievement.
Strong yet flexible, transparent conductive.
Lightweight yet resilient graphenes properties seem
contradictory, but they are the embodiment of what innovation
truly means.
It defies conventional wisdom and opens doors to many new
possibilities.
The future of graphene largely depends on ongoing research,
innovation and commercial commercialization efforts.
As scientists continue to explore its properties and
applications, we can expect new and exciting breakthroughs that
will shape varies industries and our everyday lives.
The journey of graphene from its discovery to its integration
into practical applications is not going to end anytime soon.
And those are my references.
Great job, nick.
Wow, that is awesome.
I wonder if they did the egg test on it.
I'm not sure, like I didn't.
Because then you know what they be.
You know good enough for it to, you know, be flexible or talk
about being flexible and thought, well, being flexible
Umm.
with an egg, you know, to, you know, you can soften the blow of
the egg or prevent it from breaking.
Yeah, I wonder if it's ever been used in those egg drop
experiments.
They do like high school.
I know I don't know.
You never know but.
You can buy graphene tape relatively cheap, no?
Oh.
That be taking some interest.
Interesting applications with that.
Yeah, I heard the name before.
Well, there's yeah, there's even more applications cause all
Ohh Landon.
that, you know, the graphene is just a exagon all carbon close
packing 2D and then they stack it upon and it's the van der
Waals radii that actually when you stack them on top actually
gives a string.
So I had a question about when they're using it in batteries.
Are they using it in between the conductive elements to hold the
charge?
Probably.
That was one way for like they from what I was reading, there
were so many different variations.
They were working as using it as the semiconductor and then using
it as an insulator.
And then there were some where they tried to use it in all
aspects just by varying the different degree and angle.
Yeah, cause straight straight graphene is not gonna conduct
very well.
Yeah.
Exactly, they said that.
And by the way, this is your roll this up and you got
nanotubes, by the way.
Yeah.
How that's that's what I was just going to say.
The more I started to look into it, there's a whole new field
too that a lot of companies are getting into, like borrow
feminine and it it just went way too far for a short
presentation.
So I kind of tried to keep it focused on just graphing.
Yeah.
And then you if you, if you go from A66 hexagonal pack to a a
pen to pack five, you can get Bucky balls out of this.
Yeah, I'm definitely going to continue researching, said.
Or fullerenes.
I didn't realize all that was in it.
I had heard the term before but.
Ohh yeah, this is this is your basic well not basic.
It is organic chemistry because it's carbon.
Umm.
It's going to be the building block that, yeah, we're gonna
Signing stuff.
see a lot of crazy inventions.
They're continue to see.
Well, you know silicon, silicon, which we use all the time, has
very similar chemistry, so.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, a lot of applications on those so great, great job on
that.
Thanks.
I appreciate that.
I like science somewhat, but UM to a point anyway.
But it's very good, alright.
Yeah, I had a couple slides that were all breakdown of the
batteries and different elements and resistors.
Umm.
And I just, it would have been too much.
Yeah.
He he could have got into SP2 orbitals and and and double
bonds and so forth.
Now.
Not that detail please.
I purposely tried to fix his symbolized video to explain it
for me so that I wouldn't go to.
Well, I did like that that G guide that was pretty nice.
Explain what graphene is.
It's crazy that video was the video was actually from eight
years ago, so a lot more developments have even come out.
Wow.
That was very dumbed down version but yeah, it gives the
Yeah.
idea.
Well, I like the idea.
So that's good.
Umm.
OK, let's go down our list of Rebecca.
Are you available?
I'm here my mines recording cause I have the baby with me.
OK, alright.
So what you could do is play your UM, your slides and
recording together and then if after we have questions then you
The.
can be online.
Right.
Sorry, I didn't realize I was Mike still.
But yes, that's fine.
I'll pull it up right now.
OK, go ahead and do it.
Hello, my name is Rebecca Martinez and aspiring cloud
administrator.
I'd like to welcome everyone here and thank you for listening
to my presentation.
My topic today regards something that has been done for over
10,000 years by humans.
I will not be discussing the ethical or moral views of the
topic, but instead focusing on the process and the technology
that is used or could be used in the process looks like please.
OK, So what are domesticated animals?
Are domesticated animal is an animal that was selectively bred
and then genetically adapted over generations to live
alongside humans?
Scientists believe the dog was the first animal to be
domesticated, but it is not confirmed some traits that make
good candidates for domestication include they grow
and mature quickly.
They breed easily.
They have a plant based diet, meaning they are inexpensive to
feed.
They're hearty and easily adapt to changing environments and
they live in herds or had ancestors that lived in herds,
which make them easier to control.
There are three main groups that domesticated animals fall under
companion food org.
Those classifications are quite broad, and I'm sure you're
already thinking about various animals that fit into those
categories.
Next slide please.
Companion animals, companion animals.
Put simply, your pets common pets include cats, dogs, fish,
small mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
But these are not all considered domesticated animals.
