Post by mirzayanbh on Oct 26, 2014 14:08:45 GMT -5
Global Health and Social Media open online course taught me a lot. In a six-week semester, I’m truly surprised at how efficiently the course was organized and taught. I truly appreciate the informational, hands-on style of teaching through online tools.
First and foremost, I was exposed to the importance of personal social media. Before this course started, I reserved my use of social media for organizational accounts, and didn’t quite realize all of the capabilities on using a personal account. My Twitter account, for instance, has been enhanced many times over – it’s been extremely helpful for networking and promoting causes I’m passionate about. Plus, it can actually be fun to use every once in a while, too. While it was a challenge to get used to using at first, I’m used to Twitter now and have grown to be very fond of it.
The opportunity to draft social media campaigns for a real client was also a great benefit and helped me learn a lot. Aside from applying our concepts learned from the lectures (which were also extremely informational), I feel I learned the most from Google Hangouts with industry professionals. In future iterations of this course, I’d definitely recommend continuing Google Hangouts, though it may be beneficial to make them a bit shorter. With many Hangouts on top of lectures, it was often a challenge to stay on top of the work and budget the right amount of time to complete assignments.
In the future, I think I’ll be able to look back on everything I learned in this class to apply its concepts for my company and clients. I’d definitely like to maintain access to the lectures and Google Hangouts so I can revisit them. If I had to pick one part of the course I liked the most, I’d say it was fundraising. Social media can be a lucrative way to execute creative strategies for fundraising, and there aren’t many other places where (both established and budding) professionals get the opportunity to discuss those strategies with one another.
First and foremost, I was exposed to the importance of personal social media. Before this course started, I reserved my use of social media for organizational accounts, and didn’t quite realize all of the capabilities on using a personal account. My Twitter account, for instance, has been enhanced many times over – it’s been extremely helpful for networking and promoting causes I’m passionate about. Plus, it can actually be fun to use every once in a while, too. While it was a challenge to get used to using at first, I’m used to Twitter now and have grown to be very fond of it.
The opportunity to draft social media campaigns for a real client was also a great benefit and helped me learn a lot. Aside from applying our concepts learned from the lectures (which were also extremely informational), I feel I learned the most from Google Hangouts with industry professionals. In future iterations of this course, I’d definitely recommend continuing Google Hangouts, though it may be beneficial to make them a bit shorter. With many Hangouts on top of lectures, it was often a challenge to stay on top of the work and budget the right amount of time to complete assignments.
In the future, I think I’ll be able to look back on everything I learned in this class to apply its concepts for my company and clients. I’d definitely like to maintain access to the lectures and Google Hangouts so I can revisit them. If I had to pick one part of the course I liked the most, I’d say it was fundraising. Social media can be a lucrative way to execute creative strategies for fundraising, and there aren’t many other places where (both established and budding) professionals get the opportunity to discuss those strategies with one another.