Category Archives: Higher Education

Tips on #Teaching #Social #Media Marketing: Another Hangout!

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Four members of the LinkedIn group “Teaching Social Media Marketing…” – Don Stanley, Jeremy Floyd, Matthew Kushin, and Gary Schirr – met for a Google+ Hangout to come up with 25 tips to improve teaching social media marketing. Continue reading →

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Twelve New #Blogs!

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Here are twelve new blogs from an MBA social media marketing class. The blogs are listed below by category. Check them all out! Continue reading →

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Smartphones make us rude…and stupid!

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

RUDE I have heard smartphones referred to as “rudephones.” They certainly have coarsened behavior in the non-virtual world. Who hasn’t been stuck in a line behind someone telling the cashier to “wait a moment?” while they finish messaging or talking? … Continue reading →

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SMM Case Exercise: Public Shaming & Hostile Environment

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

The world of high-tech start-ups is often referred to as a “boy’s club” where women have difficulty being taken seriously and treated fairly. These series of questions concern a sexual joke at a high-tech conference resulted in public shaming, a DDOS (distributed denial-of-service) attack, and a couple firings. Continue reading →

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Creating and Nurturing your Personal Learning Network #PLN

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Whatever our area of expertise or passion, it is hard to stay current in a fast paced world. Our online community, sharing our passion, is an aid to lifelong learning, a Personal Learning Network or PLN. Continue reading →

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Social Media Marketing at Radford

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

The social media class played a major role in a new recruiting video for RU!

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Blogs that a Student of SMM should Follow…

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

I suggest that my new social media marketing class start following some blogs immediately. Below is my current list – any suggestions for improvement? Continue reading →

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A presentation lasts FOREVER!

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Gary R Schirr

Today when you step up to the podium at a conference you must realize that your talk may well last FOREVER! Will it affect your presentations? Continue reading →

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Social Learning and Online #HigherEd

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Gary R Schirr

The key to effective online education will be learning to utilize social media to bring peer-to-peer and social learning online. Continue reading →

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