The document discusses student and professional use of social media. For students, it notes issues like overuse of phones, lack of in-person skills, and not understanding the permanence of online posts. For professionals, it raises questions about when and how to express views online and how to balance personal and professional use. It also provides tips for using social media professionally, like choosing an appropriate profile photo and description, listening to others, and promoting events respectfully.
3. Student Use of SoMe:
• “Anonymous apps like Yik Yak”
• “Constantly looking at phones – in and out of class”
• Addiction to quantity over quality of relationships
• Lack of professionalism
• Not understanding “It’s out there forever”
• Trying to solve issues passively (passive-aggressive)
• Deterioration of in-person skills
• Blurring boundaries with staff/administrators
Info from ATTCHA survey
4. Professional Use of SoMe:
• “Where does it fit into our development?”
• “When is it unprofessional to express political [or
other personal ] views on social media?”
• How to mix personal & professional?
• “What is appropriate way to use social media during
a job search?”
• Colleague connections online before “in real life”?
• “Is it really that helpful?”
Info from ATTCHA survey
5. What is Twitter?
“It’s public,
it’s real time,
it’s conversational
and it’s widely
distributed.”
– Twitter CEO Dick Costolo
9. What can you do?
Nothing better than face-to-face
interaction, but...
10. What can you do?
• Decide on a purpose…
• Use a good picture for your profile.
NOTE: You are not an egg. Use a picture.
• Write a good profile description. (SEO).
• Be consistent.
11. What can you do?
• Spend time listening.
• Give shout-outs!
• Promote activities & events (but not TOO much)
• Be genuine
• Be respectful
Facebook was the ubiquitous platform for years… now it’s becoming Twitter. “HASHTAG” is part of our lexicon now…. That’s a pound sign, dude.
Facebook was the ubiquitous platform for years… now it’s becoming Twitter. “HASHTAG” is part of our lexicon now…. That’s a pound sign, dude.
Adult normative vs youth normative perspective
Facebook was the ubiquitous platform for years… now it’s becoming Twitter. “HASHTAG” is part of our lexicon now…. That’s a pound sign, dude.
Facebook was the ubiquitous platform for years… now it’s becoming Twitter. “HASHTAG” is part of our lexicon now…. That’s a pound sign, dude.
Who you are online should be a reflection of who you are to the world… especially in your CF role.
Purpose – why are you going to use it? You can have multiple reasons, but decide on your purpose for how you will USE it.
Be consistent – doesn’t mean you have to post a certain number of times per day, but also don’t go weeks without activity.
I’m also really big on being positive. I know we aren’t always positive and certainly our work can be negative… but I really do try. Yes, I do complain about Mediacom and I think there are good reasons to engage with companies about customer service, etc. But griping about work, oddly personal messages, etc, reflects on who you are.
Social media is your Swiss army knife. Multi-faceted, lots of tools… can be super useful and really helpful, sometimes things get sharp, so be careful.