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Social Media 2013: Internet users who use social networking tools

By on March 19, 2013 in Blogging, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Twitter

The folks over at Pew Research Centre recently compiled their annual research on the demographics behind social media users on different platforms. The infographic below (courtesy of Adweek) takes Pew’s data and displays it in a nice visual, including these key takeaways: Women are five times more than men to use Pinterest City dwellers are [...]

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Duke’s 2013 Social Media Roundup

By on January 27, 2013 in Blogging, Chinese Social Media, Duke Communicators, Events, Facebook, Twitter, Viral Content

For our most recent Duke Communicators event, I organized a fun tour of what’s happening across our community in social media. At our 2013 Social Media Roundup, my colleagues described how they are using social media to promote bloggers, share photos, reach new international audiences and much more. Each person spoke for five minutes, in [...]

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A Duke Faculty Social Media Workshop

By on November 5, 2012 in Blogging, Events, Facebook, Twitter

Last Friday, about 70 Duke faculty and staff attended a two-hour workshop on how best to use social media tools in the classroom and beyond. The workshop was hosted by Duke’s Office of News & Communications (ONC), which holds a number of training sessions during the year for the Duke community, including ones covering such [...]

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5 Blogging Tips For Newbies

By on October 19, 2012 in Blogging, Events

This is a guest blog post by Fenella Saunders, managing editor at American Scientist, who attended the Back to the Blog conference at Duke University on October 13, 2012. If you’ve opened this post, you’ve probably already seen the attractiveness of one major blog tip for newbies: Use a number in your title that will give [...]

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Join us for Back to the Blog – 10/13/2012 at Duke University

By on October 2, 2012 in Blogging, Events

It’s never been a better time to be a blogger. Yes, Twitter and Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram and a slew of other social networks and apps are getting most of the attention in 2012, but 15 years into the world of blogging, there are exciting trends and threads that make being a blogger fun [...]

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Duke Admissions is Tweeting, Blogging and Posting

By on September 27, 2012 in Blogging

Please also see this U.S. News & World Report article on how admissions offices are using social media tools to communicate with high schoolers.  By David Jarmul Christoph Guttentag has an interesting perspective on how life has changed for college admissions officers. “Hitting the road for admissions again. Year 30,” he wrote recently. “Still recall [...]

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Blogging from abroad: How to get the most out of your travel writing

By on September 4, 2012 in Blogging

A huge amount of Duke students blog while they study abroad and explore global education opportunities. Just this past summer, over 100 students blogged during their DukeEngage service projects. It’s a great way for them to document their experiences and also build an online portfolio to share with future employers. Want some tips on blogging [...]

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