2009 Social Enterprise Conference: Wikipedia and Social Media

Jimmy Wales, the cofounder of Wikipedia, and Nancy Lublin, the CEO of DoSomething -- both of whom were named Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum -- discuss strategies for growth. Topics include the philosophical and practical reasons behind Wikipedias creation; how it and other social media have changed the way we think about communication, education, business, culture and society; and how easy-to-access, inclusive and reliable social media platforms can be used to effectively....

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From: Columbia Business School

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Superintendent Joshua Starr on Social Media at AASA's National Conference on Education

Josh Starr is an advocate for using social media as a communication tool for his district. He uses Twitter to spread information, and he has more than 8,000 followers. In his session today, "How to Stay Out of Trouble When using Social Media," Starr explained the best ways to avoid negative feedback and how to navigate problems. In this clip, he shares the positive experiences and challenges of being an avid tweeter. You can follow him at @mcpsuper. Video clip by Emily West.

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From: AASA Alexandria, VA

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Experiences of social media in higher education: Barriers, enablers and next steps

Alison Purvis (Twitter: @DrAlisonPurvis), Helen Rodger (Twitter: @HelenRodgerSHU) and Sue Beckingham (Twitter: @suebecks) from Sheffield Hallam University presenting at the Sheffield Hallam University 2015 Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference. More information at http://go.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe or follow on twitter #socmedhe15

The focus of this study investigates current institutional practice of the use of social media to support and enhance learning. Our short paper shares...

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From: SocMedHE Sheffield Hallam University

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WOMMA TV - WOMMA Summit 2014

Get the inside scoop on WOMMA Summit 2014--the premier word of mouth and social media marketing conference. It's going down November 17-19, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, CA. Register today at www.wommasummit.com

Now in its 8th year, WOMMA Summit rounds up word of mouth and social media marketing industry leaders, experts, innovators and talented practitioners from across a wide variety of industries, brands, agencies and service providers. It’s the bee’s knees of word of mouth...

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From: WatchWOMMA

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Social Media ROI for Higher Education Marketing: AMA Presentation 2013

Higher education marketing conference presentation: Dr. James Vineburgh from TWG Plus and Joe Carlos from Morehouse College discuss how colleges and universities can utilize social media data for recruitment marketing, brand research, and enhanced customer service.

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From: TWG Plus

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Future technology, social media, impact on education, behavior, relationships - speaker

http://www.globalchange.com Future is about emotion -- look at power of chat screens. Intense connection for students. Passion to connect with other people. Impact of social media and social networking. Harness new technology in education syllabus. Video on future of education, high schools, colleges, universities, curriculum, trends, syllabus, exams, assessments, business schools, MBAs, degree courses - by Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist conference keynote speaker for NAIS.

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From: Patrick Dixon Futurist Keynote Speaker for Industry Conference

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Social Media for Student and Teacher Learning

On October 23, 2010 the Association for Media Literacy hosted a conference at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Toronto).

Mark Lipton (University of Guelph and the Media Education Project) explains how teachers can use social media as functional tools and critical resources to support their professional learning networks. Teaching 'about' media and 'through' media, teachers can negotiate the barriers and benefits of media literacy in the classroom, as well as develop student's...

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From: AssociationMediaLit

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Social Media and Australian Law Forum

An Australian Legal Education Forum on social media and its interaction with Australian law. This event was hosted at the Australian Law Students' Association Conference in July 2015 at the University of Sydney.

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From: alsaonline

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Ron Hannaford: Social Media in Education [biola.digital conference 2013]

Dr. Ron Hannaford discusses the strange dynamic of social networking whereby people have many connections but few deep relationships. He considers the reasons that these realities have come to be, what positive aspects come with connectivity, and what negative aspects come with a diminished sense of relationship.

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From: BiolaUniversity

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Conference Highlights Social Media for Food Safety Education

The fourth U.S. Department of Agriculture conference highlights food safety education and the role of social media in keeping people food-safe.

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From: USDAFoodSafety

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