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Just testing the April 2013 ESMC blog.
ReplyDeleteYour test worked Dale!
DeleteHere's a bit to kick off some blog discussion (hopefully).
ReplyDeleteI thought this course would be useful to me for three reasons:
- my wife publishes novels through Amazon, so I might pick up some tips to help her out.
- I work as a statistician for the U of A, so understanding social media could be useful from that point of view (e.g. mining social media, big data, that sort of thing.
- the subject is intrinsically interesting.
I can jump on the discussion bandwagon Dale has started.
ReplyDeleteI'm taking this course, also for a few reasons.
1 - I think it is necessary in life to continue learning
2 - I am the Communications Coordinator for a rural municipality, and my prime focus is Social Media. Every time I take a new webinar, seminar or read a new book, I learn a new/better way of getting my message across.
3 - I believe I'm part of Generation Y - the generation that is apparently driving the social media engine. It's always interesting to hear what others think of "my generation".
4 - As a former journalist, I like to see what is slowly killing print media. I also like watching what effect "citizen journalists" have on the world.
I never considered myself a slow learner, but apparently I am...as I only now found these comments......
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I chose to take this course as I like to learn new things and am considering travel writing as a semi-retirement project (when I decide to retire). I also needed credits to maintain my professional credentials in supply chain management.
This course looked like it would be very interesting and would help me get up to speed with the communications in the world today. So far I am not disappointed as it has been very enlightening.
Hi ESMC! I thought it would be helpful to follow along with what Dale started even though we are into week 2. The reasons I dusted off my student id card are:
ReplyDelete1. My kids will be in school full time before I know it, and I have to learn to use my brain again
2. My husband is a partner is a growing business that really has no business plan as of yet to capitalize on social media
3. As a former political science major and Gen X-er I am fascinated by what social media means to our world and our relationships
Hi ESMC!
ReplyDeleteI am doing this social medai course for the following three reasons:
1) As freelance journalist, I would like to widen my reach and accebility. And what better way to cast my net wide? Social Media is the answer to all these days.
2) I am managing a project tha seeks to promote leadership and empowerment among girls and young women of the South Asian and Middle Eastern heritage here in Edmonton. Well, the best way to connect with Gen Y is social media. Although I am familair with most social media tools and use them quite often, I want to learn to use them more professionally to tap into the net-savvy Gen Y.
3) I, specifically, want to understand Twitter and learn the usage of #. I want to know its function and learn how is it differnt from other Twitter functions.