Social Media Network Resume - Just For Me

I am CONNECTED with social media.

This class has allowed me to "amp" up the social media networks that I am already using, and it has also allowed me to join and create new networks that will keep me more connected to friends, family, businesses, and the world. I am now interconnected.

We can start by following my blog. All of my social media networks can be accessed by clicking here, or by clicking individually on each link below.

Twitter
Facebook
Youtube
LinkedIn
SMPM Blog
Personal Blog
Flickr

Social Media Networks NCCYouth1916

To start the Social Media journey for NCCYouth1916, start by clicking on NCCYouth1916's website: nccyouth1916.weebly.com

All of the networks can be accessed from this one local point.
(Facebook is the only network that will not directly allow a link back to the original website for NCCYouth1916.)

I have created a website, email account, twitter, youtube, facebook, and blog for my client.
I cannot create a LinkedIn profile until Craig, my client, gets back in town.
I also created a Technorati account for my client, but it will not allow me to upload a photo nor can I upload the blog to accompany it.
The youtube account will be used on a biweekly basis. My client will use youtube to show videos for students that accompany his sermons. There are no links back to the original site from youtube.

All of the networks are interconnected and RSS feeds are sent to the email account I have created: nccyouth1916@gmail.com

There is even a prayer request option on the website to send information from users to the email account created for the client.

Blog
Twitter
Facebook Group
Facebook Fan
Youtube
Website

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Finally I have my phone!!

Fasting was not very fun. I never realized how much I rely and depend on my cell phone.

My day started out when I woke up before 9 a.m. so that I could check my email and facebook. I sent my last few text messages and then headed out to class. I was reaching for my phone not even twenty minutes into class. I had to stop myself every time. It was SOOOO difficult. I mean, I knew had become dependent on my cell phone but how extremely dependent on it I had no idea.

I was driving home that afternoon, and the fact that I could not call Chris (the bf) to let him know I was coming was not very comforting. He had already been upset with me for now having my phone on. He likes to know that I make it safely home, and he likes to be able to call and say hey. That 2 and a half hour drive was long with no one to talk to on the phone. It was especially long without my CDS!! I channel flipped the entire time.

As soon as I got home, I ran to the land line with a cord (the only one in the house is in my Dad's office...I had to sneak to use it!) and called Chris instantly. He answered and had no idea who was talking to him. He didn't even have my house phone saved in his phone. I hung out with my family in front of the television for a while, but then we were headed out to a grad party. I kept trying to reach for my phone to check the time, but it was a good thing that I was wearing a watch. Normally, I would have just used my phone.

We went to a movie at a theater near the mall in town. My cousin was supposed to show up separately, and of course I did not have my phone to call her. We were waiting twenty or so minutes outside of the theater until she showed up. I wish I had had my phone!

Saturday, my boyfriend and I went to his friend's wedding. I, being the planner, and Chris, being the opposite, had a difficult time communicating about how we were getting to the wedding and at what time we would be meeting up. Again, without my cell phone, I felt lost. Honestly, I felt lost. I had to wait til the movie ended, my family got home, and I could get to the land line before I could call him. It was after 11 p.m. so I had to call him instead of him calling me. When I called him, he was busy at the bachelor's party still. I had to wait another hour before I could call him again. It was so frustrating.

Finally, I was going to wake up Saturday and all would be well. Not. Well, my alarm was on my phone...so I did not get up on time. Neither did my mom. So she woke me up late. Which offset the rest of that day's events. When I went to turn my phone back on finally, my phone broke. It would not power on. So, I did all of this fasting and waiting and not using current media just to result back to an old, sliver Samsung crap phone (not even a flip phone). It doesn't even get pictures, much less take pictures. It was a sad ending to a difficult project.

But, at least now I can text...

Thank you Henry Jenkins

First of all...I love suspenders. A very dear friend of mine (my second grade Sunday School teacher, Mr. Bob) passed away about a year ago. He used to always wear suspenders. It must mean good character.