Remember, a domesticated animal is one that has been monitored,
and specific traits were selected and made to reproduce,
causing the current animal to be drastically different from their
wild ancestors.
Cats.
Dog spirits and hamsters are examples of pets that have been
domesticated.
Reptiles and amphibians are examples of pets that have not.
Food animals.
Livestock like cattle, sheep, turkeys, pigs and goats.
Or examples of the Masticated animal group that is farmed for
food.
Food animals are not necessarily all eaten, but can produce
something that is eaten or used.
Examples of these livestock product products include meat,
eggs, milk, fur, leather, wool and honey.
Yes, honey.
Bees are domesticated animals, or semi domesticated animals as
their genetics are largely controlled by human breeders
instead of nature.
Work animals, beast of burden or working animals are domesticated
and trained by humans to perform task instead of being
slaughtered and harvested for animal products.
Sorry if that was a little graphic, depending on the animal
will depend on the use.
Some can be used for their strength like oxen or
transportation like camels.
Others can execute specialized tasks like messenger pigeons,
yes, messenger pigeons are indeed still around.
Cool example.
A unique example of a working animal is the fishing corate
trained cormorants catch fish in rivers for the fishermen that
train them in this style of fishing has been used in China,
Japan, Greece, Macedonia, England and France.
This style of fishing has been done for over a 1300 years.
Cultural differences.
Culture is a huge part of where an animal falls in the
classification system.
I'll use an example to help you visualize it.
The domestic goat, or capper?
Hercus if you want to use their binomial name had an ancestor,
the bees or ibex.
Pretty sure I said that wrong, but it's OK which after a recent
molecular study is suggested to have been initially domesticated
in West Asia over 10,000 years ago.
Goats serve many purposes depending on the culture or the
location they live in, and the society that views them.
As companion animals, they are used as loving pets, as food
animals, their milk, meat, fiber, skin, pores, vellum and
even manure are all used.
Vellum is prepared.
Animal skin and membrane, by the way, as a working animal, they
are used as guards fighting, racing, lawn mowing, weed
control, clearing land and in shows go to pretty impressive,
right?
Next slide please.
History of domesticated pets.
Excuse me.
Thanks to a jawbone found in Iraq, scientists believe dogs
were domesticated over 14,000 years ago.
Dogs have been domesticated for a long time and have had
multiple changes based on the selective breeding humans put
them through, creating new breeds with specific traits and
qualities.
Ancient pets.
Romans preferred their dogs to have specific colors based on
their occupation.
Shepherd dogs were bred white so they wouldn't look like wolves
at night.
Farm Guard dogs were black to scare away thieves.
The common cat descended from 5 different types of Wildcat and
are thought to have been first domesticated around 7500 BC.
Although primarily used as companion animals, they also
served a purpose.
Controlling mice and rat infestations.
Ancient farm animals.
The first animals domestic aids specifically for food are
thought to be sheeps.
They were first investigated somewhere between 11,000 and
9000 BC in Southwest Asia, with Goats following behind around
8000 BC.
They were primarily domesticated by nomadic communities and were
integral part of the livelihood as they were used for their
meat, milk and coats.
More settled communities around the same time period, also
domesticated pigs and cattle, which allowed their population
to grow as through the domestication process.
There were able to increase the farming, which in turn increased
humans capacity to feed larger populations.
Unique animals. Elephants.
Although never truly taint, we're domesticated and served
humans in India as early as 2000 BC.
Females were commonly commonly used for domestication purposes
as their males were harder to control.
The males did have their role, however they were trained for
war and used for intimidation.
Next slide please.
The domestication process, the domestication process can simply
be broken down into three steps.
One capture the animal two game the animal through breeding and
training 3 obtain useful materials from them, put them to
work, or the more modern step.
Let them sleep on your bed and eat your food.
Although the topic is interesting, I'm sure you were
thinking where's the technology?
Don't worry, it's finally talk time to talk about the tech
technology is used in each of the various steps of the
domestication process.
Next slide please.
OK, so now we're looking at search and select the animal.
The first step to capturing capturing an animal for
domestication is selecting it.
It is estimated that around 8.7 million species populate our
planet, 86% of all species on land in 91% in the oceans have
yet to be discovered.
Traditional methods used to track biodiversity include
camera traps and aerial surveys.
Camera Traps connect digital cameras to infrared sensors to
capture images and videos of animals that move past the
censors.
An aerial survey is a method of collecting Geo map geomatics or
other imagery via airplanes, helicopters, UAV's, balloons or
other methods.
The data collected can include photography, lighter or leader,
remote sensing, and geophysical data.
Artificial intelligence is being integrated into the traditional
method.
My apologies to create improved ways of analyzing large amounts
of conservation data to improve wildlife identification and
monitoring, certain AI and analyzes data from the camera
traps, satellite and drone images, as well as audio and
video recordings.
A nonprofit called Wild Me created a cloud based platform
wild book that uses computer vision and deep learning
algorithms to scan millions of crowdsourced wildlife images,
identifying species and individual animals based on
their unique patterns and physical features.
