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Making social media work for you
Dr Bex Lewis, Research Fellow in Social Media and Online Learning, CODEC, Durham University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
• New connections through shared interests• Building your “brand”• Pre/During/Post Event Conversations• Breaking news• Asking questions• Sharing pithy statements/quotes• Being “polemical”
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Preaching
How might our approach to preaching change if we understand that we have two audiences – the faithful who sit close to us and a broader public, listening-in from a distance?
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Blogging?Image Credit: Biz.com
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Don’t overthink. Running through committees, endless drafts and approval processes to get a response out there can cause far more damage than good. As long as you have taken the time to assess the situation and can take a rational, respectful tone in your response, even an awkward response is OK to start with, and buys you time to continue to respond to the problem.