Secondly, I was born in Smyrna and had my early childhood there. So, I love that he wrote for the Smyrna Neighbor.

Things I have learned:

Collective intelligence does inspire and lend itself to transparency. In a way, it almost acts as a forcing agent to keep our government and other organizations transparent. The more people know, they more likely we are to cause disturbance when the truth equilibrium in off balance. With collective intelligence comes a new standard. The world is held in new regards and has a lot greater responsibilities and obligations to live up to.

It blew my mind that the "Flow of Twitter Buzz factor" is probably one of the greatest and most accurate predictors of a film's success at the box office. As long as media outlets learn how to analyze and interpret the data that is available to them, the way consumers and providers operate will be forever changed. There has never been a more instant, consistent, and constant way of rating products or services before. Media convergence has allowed for the consumers to tell the producers, advertisers, and big media what we want. They then have access to our opinions, and then, it is up to them to respond to our interests. This benefits all.

I greatly appreciate that Jenkins does not like the term "viral" when regarding videos that have gone haywire and spread around like a good helping of PB&J. Viral just sounds so awful. It should be something more along the lines of "hot" or "widely distriubuted". I don't know; someone could come up with something creative to call them. Maybe not "distributed", but at least "widely circulated."

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Question for Henry Jenkins:

During the 1950's and 1960's, McLuhan's concepts were characterized by one-way communication, obviously due to the lack of a wide-variety of media outlets. Do you think that if McLuhan were alive today, his ideas of the Medium Theory would be different than what he proposed back then?

http://vinnysrmitblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/discussion-on-henry-jenkins-and-marshall-mcluhan/

SMPM Gluten Free Ch. Chip Oatmeal Cookies!

Wheat Free/Gluten Free Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/2 cup rice flour (brown or white)
3/4 cup oat flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp allspice
pinch nutmeg, freshly grated
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1 large egg or equivalent egg-replacer
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tbsp water
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup quick cooking rolled oats (the “1 minute” variety)
1/4 cup (sweetened) shredded coconut
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, baking soda, salt, spices and sugars.
In a small bowl, whisk together egg/egg-replacer, vegetable oil, water and vanilla extract. Pour into dry ingredients and stir until no streaks of flour(s) remain. Stir in oats, coconut and chocolate chips (can reduce chocolate chips to 1/2 cup if you like your cookies a bit less chocolaty, or simply substitute raisins).
Drop 1-inch balls of dough onto prepared cookie sheet. Flatten slightly.
Bake for 11-13 minutes, or until light gold at the edges.
Cool completely on a wire rack

Makes about 2 1/2 dozen cookies.

Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins

Confessions of an Aca-Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins

Outline for Craig Portwood - NCC Youth

Blog:
This blog will highlight information regarding trips, events, fundraisers, and opportunities for the youth group to get together. Also, lessons from the week will be posted here. It will also have stories from students (trying to figure out how to make the blog accessible to other bloggers), staff, and volunteers. The parents will also have access to the blog. This will help in getting students involved. Having parents in tune with out program is going to be the key. The blog will act as 2-way communication between the leadership of NCC Youth and the parents. Lessons and sermons will also be uploaded here; more specifically, a synopsis of what Craig preaches on will be uploaded.

Facebook:
This will mainly be for student interaction. Most of the students involved in NCC Youth are already on facebook. All they will have to do is add the group. This group will be an aggregator for pictures taken of NCC Youth programs, volunteer/community work, and trips. There will be discussions started for the kids to get involved with. Also, lessons from the week will be posted here. Parents are also encouraged to be a part of this group.

Linked In:
Have not found a need for this yet...I do not know exactly what it does anyway.

Twitter:
Main updates will be posted here. Events and meetings will be shared. It will be an opportunity for "advertising" the youth group. It will be as closely linked with the blog as possible.