This picture.
With the zebras and the giraffes shows the Northern Canyon
landscape with scene labeling AI technology developed by wild
meat.
Next slide please.
Further AI info collection branching off our previous slide
this this to show the curve rank algorithm of whales tail showing
the technology of how it's scans and identifies the whale coming
whales tail out of the water.
Now a whale's tail is composed of two loads, each of which is
called a fluke, while me uses a curve rank algorithm applied to
the whale fluke to identify the whale through open source
software.
It's possible to use this noninvasive method to track
various species, although these technologies are not currently
used for domesticating animals, it is possible to see the
benefits of these techniques in the domestication process.
Team the animal after selecting and acquiring the animal, the
next steps are breeding the animals based on the traits and
features you want.
Next slide please.
Breeding reading programs have become more advanced with time.
Reproductive technologies, including artificial
insemination, a very different type of AI and embryo transfer,
are two reproductive techniques that enhance the genetic
improvement of livestock breeds artificial insemination and
embryo transfer are two reproductive technologies which
enhances the genetic improvement of livestock breeds as opposed
to the conventional breeding programs.
Artificial insemination allowed to literally superior mills to
produce a large number of highly productive offspring.
Embryo transfers allows a genetically superior female to
do the same more efficiently.
Sperm sexy, another form of technology used, is called sperm
sexing, which results in this physical, physical separation of
the Y chromosome bearing sperm that produces male offspring
from an X chromosome bearing one which produces female offspring.
With this technology, it is possible to determine the
newborns and newborn animal sex with an accuracy rate of between
85 and 95%.
This technology is currently used for beef cattle farmers to
produce more meals for meat production and dairy cow farmers
use it to have more females for milk production.
Genetic testing.
Genetic testing is another method which allows researchers
to examine the genetic makeup of an animal to locate DNA segments
with single nucleotide polymorphism, or SNP.
SNMP is a short piece of DNA where there is only one
nucleotide that differs across animals.
Information acquired from the Group of SNP's is able to be
used to calculate Geo OK bear.
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McCauley practices like 7 times, still can't say right, and
henced estimated breeding values.
The information is then used to help breeders select animals
with greater productivity potential, as well as help
identify recessive genes that affect and an animals fertility
and overall health.
Next slide please.
Genetic editing?
Genome editing is used on various various plants and
animal breeds.
Due to the precise genetic changes it is able to complete
accomplish, it is a faster way of developing animals with more
desirable genetic combinations compared to the conventional
breeding process which was used in the past.
This technology induces a controlled, intentional change
in a fertilized egg using a naturally occurring gene by a
specific natural occurring enzyme system.
Some genome editing tools include.
Now bear with me on this.
These are kind of hard for me to say.
Clustered regularly.
Interspaced short palindromic repeats or crisper transcription
activator like effector nucleases or talents and zinc
finger nucleases.
CFN the genome edited cattle.
In the past few years have shown improved health, welfare and
increased productivity.
Training.
In this stage, training in animals also important depending
on the animal, will depend on the training methods.
For example, dogs have various types of training mechanisms
used to improve the efficiency of their training.
Training collars are very popular in teaching obedience
and basic skills.
Cameras are used to watch the animal while they aren't home,
and many have two way communication functions to allow
someone to speak to their dog, and even more advanced version
has a built-in treat dispenser that can all be used through a
phone application.
Sonic frequency sound waves, which the dogs find unpleasant,
is used to deter unwanted behavior.
Antsy barking technology depends on the type, but can include
devices you carry, sound emitting, collars, and even
barking control centers in the home.
Next slide please.
Fun fact, North Carolina State University researchers developed
a customized suite of technologies to allow a computer
to train a dog autonomously by having the computer respond to
the dog based on the dog's body language.
They utilize sensors in custom dog harnesses to monitor the
dog's posture and the computer reinforced correct behavior by
quickly and consistently.
The technology integrated this fundamental principles of animal
learning into the compute computational system.
Next slide please.
Use the animal in the third step you're using the animal based on
the intended purposes of the domestication.
Depending on if the animal was meant to be used as a companion
for food or what work will depend on the final step.
Food group the Food Group is interesting because there is a
ton of technology being used at all levels directly on the
animal during the transportation of goods and the act of taking
those base goods and making them consumed consumable.
Just milk?
Automatic milking systems are an example of how technology is
used to increase productivity in the milking process of a of a
cow.
Cows are milked using vacuum cups that attach to the to their
teeths.
The milk is sent through stainless steel pipes to large
refrigerated fats within 48 hours.
The milk is taken in tankers to a milk factory, where they are
pasteurized and homogenized just for something simple like milk
that people take for granted.
The process is quite complicated and the factory the
pasteurization process requires the milk to be heated to 72
degrees Celsius for more than 15 seconds and then immediately
cooled.
The milk is put under pressure through nozzles which even
evenly disperses fat globules.
