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About Brad Mitchell

Brad Mitchell is the New Media Producer for Missouri State University. He is responsible for developing, adapting and coordinating web-ready content in a variety of new media formats to support the University’s mission, with a focus on student recruitment, alumni relations, and athletics.

Social Media Campaign Best Practices

Our office is often asked for guidance and assistance with social media campaigns. Since we often receive questions on how best to begin a social media campaign, I thought it would be helpful to share a list of best practices.

Below you will find key points for achieving the goals of strengthening your web presence, leveraging your existing channels of communication, and connecting your campaign with real world events. While all of the practices below do not apply to everyone, there are many important factors to keep in mind if you are planning on running a social media campaign, and most of these issues apply to your general use of social media as well.

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Legal Advice For Online Teaching

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Earlier this week I had the honor of sitting in as the resident social media expert advisor for a webinar titled Apps & Web 2.0: Legal Issues in Using the Internet in Class hosted by the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. This webinar is presented by Dr. Stephanie Delaney from Cascadia Community College and she does a wonderful job of explaining complex issues such as FERPA and privacy issues in using Web 2.0 technology in the classroom. I would highly suggest that anyone on campus who is interested in these issues check out the DVD of the webinar from FCTL.

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Online Video Workshop – HighEdWeb 2011

On Oct. 23, I conducted a video workshop at HighEdWeb 2011 in Austin, Tx. During the workshop the attendees split up into groups, and with the limited time we had available, four of the groups were able to produce complete videos. Keep in mind these videos were completed, from shooting through editing, in about an hour. Everyone did a great job working on their videos, and I wanted to again thank everyone who attended my workshop.

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