I will need to gather the login information from the previously created NCC webpage on facebook. I will try and link the new student site from that page.

Reflections from Dumars Discussion

I don't even know how to begin with my thoughts....

First, Dumars was brilliant. He held my attention the whole time. What a great speaker.

1. I did not know what "Viral Videos" were. I really had no idea it was that big of a deal.
2. I loved all of the videos he knew about. Watching them and having him apply them to our discussion was really cool. My favorite one was probably the happiness machine (http://www.tinyurl.com/happycoke).
3. Coke is really smart for Exposition 206. The publicity they are going to get is really going to further there company.
4. I had no idea how much thought went into online communities. It never occurred to me that companies could be destroyed by their online stuff. I liked Dumars principles about online sites/communities that represent companies:
A. Listen.
B. Respond to consumers and let them know you heard them.
C. Act. What will you do to respond to them?
5. I didn't know that the bigger the webpage, the more money (value) it has. Apparently each "friend or follow" is equivalent to $2....I need more friends.
6. Three Wolf Moon T-shirt. Enough said.
7. I don't feel like I would be good in this field as a profession. I would not be able to find the "niche" for certain companies. The idea that different companies would need different internet/knowledge community access flips my mind.
8. The more personal you can be with your costomers, the more success your company will have. Social media allows for this connection to occur more easily. Face to face is obviously more ideal, but not always practical/easy. Graco does a great job at this. They know exactly who to target-mommies-and they do a great job with keeping them informed.
9. Often times I forget that the internet (even blogs) has to follow certain liability laws. Dumars told us that Graco has to monitor the instructional videos that are posted online. Even if person is correctly instructing, if they make one mistake, Graco could be liable. So...no instruction videos...or Graco could be liable...never knew that. Doesn't seem fair to Graco.
10. Social media is about word of mouth, just electronically. Word of mouth is the most important way of spreading an idea...at least in my opinion.
11. @GingerCM tweeted "26 percent of the world's population has access to the Internet. Mostly through mobile. #SMPM" This blows my mind. The entire world is giong to have access to the rest of the world. Crazy.
12. Ted videos is a great way to stay up-to-date with technology and where our social world is headed to next...

Synopsis of Chapter 2 and 3

Chapter 2:

I had no idea that advertisers put so much thought into how the consumer feels about there product. No, wait. I take that back. I knew that they wanted us to have a connection with the product, but it never occurred to me that the reason I feel so attached to coke has been discussed in a board room. What I mean by this: men and women have sat around in meetings at their big business location in order to discuss what type of marketing avenues will better and more efficiently make me, the consumer, have an emotional connection to their product. In doing so, I will be more likely to stay loyal and consistent in the products that I choose to consume.

There is not telling what the future will hold for us, especially regarding the consumption of commercials and advertisement. We can now choose when, where, and how often we see and consume advertisement (although limited right now); where in the past, there was no way to fast forward through the television commercials. You had to sit and watch them. Flipping to another channel was not always successful seeing as how there were only three channels available (broadcasting networks). This being said, advertisers cannot invade our homes anymore. With the advancement of technology, we have to option to "fast forward" by the use of DVRs and TiVo.

Chapter 3:

Questions for Bert DuMar

1. Mr. DuMar, what was some of the training you received before you started working at Newell Rubbermaid in order for you to perform at your job on a daily basis? And, what are some of the things you taught yourself?

2. Is there a certain format that you and Newell Rubbermaid use when to create the websites, blogs, and communities? How do you differentiate how you design each website depending on the client? Do clients often ask for specifics when you are designing a website for them?

3. Do you try to set the website up in a certain way, in order for it to match up with its online communities?

Politics In Kenya - Corruption and Issues

KENYA has been under political corruption, uprisings, and the sort for years now. Kenyans are not the only one trying to get involved.

We can start by looking at the different Political Parties in Kenya. Once researched, one can have a pretty good idea about what each of them stand for and what they want to accomplish.

