NC State Social Media

Weekly Schedule and Due Dates

Tuesday/Thursday 3:00 - 4:15, Nelson 1150

August 20th
First Day cover syllabus, expectations, participation and communication via class blog, projects
August 25th
August 27th
Intro to social media, definitions(s) importance, statistics
Blogging and micro-blogging: Be sure to bring examples of blogs you like for discussion
September 1st
September 3rd
Guest Speaker: Sheila Beal; Independent blogger - GoVisitHawaii.com
Social Networks
September 8th
September 10th
Social Networks
Guest Speaker: Katie Morse; Marketing Manger, Ripple6, Inc.
September 15th
September 17th
Guest Speaker: (virtually) Joseph Jaffe; President & Chief Interruptor, crayon
Guest Speaker: Wayne Sutton; Our HashTag on social media etiquette and his work in video and communities
September 22nd
September 24th
virtual worlds and Second Life
Second Life machinima making
September 29th
October 1st
Guest Speaker: (virtually)
Polly Pearson; Vice President of Employment Brand and Strategy Engagement at EMC.

Guest Speaker: Larry Taylor on video capture and editing

 

October 6th
October 8th
Creativity

Team Project Part 1 due today
FALL BREAK
October 13th
October 15th
Video and photo sharing /project review
Project work
October 20th
October 22nd
Guest Speaker: Brent Ward: How RTI uses Social Media
Guest Speaker: Jeffrey Cohen; B2B marketing and social media strategist. Digital Papercuts
October 27th
October 29th
20 minute presentations by teams on plans and content ideas (summary report on content creation due)
Guest Speaker: Camden Watts; on "The Big Picture" + design issues
November 3rd
November 5th
Guest Speaker: Brian McDonald, Project Manager and Marketing Director, Zencos
Reputation Management
November 10th
November 12th
Project implementation - questions and work day
open topic day (wikis, podcasts, gaming, vlogs... ) class choice
November 17th
November 19th
Gueast Speaker: Stephanie Trunzo of IBM
3-5 minute presentations and 2 page report due on individual choice of social media
November 24th
November 26th
Project work day
Thanksgiving
December 1st
December 3rd
Presentations
Presentations