"Social Media campaign for the importance of volunteering in the
nowadays world". This is the whole idea what this blog is about. Through
all the GNML sessions I was learning a lot of important knowledge about
understanding of Social Media and developing of my idea through the
nowadays online social media tools. I get to work with a lot of other
exchange students from all over the world, experienced their views on
the different issues and ideas of solving them. That was an amazing and
very important experience for me.
There were a lot of different social platforms I got to work with, and I would like to list them and write a little, but of my own impression working with them and it is importance in my project. So, lets start it!
1. Blogger platform - is a amazing tool, which is very easy to work with for everybody, and does not require a lot of advanced knowledge from the user to create the blog. We started to use this tool in Session #3 and had to work with all the way till the end. I feel that it was the most crucial and important tool in my project because it worked as a roots in the tree. First I post the article on my blog and then, I use it as a source of all the information which later sent it over to other sources like Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
2. Twitter - is an amazing platform which is getting more and more popular everyday. I probably would never be able to fully described the importance of this tool in any project. If you don't use Twitter, you are totally disconnected from the world. It is such a huge network with a millions of users checking their profiles everyday, and connecting with each other through the 140 words which is make such an easy access to all the information.
3. YouTube - is the most popular video service in the world, there millions of new videos are downloaded to this service everyday, and even more people watch those videos. If you have an idea, but you do not have a video to present it, you lose such a big advantage. Personally I and a lot of other students used YouTube for their elevator pitch, and it was an amazing experience of presenting my project to the public. At least when you start working in it, you start to ask yourself very important questions about your own project, which helps you to develop it.
4. Instagram - As for me it is the same idea of Twitter, but using images. A lot of people observe information the way better with visual examples, and that what the Instagram is all about. Giving people an opportunity to share their news, stories or experience with their friends, family or just random people om the internet using pictures and short description. Just genius!
5. Facebook - is the biggest social network in the world, which reached the number if billion users just last year(2013), and still growing. Personally I am not the biggest fan of the Facebook, because along with all the great opportunities of staying connected with your friends and family, there are a lot of danger online. Once you registered on the Facebook you start to fill your personal information and put all kinds of personal images or videos on your social network page. And never forget that it is very accessible to everybody who has a connection to the internet. Yes, you can hide a lot of personal information about you on your profile form the people with whom you are not friend, but there is still tons of information people can find about you.
Of course, I am now trying to say that you should never use a Facebook, No. You should use it and you should make your project benefit from so many advantages which Facebook provides you with for your project, but remember to be careful with everything you do online, not only with Facebook!
6. LinkedIn - last, but certainly not least important tool in my project I got to experience. A lot of knowledge and experience I received from Session #9 about LinkedIn was not only about my project, it was all about all the important aspects of professionalism and all the skills and experience which is valuable in professional world. I just want to say that it made me much more closer to the understanding of what is important and what is not!
As you can tell from what I have told, there are so many great opportunities for the social media projects you can use, and the great thing that it does not require you to have a lot of advanced knowledge. All over through the GNML course I got to use most of them, and I think it was a great experience for me.
There were a lot of different social platforms I got to work with, and I would like to list them and write a little, but of my own impression working with them and it is importance in my project. So, lets start it!
1. Blogger platform - is a amazing tool, which is very easy to work with for everybody, and does not require a lot of advanced knowledge from the user to create the blog. We started to use this tool in Session #3 and had to work with all the way till the end. I feel that it was the most crucial and important tool in my project because it worked as a roots in the tree. First I post the article on my blog and then, I use it as a source of all the information which later sent it over to other sources like Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
2. Twitter - is an amazing platform which is getting more and more popular everyday. I probably would never be able to fully described the importance of this tool in any project. If you don't use Twitter, you are totally disconnected from the world. It is such a huge network with a millions of users checking their profiles everyday, and connecting with each other through the 140 words which is make such an easy access to all the information.
3. YouTube - is the most popular video service in the world, there millions of new videos are downloaded to this service everyday, and even more people watch those videos. If you have an idea, but you do not have a video to present it, you lose such a big advantage. Personally I and a lot of other students used YouTube for their elevator pitch, and it was an amazing experience of presenting my project to the public. At least when you start working in it, you start to ask yourself very important questions about your own project, which helps you to develop it.
4. Instagram - As for me it is the same idea of Twitter, but using images. A lot of people observe information the way better with visual examples, and that what the Instagram is all about. Giving people an opportunity to share their news, stories or experience with their friends, family or just random people om the internet using pictures and short description. Just genius!
5. Facebook - is the biggest social network in the world, which reached the number if billion users just last year(2013), and still growing. Personally I am not the biggest fan of the Facebook, because along with all the great opportunities of staying connected with your friends and family, there are a lot of danger online. Once you registered on the Facebook you start to fill your personal information and put all kinds of personal images or videos on your social network page. And never forget that it is very accessible to everybody who has a connection to the internet. Yes, you can hide a lot of personal information about you on your profile form the people with whom you are not friend, but there is still tons of information people can find about you.
Of course, I am now trying to say that you should never use a Facebook, No. You should use it and you should make your project benefit from so many advantages which Facebook provides you with for your project, but remember to be careful with everything you do online, not only with Facebook!
6. LinkedIn - last, but certainly not least important tool in my project I got to experience. A lot of knowledge and experience I received from Session #9 about LinkedIn was not only about my project, it was all about all the important aspects of professionalism and all the skills and experience which is valuable in professional world. I just want to say that it made me much more closer to the understanding of what is important and what is not!
As you can tell from what I have told, there are so many great opportunities for the social media projects you can use, and the great thing that it does not require you to have a lot of advanced knowledge. All over through the GNML course I got to use most of them, and I think it was a great experience for me.
