The Drum sur Twitter : "Infographic: Happy 9th birthday @Twitter - #SocialMedia highlights. Infographic: Happy 9th birthday Twitter - social media highlights. Social media, big data, and recruiters – What all job seekers need to know, Career. Much has been made of social media’s power for personal branding and building profile, but some still don’t see it that way. Some see it as a distraction, as nothing too serious, a thing that’s not really for them. But an aspect that’s important to consider is that your personal view on social media may have no relevance at all in this context.
How you use it or don’t, whether you like it or hate it – what’s really important to understand is how others are assessing social and social data and how that can potentially reflect on you. For instance, you might think social’s irrelevant, but do your prospective employers feel the same? Did you know that some 90% of companies now use social media for recruiting? Jobseekers in particular need to understand that how they personally feel about social is not the only opinion that matters – it’s how those they may want to connect with approach it that’s of critical importance.
How recruiters & hiring managers use social True (Social Media) Detective. How Twitter changed the world, hashtag-by-hashtag. Twitter is about to become the most expensive watercooler in history. After coming onto the scene in 2006 - and with a couple of years to warm up a bit - the site has cemented itself as the home of live, global chatter. Our timeline highlights the key moments in Twitter's development, and we explore how hashtags have changed the way we communicate. Hashtag revolution To some, it will forever be a fad.
A place to tell the world what you've had for lunch. Yet though its user base is dwarfed by Facebook, no social network has quite the influence of Twitter. So, what better way to assess its impact than with one of its strongest conventions - the hashtag. Before Twitter, the # key was little more than something found on telephones to denote "number". Now hashtags are now the definitive way to group tweets on the same subject. Here, hashtag-by-hashtag, is a selection of other ways Twitter has changed the world. This t-shirt, sold by Topman, was taken off sale after a Twitterstorm Just ask Ryan Giggs. Improving Learning with Mobile Technology. A couple of months ago I was asked to contribute to an eBook about mobile learning and changes in attitudes and technology … “what are the most effective uses of technology in online and mobile education?”
Along with 34 leading educators and mobile learning ‘celebrities’ our answers have been included in a new eBook that has the sub-title “Move Over Teachers: The Students Are in Control”. I find myself listed among friends and colleagues who I look to and respect in the community of learning, including (but not limited to): Joyce SeitzingerGrainne ConoleAlec CourosLisa DawleyJackie GersteinSidneyeve MatrixLisa NielsenPati ShankShelly Sanches TerrellTony Vincent Each essay/response has come together, independently, to form a common theme around the advances in technology and how we choose to use it; devices, networks, content, teaching, collaboration, etc. “Education is at a tipping point.
You can see the full eBook on SlideShare or in the embedded version below: PS. Guest Post: Hurricane Bawbag. Courtesy of Carolyne Mitchell, who is a fantabulous Information Officer with the South Lanarkshire Council, we’ve been treated to a great story about the naming of winter storms. It also gives us the opportunity to see what happens in real life when government isn’t paying attention to the terms the public uses. With that, I cede the floor. Jim’s Winter is Coming post about the naming of winter storms resonated strongly with us Scots. Back in December 2011, Scotland braced itself for one of its worst storms in living history. The Met Office had forecast the storm and issued alerts. In Strathclyde, local emergency groups had been set up in most councils to discuss school closures, social care provision, flood alerts, road closures, tree removal and general contingency planning.
But the storm provided a challenge for emergency responders and many other organisations. For those not sure about the Scottish vernacular, bawbag is slang for scrotum and is usually used as a derogatory term. 10 Steps for Educators New to Twitter. Educators from all around the world are beginning to use Twitter as a valuable piece in their professional growth toolbox. As professional development continues to evolve and transform, we will need new ways to encourage teachers to embrace new opportunities. Here is a "How to Twitter Guide" to share with new and veteran teachers. Enjoy! 1) - Sign up for your Twitter account! Click Here! Sign up for your Twitter account and get started. 2) - Spend some time watching and observing others...
