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SOCIAL MEDIA
HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
“Social media
puts valuable
and beneficial
information at my
fingertips. I pay
more attention to
the webinars being
offered. Relevant
news articles are
shared by others
frequently. I’m not
sure how I stayed
connected before.”
training sessions. Worcester Polytechnic
Institute in Massachusetts utilized
two hour-long Twitter chats during the
summer months to touch base with
resident assistants who were away from
campus. Michael Hamilton, a complex
coordinator at WPI, explains, “Our staff
doesn’t officially come together at all
between training in April and training
in August. I wanted to give them a way
to check in, connect, and feel engaged
before the year started.” Resident
assistants were required to attend one of
the two chats. According to Hamilton,
about 70 percent of the staff attended
each chat, with 20 percent choosing
to participate in both sessions. WPI
also provided a training program for
resident assistants through techConnect,
which demonstrated how to use social
media to build relationships with their
residents. “The concept of techConnect
was that connecting socially over the
Internet can actually make a face-to-face
interaction less awkward, especially for
upperclass RAs who are not involved
in the orientation process and typically
have a harder time connecting with their
residents,” says Hamilton.
At Southern Illinois University-
Carbondale, the residence life office
utilized Twitter heavily for staff
training in January 2011 as a way to
supplement conversations and to
build a community of different staffs.
The project, headed by Brandon
Macier, a hall director, was launched
before training even began with an
informational video teaching staff
how to establish a Twitter account and
walking them through key terms and
concepts related to social media. The
video was distributed during winter
break, providing staff an opportunity
to get comfortable with the platform.
When training kicked off in January,
a universal hashtag, a searchable
link on Twitter, was utilized through
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011
Contents
Online Now
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Res Life
Facilities
Regroup
Calendar
Here, There, and Everywhere
Renovating Character
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Intro
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - BB1
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - BB2
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Cover2
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - 1
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - 2
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Contents
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Online Now
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - 5
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Vision
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - 7
Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Just In
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - 10
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Your ACUHO-I
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Transitions
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Regroup
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Calendar
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Here, There, and Everywhere
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Talking Stick - May/June 2011 - Snapshot
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