Post by samfed on Oct 29, 2014 20:54:54 GMT -5
In this course I learned the proper uses for each social media platform, the ins and outs of the platforms and I have gained a respect for public relation administers. Through the course and our social media engagement homework, I found it difficult to share different, unique details of the nonprofit organization every day and make it either inspiring, heartwarming or shocking. I learned that being a webmaster for an organization can be demanding because you have to interact with the audience and post daily on different platforms to hold attention and gain members and donations.
The course didn't start out challenging, however when we hit week three or so when we were writing two discussions in a week, things were getting a bit hectic between all other classes and organizations. In some ways the class and its workload felt like a burden, but the whole topic interested me a great deal. I guess I am just trying to find a way to complain about the work, but I cannot complain about the shortness of the course. I think many more courses should be administered for six weeks, similar to this class. From the past two I have taken, I have never liked online courses much because I think they are impersonal and not as hands on as I like to be taught, however, I do understand that the best way this class could be administered is via online. The material itself wasn't challenging (it’s easy if you stay on top of things and not be unproductive), but it was finding nonprofits that were health inclined and writing posts about them, in my opinion.
Actually, because of this course, I've been thinking about changing my major from Broadcast Journalism to Public Relations. However, I’d much rather be the person behind the computer and just administer all of the social media the organization/company needs and let another public relations person do all the talking and conversing with other leaders. With the skills and insight I have gained from this class, I plan on applying to become the PR adviser for my honor fraternity and if I don’t get the position my next option is webmaster – who updates the fraternity’s social media.
All in all, I did enjoy the class and I hope there are similar ones like it in the future.
The course didn't start out challenging, however when we hit week three or so when we were writing two discussions in a week, things were getting a bit hectic between all other classes and organizations. In some ways the class and its workload felt like a burden, but the whole topic interested me a great deal. I guess I am just trying to find a way to complain about the work, but I cannot complain about the shortness of the course. I think many more courses should be administered for six weeks, similar to this class. From the past two I have taken, I have never liked online courses much because I think they are impersonal and not as hands on as I like to be taught, however, I do understand that the best way this class could be administered is via online. The material itself wasn't challenging (it’s easy if you stay on top of things and not be unproductive), but it was finding nonprofits that were health inclined and writing posts about them, in my opinion.
Actually, because of this course, I've been thinking about changing my major from Broadcast Journalism to Public Relations. However, I’d much rather be the person behind the computer and just administer all of the social media the organization/company needs and let another public relations person do all the talking and conversing with other leaders. With the skills and insight I have gained from this class, I plan on applying to become the PR adviser for my honor fraternity and if I don’t get the position my next option is webmaster – who updates the fraternity’s social media.
All in all, I did enjoy the class and I hope there are similar ones like it in the future.