Then such a few draw separation removes some of all the cream,
some or all of the cream to make it reduced low fat or skim milk.
Ultra filter ization filtration.
Sorry, moves the milk across a membrane under moderate
pressure.
Reverse osmosis holds back most of the milk solids and only lets
water pass through.
Ultra Osmosis is a combination of ultra filtration and reverse
osmosis, but holds back milk solids and also water and salt
to allows water and salt to pass through.
Spray drying removes water from the milk to make powdered milk
products all that just for you to add some milk to your morning
coffee in the morning.
The entire process using specific technology that must
always be carefully controlled to ensure the health of the
product and safety for consumers.
Next slide please.
Remote monitoring technologies.
Remote monitoring technology gives farmers insight into the
health and well being of their animals.
These technology, this technology, can inform a farmer
if their animal is getting sick without having to be in contact
with the animal itself.
With functions like heat detection, identification or
stomach acid monitoring, uh pedometer functions function
lets you know if the animal needs more exercise and animals
weight can be taken with walk over scales, and there's
technology that can diagnose cattle or swine pregnancy via
remote sensors as well.
A cow's tail movements can help identify when the animal maybe
going into labor with monitoring technology.
Automated dairy installations.
These installations function to allow cows to be milked on their
own time.
They have the ability to enter in and out of parlors as they
please, entering a stall and being milled robotically without
any human interaction at all.
With milk monitoring sensors help monitor the milk quality
and check for diseases.
Pasture and feeding technologies, automated feeders
play a pivotal role in maintaining an animal's health
by feeding extras and amount and amounts tailored specifically to
that animals needs.
Needs farmers also have the ability to take their pastures
into account with the system through pasture monitoring
technologies that identify how much extra feed will be needed
based on what is available in the pasture.
Automated cleaning systems, no matter the animal, automated
cleaning systems are used to remove waste and rode off from
animal enclosures and move it to a pile that can be easily moved
with machinery.
This system helps reduce disease and creates a cleaner
environment for the animals.
Herd management systems, her manner, herd management systems
allow farmers to keep cows fresh and healthy while maximizing
milk production.
It is a less invasive way to track calls, eliminating the
need for branding or tagging.
These technologies also decrease the amount of still boards
during pregnancies by 6%.
Next slide please.
Remote monitoring technologies.
Remote monitoring technology gives farmers insight into the
health and well being of their animals.
These technology, this technology, can inform a farmer
if they're.
There, Rebecca.
Are you still there?
Hello.
I think we lost her.
Yeah, I think so.
I I'm keeping you.
Ohh, there she is.
There she is.
What happened?
Did it change on your end?
It just stopped.
It just died.
Oh, that's weird.
It kept going for me.
You were at the end anyhow, so.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're right.
The end of it.
Yeah.
We just need to see your references.
Nice piece.
Umm.
Yeah.
Yeah, we didn't see that part.
OK.
Would you like me to put it back on or or?
No, no, that's fine.
OK.
If you want yes questions.
Does anyone have any questions?
I have tons tons because you're talking.
You're in my bailiwick.
Besides Biochemistry, I'm a genome acist.
Uh.
The word you can't pronounce.
Cool.
How many words I can't pronounce?
But it made sense about the milk, though.
You know, allowing only the water and the salt to pass.
That's why milk is so watery.
Because I used to have the real milk from the actual cow and it
was not the same at all.
Just want to say that, but good job though.
Thank you.
There was a lot that I learned during that during this cause
Well.
this was not at all my field.
Cows are one of the yeah.
Cows are one of the most genetically engineered.
Mm-hmm.
Organisms and with crisper cast.
Right.
Nine.
Yeah, you can do so much.
Now I must.
I mostly just genetically mutate mice, but yeah, you can.
Ah.
You can you can do all kinds of things, and of course we have to
use the data analytics to find out what genes we need to edit
and how to edit them.
Do you want my mask?
I have one mouse hanging around the house though.
Now I have to start with them when they're, uh, a single cell
or a up to 8 cells.
Ah and.
I need embryonic.
I need embryonic stem cells and then I can change their
genotype.
Yeah, I don't have that.
Yeah, it's much, much, much harder to alter a somatic cell.
I your your physical body versus embryonic cell.
Uh-huh.
Now of course, we are working on viruses that could do that
because there are some that can.
Yep.
We won't get into that.
That's OK.
Maybe, maybe.
Maybe another time, Landon.
I'm not sure I'm allowed to talk about this stuff.
I don't know.
Anybody have other questions for Rebecca?
I don't want to hog up the session.
Good talk.
Yeah, good time.
But I guess I didn't see any hands raised, so I'm assuming
it's all good.
So we have now the next person on our list is Michael.
Are you ready?
I am let me get going.
Cool.
Get my stagger.
Wonderful. Wonderful.
Tonight we have a lot of cybersecurity interns during
their presentation, so that's wonderful.
Like yay.
