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In a recent post, I discussed creating simple systems to help you work more effectively and reduce unnecessary cognitive load. It isn’t necessary to read that post to benefit from this post. But, I encourage you to save it to read some time. It is a bit long.
In the previous post in this 3-part series, I discussed how to save time by removing bottlenecks when setting up meetings with students.
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In a previous post, I talked about the power of systems to simplify recurring tasks in our jobs as professors.
In that post I mentioned that we can work to remove bottlenecks that unnecessarily slow down the completion of tasks. Here’s one such task that faces major bottlenecks: scheduling appointments.
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I had an amazing time at the PRSA Educator’s Academy Super Saturday on October 22 presenting on tools educators can use to break down the classroom walls.
After our presentation, Ai Zhang, Karen Freberg, and I were asked how we manage to engage with all of these different tools, keep our classes updated, and more.
Honestly, it is a lot of work but also a lot of fun.
Yet, in my answer, I mentioned two things that have helped me tremendously: 1) Simplicity in life and 2) systems. And I’d like to explain a little more about them.
Continue reading Use Simplicity and Systems To Have More Time and Energy to Do What You Love
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I had a great time this past weekend presenting at the PRSA Educator’s Academy Super Saturday with Ai Zhang, Karen Freberg and moderator Kirk Hazlett.
If you missed our presentation, we covered how social media tools can be used to break down the classroom walls. #EdWithoutWalls
Continue reading 3 Ways to Use Slack to Foster Student Team Work in The College Class
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When it comes to teaching social media, one of my goals this academic year is to continue to improve and update my focus on using social media software such as listening, analytics and metrics tools.
One area where tools can help us is the search for identifying digital influencers.
Continue reading Three Quick Ways to Help Students find Digital Influencers using Hootsuite
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“Always Be Reading” is my motto.
As professionals, we are constantly seeking to stay up to date with news, trends and developments.
So I’m excited to write this quick off-week post between our regularly scheduled program to announce that you can now follow the articles I read and share on Pocket using their “recommendations” feature.
Continue reading What I’m Reading And How You Can Read It Too
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As I mentioned in a previous post about my Social Media class, this semester I’ve adopted Carolyn Mae Kim’s new textbook: Social Media Campaigns: Strategies for Public Relations and Marketing.
To put it simply: I’m so glad that I finally found a book like this.