Make Art, Not Content
Nobody cares about your content. That's the harsh truth we must come to accept as modern content creators.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
— Stephen R. Covey
Taking Care of Your Social Media Community
Until yesterday, I was planning to blog about a video I produced that shares the story of one insanely talented veterinarian,...
Energy without focus is chaos.
— J-LO
5 Tips for Creating Epic Summer Social Media Content
How our mascot's epic summer adventure came to be, how we made it happen, and what we learned.
#SummerCamp: Rethinking Your Summertime Planning Retreat
#SummerCamp is a month-long series (one day a week for four weeks) for #CSUSocial to grow as a team, evaluate efforts from the previous year, strategize for the coming year, and it’s a good excuse to have fun together.
Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
— Nido Qubein
Social Media Relationship Status: It’s Complicated
When distrust is coupled with such high usage of social media from people across a broad spectrum of ages, one thing is certain regarding the relationship between social media creators and consumers: It's complicated.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
— Rabindranath Tagore
Tassel Turning Time: Social Media for Commencement
The #CSUSocial team spent weeks planning and strategizing content for the week of finals leading up to and through Commencement weekend.
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
— Mark Twain
Dear Collabo-Haters: How Six Brains Led to this Graduation Video
Teamwork makes the dream work.
Inspiration to Execution: CSU’s Alma Mater Graduation Music Video
We made an Alma Mater video for graduation. Here's how we did it. PS - turn up the volume ;)
Weapons of Mass Communication: Big Data
We thought we were using Facebook as a product for connecting and building communities. In reality, the product has always been us.
"Senator, we run ads."
— Mark Zuckerberg
Three Ways to Make Science Social
Many of us have been tasked to make science social, something that’s easier said than done.
There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.
— R. Buckminster Fuller
Tough Talks: Making Hard Conversations Social
If it's happening in the world, it's probably happening on your campus. And if it's happening on your campus, it needs to be discussed.