Yeah, just someone to make sure I get the right window and when
I see.
Great.
Seema scarring. OK.
Yes, yes.
OK.
Good afternoon or good evening.
My name is Michael.
Folks, tonight I'm going to talk about a tabletop exercises and
how it can improve your incident response plan.
On the agenda is we're gonna do a introduction and definition
purpose, key objectives.
Some of the roads are developing a scenario.
How it works benefits best practices and then Q&A.
Alright, so when we consider the rapid changing changes in
technologies and IT related vulnerabilities in those
technologies, the current threat landscape with increases in
ransomware in these last couple of years I ransomware attacks
and then zero day vulnerabilities and just general
data breaches, savage security professionals and organizations
need to be able to rapidly respond in an effective way to
saving events and incidents and so tabletop testing is a non
invasive way to do that.
There's other ways like Red teaming and things like that,
but tabletop testing is a noninvasive way to get folks
together and discuss how to respond to incidents.
So the definitions.
Got 3 definitions for you guys.
The cyber security and Infrastructure Security Agency
defines tabletop testing as as a role playing activity, in which
players responded.
Scenarios the Center for Internet security finds it as a
means to help organizations consider different risk
scenarios, and then the National Institute of Standards and
Technology pretty much the same thing and discussion based
exercise.
With key stakeholders can get together and discuss emergence.
How to respond to particular emergencies?
So the purpose, the purpose, the primary purpose is to test and
improve the organization's incident response plan.
Highlight some significance.
The significance of preparedness in the face of cyber threats and
then help the organization considered different risks and
scenarios and cyber threats.
Some of the key objectives.
Is to evaluate the effectiveness of the response process and
procedures identify areas for improvement.
My documenting lessons learned.
That's critical.
Make sure you identify gaps in the document.
Someone else lessons learned and then training and familiarizing
yourself with key stakeholders within your organization to make
sure you're responding to certain protocols in the right
way and compliance requirements.
So participants in rose organizations come into a lot of
different sizes and shapes.
And so you can scale tabletop test to meet your organizational
needs, but some of the standard roads that play a key part in
tabletop testing is your security operations.
Lead or team incident response team or or lead and the IT team
lead and then you program managers and depending on what
type of I guess scenario.
I'm your testing.
You might get legal your legal folks involved or.
Public relations and they also some passive participants in the
exercise.
Observers do not directly participate in exercise.
However, they may support the development of player responses
to situations during the discussion, and then you got the
facilitators.
They play important role of keeping each person.
So update to the current situation in moderating the
discussion, and they use their expertise to also sort of drill
down and identify problem areas that need to be focused on.
And then you have no takers, which is there to observe and
document the exercise.
And they also have a lot of expertise in identifying sort of
whether you know, the primary roads are responding in a way
that is.
Conforms to plans, policies and procedures for the organization.
So the scenario how do you develop the scenario for a
tabletop test?
The main thing is you want to make it.
You want to tailor it for the organization, right?
So you want someone that understands the risk that
threats to vulnerablities of that organization, and then I'm
tailored around something that's very applicable if possible to
that organization.
Some of the cookie cutter templates that you see out there
you can find this fail patching and how that failed patch may
create an analysis service or shut down some type of
functionality that's critical to the environment malware
infections.
Umm.
And then excuse me and then cloud compromise?
Umm this one is for those organizations that.
Subscribe to the service infrastructure as a service
software as a service or whatever.
You know, how do you how does the organization share in the
response for incident?
Does the service provider respond to that incident or do
you?
Does the organization respond to that incident?
I'm always is shared between the two, so that's that's a good
point to know for your organization.
And then how it works.
So the best thing is is to discuss participants to discuss
the response of this scenario.
It's important to state up front that this is, you know, an
exercise and it's not gonna involve actual changes to the
system or the environment.
And then participants should think out loud, almost like it's
it's a game in order to ease tension within the room and
allow people to make sure they understand exactly what you
know, some of those key roles are thinking and tips and tricks
is to designate a single individual to facilitate the
exercise, facilitate a conversation about how your
organization would handle the scenario.
Focus focusing on key learning points in include applicable
member from each finish unit which we mentioned that I'll be
sure to follow up on any gaps identified during the exercise.
Think out loud.
We mentioned that and support each other.
You know, allow the room to relax.
Allow folks to explain their expertise in detail in identify
any gaps in knowledge that they may have.
That's how the entire team grows.
So benefits it improves the incident response capability for
the organization that identifies weaknesses and areas for
improvement, enhances communication between the teams,
allow team members to get to know one another, understand
their key roles, and then determining clarifies roles.
Some of the best practices are clarify objectives and outcomes.
Choose the right participants.
We mentioned that design and interactive scenario.
It's important to tailor the scenario for the organization.
Create an interactive.
No fault space.
I think that's crucial.
We're folks and team members can talk about exactly what they
feel their responsibility is and if.
You know?
And if that's not clear, then maybe define gaps within within
the incident response plan so that that can be addressed later
on.
