Should Schools Implement Social Media Policies?
Facebook wasn't a topic of conversation in high schools 10 years ago — it hadn't even been invented yet. One decade and a billion users later, and with the introduction of Twitter, Instagram and other social networking platforms, it's become an unavoidable cultural commodity. If you're a teacher, your students most likely have profiles, and vice versa. There are plenty of examples of Facebooking-gone-wrong in the education field so far. There's the teacher in Pittsburgh, Pa., whose colleagues discovered her photo with a stripper online, and the Boston-area teen who was arrested for alleged "terrorist threats" in a rap video he posted to Facebook.
Poll: Business People Say Twitter More Important Than LinkedIn
A month-long poll conducted on business social network LinkedIn has uncovered some fascinating numbers concerning social media platforms and brand presence. The biggest surprise was that Twitter was deemed more important to brands than LinkedIn, and the poll was performed on LinkedIn. With more than 3,600 respondents so far, each well understood in terms of job titles, company size, age and gender - this is a high-quality data set worth paying attention to. The question asked was simply: "What is the most important new platform for brands to master?" Options were Twitter, Facebook, the iPhone, Digg and LinkedIn. Some of the conclusions were a real surprise.
9 Crucial UI Features of Social Media and Networking Sites
Advertisement The main function of a good user interface is to provide users with an intuitive mapping between user’s intention and application’s function that manages to provide a solution to the given task. Basically, user interface describes the way people interact with a site and the way users can access its functions. In fact, usability is a biproduct of a good user interface and it determines how easily a user can perform all of the functions provided by the site. Usability is a crucial part of every design, especially on websites with a large amount of functions and users.
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inShare1,645 A study published in 2010 surfaced a startling statistic, “75 percent of employers say their business has no formal policy instructing employees on the appropriate use of social networking sites on the job.” The report, “Employer Perspectives on Social Networking,” compiled data from 34,000 businesses in 35 countries. Does your organization have a formal policy regarding employee use of social media? Perhaps better asked, does your organization offer training, guidelines, and insights to help employees excel in new media on behalf of your business?
How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School
Produced in collaboration with Facebook. Social media is fast becoming as ubiquitous as the air we breathe. In recent months, many schools and districts around the country have taken steps to create social media policies and guidelines for their students and staff. In my work with several districts to draft these documents, I have seen many approaches that work well, and some that don't. That said, there is no silver bullet for administrators; every school, district, and state has a different set of circumstances. With that in mind, here are some steps that will help you determine the best approach for your own community.
New Twitter Research: Men Follow Men and Nobody Tweets - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org
by Bill Heil and Mikolaj Piskorski | 2:15 PM June 1, 2009 Twitter has attracted tremendous attention from the media and celebrities, but there is much uncertainty about Twitter’s purpose. Is Twitter a communications service for friends and groups, a means of expressing yourself freely, or simply a marketing tool? We examined the activity of a random sample of 300,000 Twitter users in May 2009 to find out how people are using the service. We then compared our findings to activity on other social networks and online content production venues. Our findings are very surprising.
How Brands Balance Their Diet With Social Media Supplements « We
Developing a social strategy is a lot like having a balanced diet. While the employees can learn from each other, additional external supplements must be introduced into the diet for a balanced meal. Unlike other tried and true mediums that are used to connect with customers, social strategies come with implications and risk. While brands will ultimately drive and implement their own social strategy entrée they’ll still need supplments to ensure they’re getting a balanced and healthy diet for this marathon.
How a Social Media Pro Educates the “Digitally Illiterate”
2-Day Hands-On Social Media Training Sessions Scheduled in Sydney, Singapore, London, Paris, Toronto, New York, Chicago and San Francisco Eric Schwartzman (@ericschwartzman) has a message for those he refers as the “digitally illiterate.” “Digitally illiterate clients and digitally illiterate bosses have unrealistic expectations of what social media can do and cannot do,” he says. “Bringing organizations up to speed on how to use social media is really where it’s at today.” Schwartzman, a world-renowned social media trainer and author of the book “Social Marketing to the Business Customer,” delivers hands-on sessions in major cities around the world.
Cyber-Security Practice: Learn it in one week – gustmees
Read, think, learn and share over Social Media… Security is everyone’s responsibility! We are ALL responsible for the Internet’s future! In previous blogs I have presented already the different security programs who help us to stay secure on Internet and not to infect others in the community because our computer is infected!
