UWS Workshop: Social Media 101 for Contemporary Screen Actors
1. Social Media 101: Crash
Course for Contemporary
Screen Writers
Jennifer M. Jones
@jennifermjones
http://www.jennifermjones.net
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2. Outcomes:
Historical Context of Social Media
Why Social Media is important for Creative Workers
Case Studies
Plan and build a Posterous site
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10. Dot Com Boom 2.0
The term “2.0” can be contested
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11. Wider and Faster
Broadband Access
Smaller, Cheaper and
Quicker Tools
Increased Participation
and Improving Digital
Literacy
What’s the real change?
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12. The infrastructure and ‘type’
of content hasn’t changed
much - they just look prettier
(and are easier to use!)
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13. But it does mean we can
work smarter, interact easier
and share information faster.
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14. Part 2: Social Media - Why
Should I Care?
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15. The World is Changing
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24. So what can we learn?
Use the tools/skills that
are available to you (what
are your strong points,
what do you need to
learn?)
Be unique (Why do you
deserve an audience?
Perform & converse to
that audience)
Be persistent (could you
script & perform one
podcast a day, everyday
for 3 months?)
Don’t be scared to take
risks to stand out. (Who
wants to fit in anyway?)
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30. Any shared social context can
bring people together as part of
a network
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31. By being part of that network,
you can learn new skills as you
w o r k t o g e t h e r t o b u i l d
something to represent that
context
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32. Can you see what I’m getting at?
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45. Workshop Task (1 hour)
Set up a Posterous blog for class activities
Write your profile/choice your design
Add your YouTube account (or any other accounts)
Write your first blog
Add your URL to the class list
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46. Making the first post
Link to something useful or interesting
Can be multimedia (text, photos, video, .pdfs)
Compile a list of useful resources for class
Write up an event/Promote an event
Write a how-to
Interview a classmate
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48. Experiment & Play.
There is no one way to achieve success using
social media. There are an infinite number of
ways to play.
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49. Be Persistent.
This is the nature of your industry. Get up, write,
record and get it out there.
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50. Collaborate.
Building your own idea (and “brand”) is great,
but working with others can spread the burden
of learning new skills.
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51. Stand out.
Be true to yourself. Nobody is going to tell you
what to do - and that’s the best part about it.
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