If you are in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane I am teaching some one day hands on courses on social media campaigns, Facebook and Twitter, also 1/2 day courses on LinkedIn or Google Plus. Handson means the practical exercises are computer based (we have a lab).  Please forward this (Share on Facebook, Tweet it, email, whatevs ) to anyone you think might be interested?  If you want to do a course with me later on, want early bird pricing, or just general tips on social media, you can also signup for my enewsletter (stuff that doesn’t make it on to the blog).

Social Media Campaign (one day course)

We cover the basis of a 5-step social media campaign and then use the computers to gain hands on practical use of social media tactics and tools including Facebook, Twitter, a monitoring station and a social media website. which the student can continue to use after the course. This is very intensive course.

Google Plus For Business (Morning Course)

We cover the basics of the service and then use the computers to gain hands on practical use of Google Plus for both Personal but mainly Business use, which the student can continue to use after the course. This is a very intensive course on the world’s fastest growing social network from Google. Computer access is restricted to 12 people so places are limited in this course.  Google Plus reached 49 million members (Dec 2011) in only a few months! And more interestingly, Google Plus is set to reach 400 million members during 2012. Facebook has around 800 million members – why not spend an afternoon learning about Google Plus

LinkedIn for Business (Afternoon Course)

We cover the basics of the service and then use the computers to gain hands on practical use of LinkedIn for both Professional but mainly Company use, which the student can continue to use after the course. This is a very intensive course on the world’s largest professional social network, LinkedIn. Computer access is restricted to 12 people so places are limited in this course. LinkedIn is the truly business social network and suitable for business to business (accountants, lawyers, consultants) as well as recruiters and career people. LinkedIn has 100 million members worldwide and over a million Australians active on it monthly – wy not spend an morning learning about LinkedIN?

I only teach these hands-one courses a two -three times a year but I think the next one’s will be June-July-ish? Will let you know.

By the way, you can have social media classes (computer or strategy) inhouse too. Let my PA Cheryll know you are interested and she’ll email you the details:  PA (at) laurelpworth.com is Cheryll’s email address.  My one day Uni of Sydney non computer classes are at the Centre for Continuing Education. You can keep uptodate with courses by signing up for my enewsletter.

 

Don’t employ a shock-comedian (Catherine Deveny) and then expect her to behave on Twitter. Don’t advertise on Kyle Sandilands shock-jock radio show and then expect him to behave. Match your purpose and your value systems with your channels or you will play the hypocrite when it finally falls apart.And if you don’t agree with their values don’t advertise with them at all - don’t wait for it all to blow up and THEN get rewarded with a “good citizen” badge. You deserve a different kind of badge…  I just think people should “own” their value systems & be accountable for them. Continue Reading…

 

I was invited to speak on social media in the Enterprise by Cadre eLearning to a group of corporate training people. Here are the slides for them. Training departments and social media View more presentations from Laurel Papworth. The diagrams I used are on Flickr. The key points I covered: we can use social media internally to distribute (broadcast) our own training material, or we can use community tools to create the material right through to peer to peer training Pedagogical studies show we learn more effectively from our peers than from exams, teachers or books. how we “discover” educational Continue Reading…

 

I loved interviewing Leah Howard who plays Mrs Corry in Mary Poppins and is Disney’s online community manager slash social media manager for the show. We grabbed a drink, Vashti held the camera and we chatted on about Facebook, Twitter, audiences, story lines and the future of social entertainment. Leah Howard as the social media manager exhibits for me all the clear signs for an engaging online community manager – passion, a love for the community/audience, authenticity and commitment to honest relationship, knowledgeable, interest in extending the story lines (e.g. backstage) not just selling more tickets, longevity. Leah Howard the Continue Reading…

 

Do online communities overreact? Qantas Airways published a photo of two fans with blacked out faces and wigs on, causing a controversy on Twitter, in spite of Radike Samo not minding at all.  My view is that there are deeper issues here -Qantas brand voice on social media is not their traditional marketing voice. What would Virgin do? Staff should be backed on social media and the Community is NOT always right! I received an email from a journalist at B&T asking for a quote on this situation below. For once my social network let me down – I was Continue Reading…

 

Hoyts and social media – what do you do when someone names and shames publicly issues with your company, like this Twitter discussion I initiated about Hoyts Cinemas? An exercise for social media students and practitioners – what do you do when someone goes on a Twant (Twitter rant)? Use the diagram covered in  8 ways to deal with negative comments as background. (for my classes and anyone else who wants to play). Work in pairs or groups and figure out a strategy. If they are my tweets, no name. If others, their twitter name is in brackets. Factual: Dear Continue Reading…

 

Yay! Another set of social media classes for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane at the end of June. Hands-on Computer based social media classes are being run again June 2011 in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. These are small classes, in front of the computer for those who want to set up their own social media sites and tools. PREREQUISITES Please bring your email logon and password details for social media sites that require email verification. This course is not for absolute beginners – some familiarity with social media recommended. The Dates: Brisbane, Tuesday 21 June BOOK HERE Sydney, Thursday 23rd June Continue Reading…

 

What is the value of a Facebook Like? What is the $$ figure for a Facebook Fan? What is a Twitter Follower worth? What is the value of a Tweet or reTweet? Last week I bought a coupon for Zumba classes from one of the daily deal sites. I received a 50% discount but there was a catch. 1000 coupons had to be sold before the deal became active. Luckily, next to every deal on offer is a button that connects to Facebook. Click the Facebook “Like” button and all your Facebook friends and family and colleagues will see the Continue Reading…

 

You can create your own online newspaper from online community content using paper.li – so I thought I would create a social media newspaper from the tweets of Australian journalists. I made a list of 500 journalists on Twitter, now their tweets dynamically update my online newspaper. Cool eh? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, indeedy. If you would like to see what these journalists are tweeting about on Twitter go to @SilkCharm/australianmedia But if you like the pretty newspaper below, go to paper.li/SilkCharm/AustralianMedia – there is a morning and an evening edition.

 

What happens when the stock/securities exchange for your country has a computer glitch and closes down before the final bell? Well, nothing, if you are ASX Public Relations. No social media, no updates for hours. That’s pretty dangerous in these times. Especially when the “glitch” wipes $1.5 Billion off the Bourse. I checked Twitter – the number one REtweet for ASX is the one above.

 

What is Social CRM? Cloudcenter created Rainmaker to merge your Google Contacts with a social CRM tool – pulling and pushing info from LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. The business and personal voice combined as we become more social. CRM with bells!

 

How to find followers or users on Twitter by location? What town are those Twitter users in ? Can I make a list of those on Twitter who are in my local area?

 

Want to find Twitter followers based on their location, or bio information? Want to find and follow social media lists that influencers in the online community have curated? Read on… Listorious holds the key

 

Do you listen more to strangers or to friends? When it comes to social media and the influencer who wins – those you know but aren’t experts or those you don’t know who are? Digg has changed it’s social networking strategy from spotlighting key influencers who “digg” a lot of articles to collect followers (crowd gatherers) to news from your friends. The savvy Public Relations social media advocate is planning campaigns based around our mates, not celebrity Twitterati/Bloggerati, no?

 

Twitter verified MSF_USA – Doctors without Borders account. However they immediately used it to ‘broadcast’ spam messages. Good cause aside, spam is spam!

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