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Intranet Blog :: E-mail fatigue

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Also helping overcome e-mail fatigue at leading organizations are effective policies on e-mail use and the use of social media such as wikis and blogs. If managed properly, the use of social media tools such as blogs and wikis can reduce e-mail volumes by as much as 30%. Internal Communications. Intranet 2.0. Knowledge Management.

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Engagement is Mantra of Social Media, Why Not Mantra of Schools, too?

Josh S Peters

Why cannot we create a wiki page s with the fact s , which we have learned in the class instead of reading old-fashioned books ? Why are schools signing contracts with providers of email services and pay lots of money for it, if every kid now is having their own free email address?

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Grading Social Media

Social Media Strategery

In last week’s #SMCEDU chat, we discussed the issue of grading students in classes that teach social media. What about those classes that aren’t teaching social media, is there a place for social media in those classes too? How should social media fit into the world of academia? And then, how do we grade them?

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Social Media Integration in Higher Education | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Social media-focused classes for the core curriculum is an excellent idea. I don’t think it should be specifically called a social media class; rather, it should be a well-rounded class that focuses on communicating in a digital world. It almost boggles or “bloggles” our minds!

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Is Enterprise 2.0 Learned From a Book or From Doing?

Social Media Strategery

is something that you can learn about from a book, course, class, or test. It soon became clear that the attendees of this class were far more advanced in Enterprise 2.0 tools like blogs, social networking, wikis, etc. tools like blogs, social networking, wikis, etc. I think that above all, it’s learned from doing.

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Rethinking Public Relations Education

Social Media Strategery

Some were in media relations classes where they were learning about the differences between pitching reporters and bloggers. That’d be like adding a class for “Business Email 101.&# Social media shouldn’t get it’s own special class – social media IS media. If not, why? Do they apply?

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Social Media is Scary - How to Address Junior Employees

Social Media Strategery

Show them how they can use their organization’s internal blogs, wiki, bookmarks, etc. Once we deployed internal blogs, a wiki, and forums, that’s when my work internally with social media really took off. I went in and created dozens of wiki pages on every social media tool I found. I blogged every chance I got.

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