In this presentation, Tonya Oaks Smith will argue that the Muppet Show is simply a display of what we see everyday when we manage our social media presence. Take a time machine back to childhood and see how various personalities interacted on the Muppet Show – and how those very characters appear day in and day out on the social web. We’ll talk about how the Muppets serve as a microcosm for the social web, and then we’ll talk about how to deal with things when they go awry.
All I Ever Needed to Know About Social Media I Learned from the Muppets - #minnewebcon 2015
1. Tonya Oaks Smith
James Montgomery Flagg, via Wikimedia Commons
All I Ever Needed to Know About Social Media
I Learned from the Muppets
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flickr.com/photos/jeffchristiansen/5663365028/
Tonya Oaks Smith
2. Shari Erwin,Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith
It’s time to play
the music.
It’s time to light
the lights.
It’s time to
meet the
Muppets…
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12. Shari Erwin,Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith
Don’t be a downer
hitfix.com/comedy/10-halloween-costumes-from-the-saturday-night-live-archives#minnewebcon
13. There’s Life Beyond
the Four-Year University
Shari Erwin,Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith
Enthusiasm is excellent
youtube.com/watch?v=KlJM4UhbQ7A#minnewebcon
14. There’s Life Beyond
the Four-Year University
Shari Erwin,Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith
Nerds like us are allowed to be
unironically enthusiastic about
stuff… Nerds are allowed to love
stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-
the-chair-can’t-control-yourself
love it. When people call people
nerds, mostly what they’re
saying is “you like stuff.”
- John Green
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15. Little people are important
fandango.com/movie-news/15-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-muppets-747498#minnewebcon
16. Little people are important
Photo love from @GopherSports#minnewebcon
17. Winning takes a team
adventuresofalostboy.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/
muppet-mayhem-part-1-the-muppet-movie/#minnewebcon
21. You can never have
enough gratuitous shoe
photos.
- @marleysmom
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22. Conceal your flaws by
sucker punching
anyone who has the
audacity to mention
them.
- Miss Piggy
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23. There will be trolls
flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/8234189233/#minnewebcon
24. There’s Life Beyond
the Four-Year University
Shari Erwin,Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith
Statler: I’m Statler.
Waldorf: I’m Waldorf.
We’re here to heckle “The
Muppet Movie.”
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26. There’s Life Beyond
the Four-Year University
Gonzo: I want to go to Bombay,
India and become a movie star.
Fozzie: You don't go to Bombay to
become a movie star! You go
where we're going: Hollywood.
Gonzo: Sure, if you want to do it
the easy way.
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28. Humans make the show
npr.org/2011/11/21/142509532/for-muppeteers-it-isnt-easy-being-invisible#minnewebcon
29. There’s Life Beyond
the Four-Year University
Shari Erwin,Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith
Please watch out for each
other and love and forgive
everybody. It’s a good life,
enjoy it.
- Jim Henson
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30. There’s Life Beyond
the Four-Year University
Shari Erwin,Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith
Life’s like a movie.
Write your own ending…
- The Muppet Movie
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