So in summary, the tabletop exercise is primarily to allow
the organization to improve their incident response plan.
Is a non invasive method set up in a classroom conference, you
know, meeting environment.
We're key roles and key stakeholders can come in, have a
full discussion about specific scenarios.
This tailored to the environment.
And that is all I have.
Are there any questions?
Good job, Michael.
Thank you.
So Michael uh, so for a small to medium sized company the what?
What?
What level do you think we would need to do something like this?
Umm, I would, I would say for a small or medium sized company
you typically have a like a sizzo or you have a deputy
sizzo.
They would be involved.
You would also have a IT lead everyone small in mediums that
these have IT lead they would be involved in it and then you know
it depends on sort of what you're threat model is sometimes
sometimes you know this is a required for compliance so it's
not it's not optional but smaller medium companies that
sort of have to fall under like the risk management framework
they gotta go through the full umm incident response tabletop
testing on an annual basis so you can be a small and medium
company and still have maybe five or six key stakeholders
that need to participate in this or you can tailor that damn
depending on how small organization is.
Excellent.
Sharlene Michael's gonna head up the team now for that.
I have two more things I have.
Sounds good.
I have two more weeks, but I'll come back as a GITA member.
Excellent.
More better, better even that.
Yeah, that sounds great.
We hold you to it, Michael.
Yes.
Thank you guys.
All right.
Any other questions for Michael guys?
Wait, that's a really quiet today.
All right.
All right, so on to the last talk.
Kristy, are you and.
I'm good to go now, yeah.
You get to go.
OK, perfect.
Have at it.
OK, I do wanna let everybody know that I am dealing with a
bronchitis infection.
So if I have to pause for a second because I'm coughing a
belong.
That's OK.
That give us all time to think about what you said.
Yeah, it's OK.
Yeah.
It's OK.
Alrighty, you see my screen.
Yes.
Perfect.
Alrighty, I would like everyone to take a second to think back
to when you woke up this morning.
What was the first thing that you guys did?
I can almost guarantee most of the responses would be that you
checked your phone or scroll through social media for
updates.
I know myself.
I continuously scroll through Pinterest in the morning before
I start my day, I E.
Sorry.
But what we aren't thinking about is what is this doing to
our mental health?
As I navigate my topic, my goal is not to demonize social media
or discourage its use, but to help equip each of us with the
knowledge and strategies to use these platforms responsibly and
to create a better balance between the two.
It's.
What is social media?
Well, most of us should be pretty well acquainted with
social media by now.
You've got the YouTube, the Instagram, the Tik T.O.K, the
Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest.
And who could honestly forget where this all started when
Myspace came out?
I'm sure many millennials, including myself, remember the
big deal that Myspace was back in the day having the ability to
customize your profile rate your friends from one to 10.
Of course, creating a whole new obsession of checking to see
where someone ranks on your friendship.
Myspace was a pivotal moment for teenagers and preteens during
that time, marking the advent of social media with a bang as it
welcomed its first million active users.
Following in its footsteps, many other platforms emerged forever,
transforming the global dynamics of how we connect to
communicate.
Social media empowers us to forge connections, cultivate
creativity, gain insight, and seize opportunities we might
otherwise never encounter.
Consider Pinterest, where users can uncover recipes, fitness
techniques, and of course my favorite, which is holiday
decor.
Then there's Instagram, the virtual canvas for sharing life
moments from vacations to relationships, events, and even
small business adventures.
And who could overlook the captivating world of Tik T.O.K
that has grown so huge over the past couple years where users
craft and share bite sized videos that last anywhere from 3
seconds to 10 minutes sometimes.
And you could find anything from culinary tutorials to workout
routines.
Each of these platforms offers a unique experience, catering to
diverse tastes and interest based on its users.
So what's the problem?
As I previously mentioned, social media provides a wide
array of creative avenues for users to stay engaged in.
Well informed about a wide range of topics.
However, we do have to stop and think about our mental well
being.
More podcasts and content creators are raising awareness
of the toll that mental health takes from excessive amounts of
time on social media.
Many are experiencing high levels of anxiety, depression,
addiction, FOMO, which is the fear of missing out.
And it's even cultivating digital narcissism.
There are also many instances of cyberbullying and addictive
behaviors picking place while engaging in social media.
Currently, and according to Forbes, as of 2023 there are 4.9
billion users that participate in social media on a global
scale, and this number is expected to increase by another
billion by 2027.
Most users operate on 6 to 7 platforms per month.
Currently the most popular platform, his Facebook with not
2.9 million monthly active users.
Other platforms that are popular right now are Tik, T.O.K,
Instagram, and YouTube.
Did you know that the average person spends 145 minutes on
social media per day?
That is a lot of hours, even if it doesn't feel like it.
Imagine if you were to continue that habit over a lifespan of 73
years.
You would have spent 5.7 years on social media platforms alone.
That's pretty hefty to be, and in my opinion, another
interesting fact is that half of million or half of millennials
trust influencers for product recommendations.
