Step Up To Social Media
Shasta College and the MEI are at it again! On April 24th they’re offering a FREE conference on social media. It will look at blogging, Facebook. Twitter and more.
Among those speaking will be noted writers and publishers from Redding, as well as Bay-area authors who will talk about publishing on demand and using social media tools to develop and engage an audience for you work. Authors take note.
Educator and multi-media trainer Donna Eyestone will be looking at how you can enrich your online presence with podcasting, sound and moving images. Eyestone was a content developer for Apple and has taught classes for several years through @One online.
It is open to the public, but seating is limited.
Business, People, Podcasting, Social Media, Teaching, Technology, Web Design
Is all this new social media actually replacing going out and meeting other people face to face and will this basically change the way we interact with people in real life in the future.
That’s a good question, Rich, and I’ll see that it gets asked. Usually, “older” technology doesn’t go away, but remains part of the mix.
Do you think that facebook, twitter and blogging are a sufficent means of getting information needed for sharing important information that someone might need to know about a future Job carrer, or even posting a piece of writing, and hopeing it will be read by the right people and then help you be able to write a book? Or do you think it’s just for basic every day communication to find out what’s going on in your family and friends lives or maybe both?
Social media probably will mean more work for us all the short run. I suspect we’ll have to do both. You raise an important point-if a message is important, can you trust it to social media alone. This goes beyond the old, technical, questions about whether email can be trusted to actually make it into the recipient’s in-box. It deals with whether your intended audience/reader will even attend to the message or take it with the same gravity as an application on, lay, linen paper. Do “old-school” ways still have an edge?
How can you use something like facebook to get a job or career?
What are some personal issues or frustrations people often encounter when using social networking type sites for business purposes? Do the benefits outweigh the frustrations?
If not is there an untapped market for a more business oriented networking site?
Is blogging really the best way to tell people something? I agree that it is good for short informational tid-bits but do you think a real conversation would be better in the long run?
With such great advancements in technology, we no longer need to wait for the newspaper to know what’s happening in the city lately, nor do we need to wait for our monthly magazine subscriptions to get the latest news about our hobbies and whatnot. I write stories here and there, but when it comes to major writers, how will this affect their careers? for good or for bad?
Do you think that Twitter, blogging, and Facebook will change the way our future generations interact and maybe make it harder for them to face their problems or meet or talk with people face to face?
I’ve been hearing about twitter for quite some time now, however I don’t really know what the purpose of the site is. I’ve asked a few people and they’ve all said that it is used for blogging and that they don’t know much more than that. I’ve even go to the site myself in hopes that I would be able to find out more about twitter, but I personally found it to be slightly confusing and hard to get around. So my question is, what exactly is twitter and what is it’s purpose?
As helpful as social networking sites have become, do you think that it is affecting a younger generation’s ability to interract on a one on one, more personal level?
do you think we are soon going to stop interacting with people in the future since they came out with skype, twitter, facebook etc.? you can do almost everything over the internet you don’t really have to interact with anyone.
so how do youtink is social media changing us as a school?
What is the purpose of Twitter?
Is it true that if I twitter I could be spied upon by corporates.
Is our new social media causing a more negative or positive effect in the long run for the younger generation that hasnt been exposed to old school ways of approaching problems or meeting people and are their new statistics on these questions? Another question is if due to our dependancy of our social media has suicide rates went up?
Why do people keep joining places like Facebook if they have to swich to what is the new hot place to be apart of?
@Raven Groover
The answer to this will change, but for now many people are networking – keeping in touch with old friends AND looking for friends of friends who have parallel interests. This is an old practice that the web, but the web has added new tools. Linkedin has more of a business take on things, but Facebook has helpful tools, too.
@Jennifer
Twitter is much like text messaging on your phone but for the web. Celebrities may use it to keep themselves in the public eye, and newspapers may use it as a headline service that draws people back to their own website. I’ve even seen it used for emergency announcements. One of the speakers at the 4-24 social media conference, Silas Lyons, gave an interesting talk about how The Record Searchlight evolved in using this tool.
@misty morriss
Data mining is a real thing.
Check out http://www.spokeo.com This site has tons of personal info, some of it mined from Facebook. There’s an opt-out link that allows you to remove your name from the directory, though. Facebook is handy, but be careful about what you put up there.
@Allen
I think you have a good point. I am wondering what will happen to Facebook when the “cool factor” cools off…..
What is the primary source of media networking? And will it change within a short amount of time, becoming outdated?
@Allen
I did not under your question Allen?
so do you think that in the near future it will be mandatory, to properly function in our culture/society, to know and use technology even if we don’t want to and are perfectly happy to not be involved in these socializing forums?
Yes I realize this assignment is well over due and a mute point at this stage of the game. but I wanted you to know that I have been going through trying to catch up, and besides, I would love an answer from you. your opinion will be interesting as I get the impression that you are quite computer savvy. lol
What will happen to facebook in the future if they start charging?
If such social media such as Facebook and Twitter are already being used, what are the next advanced means of media?
how do you feel social media affects us here at shasta college?
How do you see social media changing elections in the future?
If the FCC is given control over the internet, what sort of restrictions might they put on social networks like Twitter and Facebook?
That’s pretty interesting. What exactly is the guy from apple going to be talking about? In detail.
Do you think that facebook, twitter and the others, will become the norm for meeting people in higher places or would everyday life still be better?
how can facebook help me in school?
do you thinks it ok for k-12 schools to use facebook and other social media things??
do you thinks it ok for k-12 schools to use facebook and other social media things??
do you think kids should spend a lot of time on social networking sites?
it seem like all the people i know who have my space or facebook spend alot of time on it rather than going out side.
Do you think that Facebook/Twitter is a good way for people to connect or a distraction from personal interaction?
Social networking sites have taken over many face to face conversations and even job interactions, many employers are looking on social websites to find out information about who they may potentially hire. Do you think that this will be effective to finding out about who the best employee will be or will it just cause more problems?
i think social media is pretty cool and helpful to keep up with friends but with everyone being able to coment on everything they want is this going to change jobs and the way we meet people?
If the FCC is allowed to regulate the internet how will it likely affect social media?
what would the world do without the internet and all the social networking sites
I would like to know why every time I’m on facebook I have friend requests from people I don’t know.
How do you feel about parents letting their children interact through social media, and why? If asked, what would be some helpful advice you would give them?
How do you feel that social media is going to affect the younger generation compared to your generation now?
How can podcast be used in everyday life, and what’s the benefit of being able to use a podcast, and is there a disadvantage to the use of one?
How can I use facebook to find lost family members
If you are using social media for a more serious/business related cause what can you do to keep it professional?
What do you believe is the most useful social media site?
This is very interesting. You can learn a lot from people that are experienced in the online fields. The web can take you anywhere and anythings possible with internet.