Welcome to our online class.
This week we start with talking about technology and media.
How do you engage with business media?
- What do you read/watch?
- How often do you engage with blogs, sites, videos, podcasts etc. on your particular professional interests?
- How do you use the information that you get from these outlets?
If you answer, "I don't." then we need to remedy that situation.
Here are some links to some of the business news outlets you should be reading on a daily basis:
- The Economist - The smartest people in the world read this every week.
- Marketplace - An daily audio show about business that is surprisingly fun to listen to in the car.
- Wall Street Journal - The American business newspaper.
Also look for three other industry trade publications and site that cover your specialty.
SIDE NOTE - THIS IS ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION. If you are not reading, blogging, tweeting, sharing information about your industry of interest. GET ON IT!
How do communicate with technology?
Popping off a quick email, posting a comment to an online chat or even writing something more complicated can often be misinterpreted through electronic communications. I am sure you can all think of incidences where you thought an email meant one thing but you didn't understand the tone of the message.
Electronic communication can also be difficult because you don't want to write too much (no one will read it all) and you don't want to write too little because you don't want to leave out details that are important.
So how do we reconcile
- What we want to say
- How we want to say it
- Who we want to send it to and
- By what kind of communication do you want to send it
Read the article posted on our Google Drive and watch this talk given by the author Nicholas Carr.
This week we start with talking about technology and media.
How do you engage with business media?
SIDE NOTE - THIS IS ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION. If you are not reading, blogging, tweeting, sharing information about your industry of interest. GET ON IT!
How do communicate with technology?
Popping off a quick email, posting a comment to an online chat or even writing something more complicated can often be misinterpreted through electronic communications. I am sure you can all think of incidences where you thought an email meant one thing but you didn't understand the tone of the message.
Electronic communication can also be difficult because you don't want to write too much (no one will read it all) and you don't want to write too little because you don't want to leave out details that are important.
So how do we reconcile
Your first assignments
1. You will create a Blogger site. This is where you will post some of your assignments. This site will serve as the beginnings of your professional branding toolkit.
2. After you create the site, consider the following questions in a post:
2. After you create the site, consider the following questions in a post:
- What do you feel are your communication issues?
- How might those issues impact you as a business professional?
- What have you learned from Carr that will make you a stronger business communicator?
Also, include the questions posed above under How do you engage with business media? Answer these questions in a blog format of around 250-500 words. Do a puke to get yourself started.
3. Find three industry related sites, blogs or podcasts and begin to follow them. You will write about what you read and hear in the weeks to come. Make a note on your blog the titles of what you are following.
3. Find three industry related sites, blogs or podcasts and begin to follow them. You will write about what you read and hear in the weeks to come. Make a note on your blog the titles of what you are following.
This is due Sunday, July 8 by midnight.
Questions?
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