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Social Media Education: Q&A with the CEO of the National Institute for Social Media (NISM)

Deirdre Breakenridge

Jennifer Radke is co-owner and CEO of the National Institute for Social Media (NISM). Social media has changed the media landscape and consumers continue to drive their own communication deciding what, when and how they want to receive news and information and share with their friends.

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Discovering the Roadmap in Teaching Social Media

Deirdre Breakenridge

I have always been very passionate about social media, but when it comes to teaching social media, there is nothing more rewarding. I have been teaching my social media class for the last three years and it’s been one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had as a professor. Rubrics and feedback forms.

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Blaming Social Media is Always Bad PR

Marketwired

Do a Google search on blaming social media and you’ll find nearly one million results. They range from social media being blamed for your bad mood to the 2011 London Riots being blamed on social nets. Social media is an easy punching bag because many still view it as the new kid on the block.

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How my social media journey has changed the last 12 years

Communications Conversations

That post represented the start of my social media journey. That was my social media “ground zero” moment. I was a social media addict. This blog + Twitter momentum carried me from late 2008 through probably about 2011. That changed in 2011. I still remember my first blog post.

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10 lessons from 10 years of teaching social media

Karen Freberg

As we start the spring semester, I realized that it has officially been 10 years since I started teaching a social media class. Honestly, the time flew by and it seems like yesterday I came to UofL from my PhD at the University of Tennessee, where I was asked to create and execute a social media class. TEN YEARS?!

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Reputation on social media – Comms must own it or lose it

NewsWhip

These folks are fully tuned into the emerging interplay between media and social media. They also use quantified data to inform their strategy and media planning, taking a “moneyball” approach. . Their work is capital “M” media not social media – that’s for the marketing guys on the 11th floor.

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Social media advertising blunders- a look at past advertising failures and what brands can learn from them

Prohibition

Social media is a powerful tool for people to digest and interact with information regularly. Social media has the potential to grow a brand’s identity and consumer base extensively. Nevertheless, this is a lesson in carefully reviewing your content with a critical and considerate lens before promoting on social media.