Since Starbucks still finds it necessary to charge for wi-fi, I am posting this from home, hours after having left Kent. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I pay for a drop of wireless.
I now return to Lawrence Tech, where the wi-fi is deliciously free to use. Today’s YouToo Social Media Conference and Boot Camp at Kent State gave me a much needed boost as I aspire to offer a course in blogging this fall, if not next spring. Of course, I’m still waiting for this spring to arrive. My keyboard is practically frozen as I type.
Rounding out the rest of the day’s highlights:
- People that never podcasted did so in under 15 minutes.
- Sage Lewis gave a luncheon sermon that effectively restored my faith in SEO. This was probably a good thing, as former classmate Stefanie Moore and I delivered a primer on SEO do’s and don’ts later in the afternoon.
- Our day ended with a panel discussion on social media’s impact on the presidential election. Half a million Facebook friends for can’t be wrong, or can they?
I am told that video from throughout the conference will be available online, as will most of the presentations. Brief snippets of mine follow…
Throughout the day, we talked a lot about the new tools of the trade. Blogs and widgets and whatnot: terrific tools that drive conversations. That’s all, folks. As was part of the conference theme, it always has been and always will be about the conversation. Are you ready to join in?
Before I forget, kudos to Jen Kramer and Jeanette Drake from Akron Area PRSA for a day well done. Rest assured, I promptly redeemed my gift certificate at Ray’s.
Ray’s Place in Kent, Ohio on a rather cold and blustery Friday night after the conference.
The few, the brave, the ones stuck waiting for salt trucks to arrive.
Me and fellow PRKent alum, educator and blogger Brian Wooley, hailing from Orlando.
Until next post, stay warm. We’ll wrap our knuckles over some controversial coding techniques. We may integrate some widgets. We may not. We’ll even scare up some comments from my web design students when they return from spring break, if they know what’s good for them.
Some Larry Joe decaf sounds good right about now….
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