# How to make a splash in social media

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDIndia 2009
- Speaker: Alexis Ohanian
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.

## Lectures

1. [How to make a splash in social media](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media/ab43cf5a6e3e), 5 min (TED's player)