Social media has increased sales through the recommendations of
content creators and influencers.
When you go on Tik T.O.K or Instagram or even YouTube,
there's so many influencers that recommend cleaning products or
beauty products, even implement advertisements within their
content.
A great example is the advertisement.
For better help, I know I hear all the time when I listen to my
PlayStation podcast at the beginning and sometimes midway
through.
It's easy to listen to someone you trust, especially if they've
used the products themselves and it's a perfect sales pitch.
Plus, it benefits the influencers.
Most of them end up making profits off of the
advertisements that they, uh promote in their content.
And if you look on the left, I posted some images of the
monthly active users by social media platforms.
So you can kind of see how many like Facebook obviously being
the most popular.
Tick Tock is still popular, but it's lesser than compared to
Facebook.
None of the upper left.
You can see the age ranges of how many people use social
media, and obviously you can see that 18 to 2984% of people use
social media, not age or age range, which is pretty
interesting.
Obviously followed up by that 30 to 49 and then the rest of the
generations that follow after.
So what are the benefits of social media?
While there are umm many benefits with social media, some
can actually be really life altering.
YouTube has become a way for content creators to enhance
their financial status while creating content for their
followers that they're passionate about.
Instagram has become a place where small businesses have
growth opportunities by building their brand and sharing content
related to their business.
Tik T.O.K is a great place to gain inspiration and become
aware of current trends or news items.
Pinterest is a great place to find creative ideas for your
home, hobbies, planner, and articles that are related to
your specific interests.
Facebook has always been a place for old friends, families and
communities to connect and share content related to their
opinions or life a moments.
All of these platforms give its users a sense of community,
self-esteem boost and support.
Social media also allows users to stay up to date on current
events, even create awareness of topics such as a mental health
or abuse.
It is honestly a great way to share information that you're
passionate about and find like minded individuals.
Also, honestly, the world as a whole has become a better place
because of social media, since there have been a lot of changes
that have come through social media.
But with as many benefits does come some downsides to social
media.
Too much usage can lead to harmful effects on your mental
health.
Have you ever had a time where you are on social media looking
at your friend's photos?
Or maybe an influencers photos of their date night to their
vacations.
Or maybe just something that they did on the weekend.
How did it make you feel when you got off the platform or even
during, I think many of us can say that we felt unfulfilled or
uncomfortable with our own stance and our relationship.
Or our even our life status.
Or maybe you saw your best friend get a promotion and a pay
increase when you have not even finished college, or you're
working at a job that you're just not happy with.
This happens to the best of us and almost all the time social
media has given us away to connect, but it is also taking
away from our mental well being.
67% of users actually deal with the self esteem dip when while
comparing their lives to others that they see more than 70% of
users struggle with FOMO, which is the fear of missing out.
And this has become a topic that's been incorporated in more
ways than just social media, but definitely the top of social
media.
It is a way for to keep users active and engaged through
notifications, content updates, likes and follows.
It leaves users feeling anxious if they're not active in fear
that they are missing out on trends or news follows messages,
opportunities, or just simply missing out on content that's
been posted.
Cyber bullying is another major problem that's occurred on these
platforms and has seen an increase since the pandemic.
More people are unhappy than ever before, which has led to
users bullying one another on these platforms.
This could lead to more depression and anxiety on the
receiving end.
I know for me, I hear my siblings talk about I all the
horrible comments that are said, you know, between their friend
groups or things that they see online, other content creators
that I listen to even say they mentioned that they get death
threats, which is really scary and social media has led people
to using it as a security blanket as well.
Though if you ever see people on their phones constantly in
social situations, it's because they feel uncomfortable and
that's become the norm.
Now is where if you're in an uncomfortable social situation,
whether that's standing in line, waiting for your food, or maybe
you're just hanging out with your friends in a circle, most
people choose to sit on their phones because it's where they
feel comfortable.
Now, how do you know if you're experiencing or suffering from
any of these effects?
Well, if you're experiencing addiction, you may neglect your
daily tasks or family.
Your sleep quality may be poor due to constant notification
checking or the urge to check them.
Heritability and restlessness make tape may take place if you
have not had a chance to get on social media that day, you may
feel more anxious or depressed about your own life and
accomplishments over time.
Many people may participate in risk taking behavior.
I'm sure we all remember the boiling water challenge or maybe
even the tide pod challenge.
What about the most recent one where influencers demonstrated
how to jump off the edge of a boat?
Although these memes seem like funny ideas and they gain a lot
of attention to popularity, it is important to remember that
it's not always a good idea to participate in.
It's kind of like the old saying.
If your friends all jumped off a Cliff, would you do it too?
I know my mom told me that a lot as a kid growing up, but my
answer is always probably not.
These types of behaviors can lead to the development of
digital narcissists, which are individuals have become set
obsessed with self promotion through risk taking behaviors to
gain popularity on social media.