Take some time to learn the ins and outs of Twitter. @gcouros @web20classroom @NMHS_Principal @tomwhitby @kylepace @cybraryman1 @principalspage @ShellTerrell @ChrisWejr @shannonmmiller @patrickmlarkin @L_Hilt @ToddWhitaker @Dwight_Carter @datruss @mcleod @plugusin @stumpteacher @kleinerin @mattbgomez 3) - Talk to educators who are using Twitter... I would be willing to bet that you learned about or heard something about Twitter from a colleague. 4) - Start to interact with your followers... Welcome to Forbes.
Twitter: Developing Your Online Brand - Careers Advice. As social media continues to infiltrate every waking minute of our lives, there’s no denying that it’s changing the way we connect and interact. From searching the web, to purchasing products and finding jobs, social media has its fingers in many proverbial pies. In this article, I want to look at how Twitter can be used to develop a strong online brand and to explore its potential for finding work. Below I’ve included some initial steps to follow, once you’ve set up a profile. Write a professional bio You’re first port of call for developing a strong online brand is your bio. Include your website or LinkedIn URL If you have a website or LinkedIn profile, including this will help potential employers to access further information about you at the click of a button.
Include a headshot Including a photo lets employers put a face to your name, making you more memorable, just be sure that the picture shows you in a good light! Start following Build your brand! Using Twitter to search for work. 5 unexpected benefits of being a social organisation. Bromford Housing in Wolverhampton. If only every employer was like them. Why? Because they've embraced this digital stuff. And their world didn't end. By GUEST EDITOR Paul Taylor It’s little over two years since Bromford lifted any restrictions on social media and offered complete freedom to every single colleague. And it’s almost impossible to remember what life was like before the wall came down. Hundreds of Bromford people have online profiles and blogs and membership of our internal Yammer covers almost all colleagues. Truth be told we didn’t really know what we were unleashing. Perhaps that’s how it should be. The Social web is organic, messy and uncontrollable.
One of the problems of making a business case about use of social media is that you genuinely can’t anticipate what the results will be. Things get democratised , decisions get made in public , people form their own communication channels and networks. Scary. Here’s my pick – 5 things we could never have predicted: Picture caption. The dawn of a new era for employee voice - Comment. Read the research for this article Can social media pave the way for more open and collaborative cultures? On the face of it, it might look like employees don’t have much appetite for voicing their opinions any more. Many claim that response rates to employee surveys are going down and, following a period of stability between 1995 and 2007, trade union membership in the UK is once again in decline. But the problem is not that employees don’t want voice, it’s that they often can’t see what difference it makes and the standard mediums used are outdated.
So on the one hand, there seems to be increasing scepticism of management initiatives that invite one to ‘Have your say’. Yet on the other hand, we are spending more and more of our time spontaneously exchanging our ideas on social media. The end of employment relations as we know it? What this means for trade unions is far from unclear. In a way this should not be surprising. Jonny Gifford, Research Adviser, CIPD. Teachers Can Use Social Media to Enhance Learning. Social media use has expanded to include even the world’s academic fraternity.
College professors are suddenly using social media, mainly to connect with colleagues, to access news and appear in the buzz around it. What many don’t appreciate about social media is the fact that it can be used within a classroom situation to create more value to learning. This article gives you tips on how professors and teachers can use social media to improve their work and students' academic performance and success. Help them create blogs. Blogs were weblogs in the past. This is in fact their real name. Helping your students create great blogs where they share ideas and perspectives is invaluable. Create virtual offices. Let’s face it, not many students love to come to your offices for consultation or advice. Create Facebook Pages for your class. Facebook is the world’s largest social media platforms out there and if things were as they are, it’s here to stay. Teach them to network.
Connect: Authored by: Twitter and the Job Interview. Professional development is cited as one of the main reasons to use Twitter. From questions asked to blog links shared, Twitter provides a ‘real time’ platform for anyone to discover information. Of course there is the social aspect that dominates the platform, but a Twitter profile, with like minded followers, allows for reasoned debate and conclusion in your chosen field.
