Can you establish your professional brand in 160 characters or less? If you have a Twitter account, you already have. And, if you're anything like me, you didn't put much thought into writing your Twitter bio. You probably just thought of it as a necessary evil to getting on with the fun of tweeting and sharing. Plus, it's difficult to write … [Read more...]
10 Tips for Participating in Dizzying Twitter Chats
It never fails. Each week during a regularly-scheduled Twitter chat in which I participate, someone (usually someone new to the chat) comments about how difficult it is to “keep up” with the fast pace of the posts. I admit that participating in online chats can be a dizzying at first, but the information you gain and the relationships you build … [Read more...]
Why Can’t We Be Friends?
It's a social media issue that comes up at least once an academic year: Should students and their professors be friends on Facebook? There are varying schools of thought on the issue. Some professors and administrators think it's fine to befriend students, while others avoid it. Some students think it's creepy, while others request professors' … [Read more...]
Why I Chose to Tweet Normally through Tragedy
I learned about the 9/11 terror attacks on my way to my job as a full-time journalist. I wondered why I was stuck in traffic during my typically smooth commute to the newsroom. I heard it on the radio. When I got to work, I wrote a story about a library. I don't remember which Oklahoma town the library was in or what the story was … [Read more...]
4 Things I’ve Learned in 4 Years on Twitter
It's my birthday! No, not the anniversary of the day I was born, although I'm still happily accepting gifts. It's my Twitter birthday. I'm 4 years old! I would like to celebrate the day by sharing with you four things I've learned during my four years on what has become my favorite social medium. 1. The most amazing people are on … [Read more...]
Sree on Twitter: ‘Always Collect, Share Carefully’
Sree Sreenivasan takes three to six minutes on every tweet he writes. I've seen the Columbia Journalism professor's process. It's excruciating. The drafting, editing, tagging, re-editing... it's quite a process. But Sree has a good reason for his careful behavior, aside from saying that social media is "the only thing I do every day that can … [Read more...]
Why You Should Use LinkedIn More Than Facebook or Twitter
This guest post was written by my friend, Steven Chappell. Steven is the student media specialist at Simpson College and an active member of College Media Association, where we met. You can find Steven on LinkedIn and Twitter. I also encourage you to follow his media internship feed on Twitter, @comminternships. You can find even more of Steven on … [Read more...]