Category Archives: Social Media

Social Media for Beginners Webinar

Recording link http://unoconnect.adobeconnect.com/p2y1aij71lg/ Join us on December 13th at 10:00 CT online at http://unoconnect.adobeconnect.com/unlunosocialmedia/ for this informative webinar hosted by Jeremy Harris Lipschultz, Isaacson Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha and Marc A. Smith from Connected Action Consulting Group.  Here’s … Continue reading

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Uberizing Extension?

This morning in the Chronicle of Higher Education, an article titled “When ‘Uberization’ Comes to Education” has me ubernervous/uberexcited!. If you weren’t aware of a new app called Uberstand, it’s okay, because I had never heard of it either.  According … Continue reading

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Twitter-What Few Ever Mention

When beginning something new, there are often things we learn along the way…usually from mistakes we make.  I consider these learning opportunities 🙂  So often when we teach about Twitter we are limited on time and the really important pitfalls … Continue reading

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Making Twitter Work for You

So now that you have a Twitter account, how are you supposed to make it work for you?  The following are some tips I’ve learned and shared with Extension faculty and business owners alike.  Hopefully they will be helpful for … Continue reading

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Your Twitter Account

How do you set up your Twitter account?  Twitter has a great tutorial that walks you through this as you’re setting it up.  There are a few things to think about along the way though. Twitter Terminology: Twitter Handle (Username): … Continue reading

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Why Twitter?

What is Twitter? Twitter helps you create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers – Twitter Why I use Twitter: News source – obtain the latest news I care about including in my area of interest.  Many people use Twitter … Continue reading

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Closed Captioning: Take Control of Technology – Protect the Quality of Your Online Videos

Becky Versch, Washington County Extension Educator, sent me a webinar to share. https://connect.unl.edu/p12my1s7hbt/ In the 9-minute webinar, Becky shares important and actionable tips that you can use to protect the quality of your online videos. Watch it, and learn something new!

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LinkedIn: How This Social Network Can Work for You Webinar

UPDATE 9/22/15: The link to view the recording is https://connect.unl.edu/p42r148buhq/  Join us today, Monday, September 21 at 10:00 a.m. CST for our Next Generation Extension webinar on “LinkedIn: How This Social Network Can Work for You” presented by Julie Bray-Obermeyer, Career … Continue reading

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Pinning with a Purpose Slides and Video

For a copy of the slides from the July 14, 2015 “Pinning with a Purpose” webinar, click here. NOTE: There were some problems with the video, so I have added extra material to the slides so they convey almost all … Continue reading

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Pinning with a Purpose Pinterest Webinar

Pinterest has over 70 million users. People also are starting to use Pinterest as a search engine. Plus, Pinterest results show up in popular search engine results. Are you missing out on opportunities by making these Pinterest mistakes? Wrong length … Continue reading

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