Social Media represents the end of Search – The Debate Rages On At #smc_mcr

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

Social Media represents the end of Search  - #smc_mcr

As promised on Twitter, here come my notes from last week’s incredibly enjoyable Social Media Cafe Manchester event.

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Using Twitter for Discussion and Feedback during the Social Media Starter Course

Posted on 01. Apr, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Events, Social Media Strategies

Using Twitter for Discussion and Feedback during the Social Media Starter Course

Yesterday morning saw an incredibly well attended Social Media Starter Course, the second ever and fully booked!

Attendees included staff from Salford, Manchester Metropolitan and Manchester universities looking to engage with the local community using social media, the marketing team from online travel and leisure company, iKnow, a community worker from Trafford Metropolitan Borough and a PR/journalist.

It was a pretty mixed group with varying levels of social media experience and knowledge.

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From Single Mother To Social Media Celebrity

Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies

LaurenLuke - From Single Mother To Social Media CelebrityFollowing on from last week’s post on the University of Salford’s newly approved MA in Social Media which got a response from the BBC’s Business editor, Tim Weber on Twitter, here’s further discussion by way of an example.

Meet Lauren Luke, a single mother who’s recently joined the Guardian as a video blogger on the strength of the popularity of her videos on YouTube.

Thanks to John Welsh for the hat tip on Twitter.

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Is That A Degree Qualified Social Media Consultant?

Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by Chi-chi Ekweozor in Social Media Strategies, Trends

Social Media Academic Qualification - UK

I don’t know about you but I think Social Media has started off the year with a bang!

From being talked about at the World Economic Forum in Davos to cropping up on Twitter accounts of the great and the good, it looks like participatory media has finally arrived in the UK.

You want more examples?

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