This Awesome Blog http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson Missives and General Oddities of Personal Interest Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:57:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://blogs.umb.edu/?v=3.4.1 Why Colleges Create Social Media Degrees http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson/2013/01/29/why-colleges-create-social-media-degrees/ http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson/2013/01/29/why-colleges-create-social-media-degrees/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:57:07 +0000 lisa.berelson http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson/?p=91 Many job postings request applicants who have social media capabilities or can incorporate social media into strategic planning, said Carie Statz, marketing and sales instructor at Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota. These postings include social media specialist positions in large marketing departments. [ Read full article ]

source: Center for Digital Education

 

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The path to getting a job is definitely changing by the minute.

]]> http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson/2012/03/05/why-you-cant-replace-your-resume-with-social-media/feed/ 0 Blogs and the Deceased http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson/2012/02/16/blogs-and-the-deceased/ http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson/2012/02/16/blogs-and-the-deceased/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:37:34 +0000 lisa.berelson http://blogs.umb.edu/lisaberelson/?p=54 Over 25 years have come and gone since my father’s passing. It was the era before internet. People died and all you got was a little blurb in the obit section.

Now people have blogs, online memorials… Funeral homes devote whole websites to their clients. It’s a new form of social media. But would the dearly departed be as thrilled with their new form of media attention?

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