This document is a presentation about social media and its role in education and careers. It discusses how social media has become an essential skill and can be used in many fields such as marketing, customer service, public relations, and more. It encourages students to use what they learn both inside and outside the classroom and that keeping up with social media, they won't need a map to guide their career path.

1. WHERE’S MY MAP?
@alexpriest
may ‘11, uber dc

2. WHO
AM I?

3. WHAT
SHOULD
I TALK
ABOUT?

4. 1. HOW’D WE GET HERE?
(LIKE, LITERALLY)
2. HOW’D WE GET HERE?
(FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING)
3. HOW’D WE GET HERE?
(WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO NOW)

5. 1. HOW’D WE GET HERE?
(LIKE, LITERALLY)
?

7. WE CAN
LEARN
A LOT
FROM
THE
TRIPS
WE
TAKE

8. UBER
GRADUATION
SLS11
AU-SMCEDU
GENIUSROCKET

9. 159,865 words
9,226 tweets
967 users
2 trends
SLS11
#humblebrag

11. 192 PAGES
OF
AU SOCIAL
MEDIA CLUB
SUCCESS.
BY
ALEX PRIEST
AND
MIRANDA GALE

12. 2. HOW’D WE GET HERE?
(FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING)
LAME
AWESOME

14. PROGRESS
IS JUST AS
SLOW AND
HARD
(UNFORTUNATELY)
WEIRDEST SIMILE
YOU’LL HEAR TODAY:
LEARNING
IS LIKE
A CITY

15. INEVITABLE PROGRESS
THE ‘ALWAYS ON GENERATION’ WILL
BE MADE UP OF…
“NIMBLE, QUICK-
ACTING
46% OF MULTITASKERS WHO
U.S. ADULTS COUNT ON THE
OWN INTERNET AS THEIR
EXTERNAL BRAIN AND
SMART APPROACH
PROBLEMS IN A
PHONES DIFFERENT WAY FROM
THEIR ELDERS.”
- PEW

16. 6
SOCIAL MEDIA
ACCOUNTS
FOR ONE OF
EVERY
MINUTES
SPENT ONLINE

17. CHANGE IS ALMOST
INEVITABLE, BUT
SUCCESS IS NOT.
3. HOW’D WE GET HERE?
(WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO NOW)

18. SOCIAL MEDIA IS
NO LONGER JUST
A HOBBY. IT’S AN
ESSENTIAL SKILL.
MARKETING | RESEARCH | CUSTOMER SERVICE | PUBLIC
RELATIONS | SCIENCE | PSYCHOLOGY | POLITICS | GRAPHIC
DESIGN | PHOTOGRAPHY | SMALL BUSINESS | FOOD
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | FINANCE | TRANSPORTATION
PUBLIC WORKS | LAW ENFORCEMENT | SALES | MEDICINE
EVENT PLANNING | TECHNOLOGY | ENGINEERING | ACTING |
JOURNALISM | MUSIC | REAL ESTATE | TEACHING | AUTHOR

19. LET THE
CLASSROOM
AND THE
WORLD
BE YOUR
PLAYGROUND.

20. BE
HERE.
USE WHAT
YOU LEARN.

22. KEEP UP, AND YOU
WON’T NEED A MAP.
@alexpriest
may ‘11, uber dc