{"id":10007,"date":"2015-01-30T15:31:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T20:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/?p=10007"},"modified":"2024-12-11T01:10:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T01:10:18","slug":"loose-connections-the-strength-of-weak-ties-how-to-use-twitter-blogs-to-enhance-your-professional-academic-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/2015\/01\/30\/loose-connections-the-strength-of-weak-ties-how-to-use-twitter-blogs-to-enhance-your-professional-academic-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Loose Connections &#038; the Strength of Weak Ties: How to Use Twitter &#038; Blogs to Enhance Your Professional Academic Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a &#8220;Twitter and Blogging 101&#8242; for novice. The advice is meant for academics who are thinking about venturing online but it can be useful to other professionals as well. (If you have a problem with viewing the embedded slide deck in this post, you can also view and download it directly from slideshare.net at: (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/PhilipMai\/loose-connections-and-the-strength-of-weak-ties-how-to-use-twitter-and-blogs-to-enhance-your-professional-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/PhilipMai\/loose-connections-and-the-strength-of-weak-ties-how-to-use-twitter-and-blogs-to-enhance-your-professional-profile<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Please let us know what you think. &nbsp;We would love to hear your feedback.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/44058654\" width=\"625\" height=\"555\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 5px;\"><strong> <a title=\"Loose Connections and the Strength of Weak Ties: How to Use Twitter and Blogs to Enhance Your Professional Academic Profile\" href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/PhilipMai\/loose-connections-and-the-strength-of-weak-ties-how-to-use-twitter-and-blogs-to-enhance-your-professional-profile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Loose Connections and the Strength of Weak Ties: How to Use Twitter and Blogs to Enhance Your Professional Academic Profile<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/PhilipMai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Philip Mai<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Presentation Outline<\/h1>\n<h4><b>Wired Academia<\/b><b>: <\/b><b>Social <\/b><b>Media &amp; Scholars<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Reasons Why Scholars Use Social Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>How <\/b><b>to Use Twitter<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Why you should join Twitter?<\/li>\n<li>Loose Connections and the Strength of Weak Ties<\/li>\n<li>What to put in your profile?<\/li>\n<li>Whom to follow?<\/li>\n<li>What to tweet about?<\/li>\n<li>Some common Twitter questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Blogging<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Why you should consider blogging?<\/li>\n<li>How to set up your own blog?<\/li>\n<li>What to blog about<\/li>\n<li>Things to keep in mind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For further reading, see also: &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Social-Media-Academics-Practical-Publishing\/dp\/1843346818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gruzd, A. (2012). Non-Academic and Academic Social Networking Sites for Online Scholarly Communities. In Neal, D.R. (Ed.) Social Media for Academics: A practical guide. Chandos Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a &#8220;Twitter and Blogging 101&#8242; for novice. The advice is meant for academics who are thinking about venturing online but it can be useful to other professionals as well. 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