Social Media Club Education Connection - SMCEDU group. Social Media can lead to Social Good « Professor Josh's Blog. I have typed, tweeted, updated, and posted many times on how social media can improve business, provide networking opportunities, and help engage students but these same ideas can lead to a network for social good.
Social media connects a variety of users into a vast network that can spread infinitely to all those in the larger network of life eventually. Social media bring us closer to the thought of Six Degrees of Separation which refers to the idea that everyone is at most six steps away from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, “a friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in six steps or fewer. Users on Twitter can follow other users creating a network. According to a study of 5.2 billion such relationships by social media monitoring firm Sysomos, the average distance on Twitter is 4.67. On average, about 50% of people on Twitter are only four steps away from each other, while nearly everyone is five steps away Like this: Like Loading...
Login. Future Topics for #SMCEDU Podcasts. SMCEDU: Changing Higher Education Through Social Media. As most of you know, the topic of using social media and education is one that I’m very interested in – whether that means using social media in the classroom or teaching social media, I believe that there is a lot of opportunity to use technology to improve the ways the next generation learns.
As I detailed in this post, this is one reason that I got involved with the SMCEDU project at the very beginning. Founded in July 2009, SMCEDU has established more than ten chapters at colleges and universities across the country, it was officially granted a 501(c)(6) non-profit designation, and it’s forming its Advisory Board now. There are a lot of exciting things happening now with SMCEDU and that’s why I was excited to talk with Yong Lee, a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and current director of the SMCEDU project.
I got the opportunity to ask Yong seven questions about SMCEDU – what it is, what’s going on now, and what’s in store for the future. I agree. Where is the best place to build our SMCEDU community? (via @andinarvaez) Facebook Goes Back to School with New Universities Page. Why You May Not Want A Job In Social Media. Photo courtesy of Flickr user JCOlivera It doesn’t surprise me that most TV stars don’t watch television.
Unlike stage actors or even film actors, regulars on a successful TV series are constantly filming with little downtime in between seasons. That leaves little time to enjoy the television they aren’t making. There’s also an interesting effect of doing what you love every day 9-5. It becomes less of a passion and more work. It’s been awhile since I’ve written over here- my life has been a bit of a jumble this summer between my new job and my show. 5 Ways The Intern Mind Trumps You at Social Media. Do not trust an intern to completely run your social media campaign.
Do learn from their basic instincts. A few years ago companies trusted their social media campaigns to interns. Part of this was because interns equaled cheap labor for a non-trusted task, but part of it was also because interns, frankly, were better at social media then their superiors. Let’s face it, CEOs may have the power, but interns are the better characters. And that’s what social media (and the USA Network) is based on – giving characters a voice and customers someone to hold on to. I wouldn’t advise that you hand off all your social media interactions to an intern*, but do start thinking like an intern. Here’s what they have, that you’ve long forgotten about. Interns are chatty. Good luck trying to get a CEO on the phone. Interns, on the other hand, want to talk your ear off. Interns are the gatekeepers of the dirt.
When you want the real story about a company, you don’t ask the executives. Interns are excitable. Fair Use.