University of South AlabamaBaldwin County Branch Campus

Social Media and Web 2.0: It’s social!

Angela Doucet Rand, Head of Information Services, MLISDr. Phil Norris, Director USA Baldwin County CampusDr. Cindy Wilson, Associate Director USA Baldwin County Campus

NABCA PresentationMarch 2010

IN THE BEGINNING …

Branch campus web page

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Blog Hits Flickr Views Twitter Followers FaceBook Friends YouTube Views

Taking the leap: first things first.

1. Establish communication venues (synchronicity)!

2.Consider your resources3. Discover obstacles4.Measure5.Share!6.Plan ahead

If you are going through hell, keep going.

• Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” — Theodore Levitt

A paradigm shift is afoot!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zabara_breakdance/1518398941/in/photostream/

Brand your stuff!

Image: Flickr: Paul_Mayner

THE ROAD AHEAD

“It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.” — Edward de Bono