Social Media beyond the parties – how to use social media effectively for your future careers

Posted by Natasha D'Souza on Nov 2, 2009 in Blog, events, guest speaking | 1 comment

I met Gail Carmichael at one of the Girl Geek Dinners and we had a blast at dinner. She mentioned her involvement in WISE and it brought back fond memories of my involvement in a similar organization when I was a student. Back in the day I was very involved in the various student associations in University and organized numerous events.

So when she asked if I would like to come to the university and talk to the students about social media,  I could not refuse such a great offer. I am pleased to say that we have a date.

It’s Nov. 10th 2009 at Carleton University.

So what do I talk about well there is so much and there is so little time. So here are some thoughts on what I will be addressing that evening.

Social Media beyond the parties – how to use social media effectively for your future careers

Students use social media very effectively to keep in touch with their friends, find out where the next party is and who’s dating who. These are very important components of their lives.

There will come a day when they will no longer be students and be out there climbing the corporate ladder. At that point their personal lives will begin to clash with their professional lives and they will be faced with some difficult challenges regarding their social media usage.

Should their boss be their friend? Would they want their boss to know about who they hang out with, party with and how they dress outside of work? Would they feel pressured into accepting their boss and co-workers as friends?

The decision makers within their organization assume that these students know how to use social media as in their opinion these students grew up with it.  However students know to use social media for their personal lives and not professionally nor from a business context.

I will address these issues and more. Stay tuned for further updates via the WISE site.

So if you are a student or know a student I encourage you to share this with them.

UPDATE

Here are the slides from the presentation.

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