On February 6, 2008, James Swan wrote an article discussing the political crisis in Kenya. His article, The Political Crisis in Kenya: A Call for Justice and Peaceful Resolution, appeared in the Database of Press Releases Related to Africa.

For Contact Information related to the article, you have the following options:
Skype: apo-opa
Email: sec.sg@apo-opa.org
Messaging through the site itself
Telephone: + 41 22 534 96 97

The EAC, East Africa Community, has a blog. The EAC Treaty is accessible via the internet. You can also download the information in PDF format.
It also has links within its page that can allow you to watch videos about more of their issues.

People are also twittering about the EAC. Apparently, the EAC has an initiative to get one laptop per child. Visit this Telecentre blog for more information.


Global Integrity Commons is an organization that reports on their blog about corruption in countries around the globe. They discuss Kenya's Corruption Tax. You have the option of commenting on each article posted. Global Integrity Commons also has the option for you to follow them on twitter and interact with them, receive a newsletter, or keep up with them on facebook.

The Christian Telegraph also has an article out about Anti-Corruption Programs in Kenya.

Kenya Political Blog:

Like it on Facebook
Follow it on Twitter

Katie Curic also discusses Kenya Crisis on CBS News.
http://tinyurl.com/2c2cmyt

This photo was taken during the post-election violence in Kenya.
It appeared in the Washington Post.

Current President of Kenya (whom I find to be shady): Mwai Kibaki







Current Vice President of Kenya (whom I find to be AMAZING
and should be the next president): Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka

The Maize my team and I distriubuted to the famished villages in Kenya.
VP Kalonzo bought 50 bags (180 kilos each) himself.

These are the women that came from miles around to receive maize
so they could feed their families.

Politics and Anti-Corruption

Collective Intelligence at Work, Literally

Knowledge Communities

For more information on knowledge communities, visit Knowledge Communities website.

This website is being used as a tool to help organizations to share and build upon knowledge to further their goals. Check it out.

Chapter 1 - Spoiling Survivor

I have never before thought that people could become a ligit community simply by communication via the internet. The book suggests that "the older forms of social community are breaking down" and so called "knowledge communities" are replacing them. I am caught on the fence with this statement. First, I never knew what a knowledge community was; now that I know, it does not sit right with me to think that knowledge communities would be "replacing" our pre-existing social communities. They might be an addition to our current communities, but by no means are they replacing them. I agree that social media networks are becoming more prevalent and more widely used, but just because we now have a greater variety of social outlets does not mean that the older outlets are going to disappear.

Page 27 also suggests that our ties to "extended and even nuclear family are disintegrating;" they obviously do not know me nor do they know my family. Family is the most important thing we have to offer. It is the sole group of people that will stand by us no matter what: unconditionally. Knowledge communities have no weight when it is being compared to family. I understand that extended families may not be as close, emotionally or geographically, but that is not to say that it is breaking down. I know all of my 14 cousins and hang out with them more than simply at holidays.

I also find it interesting that there is a difference between shared knowledge and collective intelligence. This concept enthralls me. If everyone in the world could put together everything we know, we as a human race could advance further than our years. This would be such an awesome thing. I do like how Jenkins suggests that there are only certain things that we can fully know. We cannot know everything. Not a single creature can know everything. My exception here is my God. God, the Creator of the universe knows all. He is the only one, but He does know ALL.

Social Media and Its Theories

Social Media: outlets/media that allow for a wide range of easily-accessed communication and interaction among people, where information can be shared i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Gmail, etc.
These social networks are focused on user-friendly interaction.

The Continuum Theory of Social Media:
Social Media is thought to be a concept in which many people differ in opinion. This theory explains social media as if it were a pendulum, with "social" on the left and "media" on the right.

http://dannybrown.me/2009/03/12/the-continuum-theory-of-social-media/

Day One

This is my first blog for this class. I will blog again tonight when I actually submit my work.