Digital narcissists will literally do anything to
increase their follow numbers or gain attention, even if it makes
them truly uncomfortable, according to psychologists.
The percentage of digital narcissism has increased to 80%
when compared to 30% in the early 2000s.
All of these issues are becoming a problem and only increasing as
more users jump aboard their social media train.
However, it is all treatable and many can undo these challenges.
They may face.
That is why it's important to have mindful consumption.
It's always important to remember that social media is an
excellent tool and resource when used responsibly in order to
create a healthy balance, it is important to take breaks from
your phone or device and replace it with a wok.
Or maybe spending time with loved ones, or even doing
something else you enjoy.
Some people set timers as reminder when to take breaks
because sometimes we need to hear a reminder to register.
Ohh yeah, I've been on my phone for, you know, 1520 minutes and
I think it's time to get off.
If you can try to disable notifications, that will help
too.
That way you're not tempted to get in.
Get on your phone or check notifications.
Even try leaving your phone in another location while you're
sleeping.
If you feel the urge to check notifications now, these
incorporations aren't easy.
And they do take time to develop into your daily routine.
But if you're dedicated, you can definitely make it work and make
a giant difference on your mental health.
It's really important to develop other hobbies to replace your
social media use.
For example, I work out. I draw, I play video games, I go for
walks.
I spend time with my siblings and my fiance.
We tune plan tons of events instead of spending time on
social media.
I even deleted my social media accounts.
I believe it was like three or four years ago, you know, and I
haven't looked back since and I can say for myself, I genuinely
do appreciate a life without social media.
I still have my Pinterest.
My fiance still does his YouTube, but beyond that we kind
of keep it very minimal, but overall I do think that everyone
could lead a better life if they step outside their digital realm
every now and then and just create a good balance between
them and that's the end of my presentation.
Thank you.
Nicely done.
I need to do that sometimes unplug.
Any questions for?
Abigail, who we have.
Oh, sorry.
Kristy.
Alright.
Any questions for Kristy?
I have a question.
Sure, go ahead.
Why so?
Why so judgy?
Who?
You know, everyone always says that you know, but I promise I
don't judge.
I do not judge at all.
I know I can't get off of it.
Consume as much as you want.
I do that to disappear.
Are you kidding?
You know, many Dings I get.
I hear you.
Everyone's quiet today.
Hardly any questions.
Ready to listen is what it is.
Ready to listen and learn.
I guess so.
That was the last talk or presentation.
UM, you sure?
So.
That was another one after this Austin.
No, no, he already did his.
Kristy wanted to go at the end.
Ohh.
So we did go down the line.
We had Austin uh.
We shifted the order.
Kyle did his.
Kyle Christie.
Rebecca.
Yeah, yeah.
Nick. Nick.
Chris, he wanted to go last, and then Rebecca came in a little
later.
But UM, no.
I'm I miss next.
Yeah, you missed.
Next, he talked about the graphene and.
Yeah, you missed it.
People stays in this like producing on those and use them.
Not most of the times iron and it also probably helped prevent.
That was pretty nice.
Somebody's mic is alive.
Ohh.
OK.
Yeah.
I'll just need. OK.
Yeah, just watched the video.
Sounds good, I guess so.
And then.
He doesn't give you all the SP2 orbitals and all the double
bonds and all that fun stuff, but yeah.
Oh wow, missed all that.
Now he didn't get too technical on that.
And they're Michael.
Did his and then we we elected him to do do it.
He's been drafted or volunteered.
Yes, yes. Awesome.
Right.
He's forget us, so I told him we'll hold him to it.
The volume volume told you've been volentold.
Yep.
Yeah, exactly.
Untold.
Well, I guess is it it?
Yeah.
Yep.
Landon will be over him.
Uh, I'm not in cyber.
Ah, no.
I even though I pop into your meetings.
You elected him, so I figured you were the one. What?
He's been volentold.
Well, if you're gonna give me the authority.
Ohh.
Alright, so is that an excellent job for everybody?
Yes, they did.
It was a good night.
So good till.
Awesome. Awesome.
Well, very nice.
And I I stayed awake and everything.
Well, thank you.
So that's gay, yeah.
Thank you.
Thank you for taking over.
For me, we had an orientation, so we got a great team coming
in.
Couple of my old students so they know what to do.
Umm cool.
The ready.
Wonderful.
Right.
Thank you guys.
Alright, thanks for coming everyone.
I hope you clocked in today.
You forgot to remind you.
They're all veterans.
Toodles.
They should know this.
Yeah, I figured I figured Daniel.
They will now.
You alright?
I saw some of those, you know, on the presentations.
Umm, you know what they have that little TCW clock?
Yep.
I did see that.
And it's.
So. Umm.
Yeah, I saw those little things.
Well, thanks everybody.
Have a good rest of the evening.
Thank you.
Have a great day. Umm.
I'm gonna.
Am I watched it now?
Ohh I guess I can stop recording.
Yep.
I was forgot.
Yeah.
We're.
We're done.