super scary social media
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Originally titled "Innovations in IT and Social Media: Connecting to Recruit, Enroll and Support Students in Study Abroad" (which is a very long and boring title), this was a 75-minute talk on social media for study abroad professionals at the IES Abroad conference in Chicago on October 14, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Innovations in IT and Social Media: Connecting to Recruit, Enroll and Support Students in Study Abroad
Super Scary Social Media
“Need a paramedic on corner of John Wesley Dobbs and Jackson st. Woman on the ground unconscious. Pls ReTweet”
Atlanta, May 2009
Is Social Media a Fad?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng
ReachYou Your Friends Their Friends
People using technology to
be social
Social Media(a definition)
Who is your
audience and
where can you
find them?
Start a Blog
Your very own soapbox: use it wisely.
Gain followers and become an expert.
Wordpress.comBlogger.comTypepad.com
Create a Facebook page
400 million users
130 friends/user
Search Twitter
TweepSearch.comFind Twitter users by profile, location
search.Twitter.comSearch the content of tweets
Set up a Linkedin Profile
75 million users
Be a YouTube Star
2nd largest search engine in the world
Your Website
Information travels at the speed of Twitter
Boston.com: A resident takes photos of a building damaged in Talca, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Sebastian Martinez)
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