Take the teaching profession. There are numerous educators on Twitter prepared to share experiences and resources. Once a Personal Learning Network has been built up, a teacher can usually find help/answers from one of their ‘colleagues’. Add to this the power of the hashtag and it is easy to see why the Twitter community is growing. Participation in an #edchat discussion with @tomwhitby,or a more specific debate, can lead to reams of information and links coming the way of the willing chat member. So what does this have to do with a job interview? Twitter prepared me for interview, without being asked.
P.S. How To Start More Conversations With Your Social Media Profiles. What can you do today to ensure you start productive conversations with your social media profiles? This is the question we're asked more than any other - so we thought we'd share 5 things you can do right away to spark more discussions with your social media profiles: 1. Make yourself look credible Did you know, when someone searches member profiles on Social-Hire, the very first thing they see is how recently you logged into your account. So be sure to log in to your account regularly so that you look like someone who is still active and can still be contacted via the site! The same holds true on LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Whilst these sites do not show when you were last logged in, the recency and frequency of your activity can encourage or deter people from contacting you via your social media profiles.
We recommend using Buffer as a great way of keeping your profiles active. 2. Try searching for yourself on each social network. So how are we coping with social media? I tend to be an early adopter of new technology and all things online. But when it comes to the social media, I was a late developer. I first became aware of the whole scene when, as President of Dublin City University, I was approached by a colleague who wanted to block access by students to Bebo. You may not even remember Bebo now, it’s so very 2007. But in that year it was suddenly all the rage, and students were hogging access to library workstations while chatting to their online friends. The early lead enjoyed by Bebo was, as we all know, wiped out by the all-conquering Facebook. But it has to be said, the academy was nonplussed. I recently had a long conversation with an old friend who is a very senior professor in another university.
For me, it is very different. As for me, I joined Bebo, Facebook and Twitter in 2007. Like this: Like Loading... Explore posts in the same categories:culture, higher education, society, technology. A visual guide to using social media. At edSocialMedia, we like to encourage our bootcamp attendees to practice using social media in their daily lives. If the user sees it naturally fitting into their social lives, we find that they are way more likely to use the tools in the professional careers.
Among many other great things, this Infographic from Online Colleges highlights how educators can use social media in the classroom (or office, for that matter). Note the amazing correlation of “Comparison of Faculty’s Personal and Professional Use of Social Media by Site.” Use of channels such as YouTube, Facebook and Blogs are both the most popular in personal use as well as in professional use. From: OnlineColleges.net What else can be added to the list? Madeline Riley Madeline Riley was the Director of Publications at Stratton Mountain School, a ski and snowboard academy in southern Vermont.
Humanizing Our Organizations Through Social Media. Cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Alyssa L. Miller Social Media is becoming dominant in every facet of our society. I remember years ago, walking into a church for a concert and seeing on their TV screens, links to their Facebook and Twitter pages and them sharing ways that you could connect to them. It was interesting to think of an institution that is usually known for being so steeped in tradition, thinking of ways they could use this new technology to connect with people that live in an ever-changing world.
Yet we still see many schools and school districts fearful of what social media can do in a negative manner to possibly the way they do their day-to-day “business” or even the impact it can have (in a negative way) on their reputation. As more organizations outside of school begin to embrace social media, we have to think about what the purpose of using social media is and how we can learn from others. As society changes, schools need to change with it.
JISC Inform / Issue 34 / 3 minute interview / #jiscinform. Being socially devoted to your customer care increases ROI. I had to come back to Econsultancy and write about this, as 1 year ago I wrote the article: Companies respond to just 5% of question on social media. Get it? Only 5% of all questions got answered. REALLY crazy! Well, the market has evolved a bit, and based on our study, companies now respond 30% of all user questions. This week we have launched a new standard called Socially Devoted. Its a new standard for social care, which is based on these principles: a) You have to be an open company. B) You have to respond your fans. C) You have to respond quickly. After defining it, we have done a study on over 10 000 brand pages on Facebook (for now, we will look at Twitter later), and analysed their wall post questions (the place where people actually place the most questions). As we dug deeper into this data, we understood that Telecom companies, Airlines, and Finance are the most responding categories.
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