This was filmed on a Vado flip camera and then edited in iMovie. The sound track was added with Garageband. This is the first video I have shot with the Vado and I love the video quality. The camera is very small so stability is an issue and in the future I would film using a tripod to remove the shaking hand held movement you get. I would also try drinking less coffee :-).
I want to thank Helene, Penny, Greg and Robin for a wonder day.
I am always looking for online videos that are amazing unique and creative. Susie found these over the weekend and they are both just awe inspiring. These videos didn’t take a a huge budget but the investment was in time. Dream big.
I have been thinking about the Microsoft Surface and how this device might be used in our library. I have not come to any conclusions but here are a couple of links that I hope will help me.
Here is the Twitter lesson outline that Melissa and I have created as part of the “Jobs, Dreams and You” series. It covers the basics you would need to know to start using Twitter as a job finding tool. Let me know what you think.
Lesson 1
Twitter is one of those social networking tools that has exploded in popularity.The concept is simple: you simply send out a status update, that is seen by your followers.Likewise, you follow other people and see their updates.
But Twitter is about more than just “what I had for breakfast” updates. You can use Twitter to establish an online presence by sharing what you’re reading, how your job search is going, to find other professionals in your field, and to network with them.The end result is that when an opportunity arises, you will have already made the connections, and that can help you get your foot in the door.
Check out these videos that explain how Twitter works.
Include alink to your blog or your resume in your bio.Since your bio can only be 160 characters, try using TinyURL to shorten the link.
Another good idea is to use a professional-looking avatar – not a cartoon – and a good clean background with possibly your logo – the equivalent of a business card.
Remember, Twitter is not just a network of individuals.More and more organizations, including potential employers and clients, are creating Twitter accounts.Use this to your advantage by following them, and when they follow you back, they’ll see the amazingly talented person that you are… provided you send out intelligent, well-crafted tweets that communicate your potential.
Lesson 3
Following and Followers
The key to getting followers is to follow others.Use a directory like Twellow.com to search for Twitter users by location, category or keyword.When you follow people, usually they follow you back.
Here are some sites you might want to follow.
Indiana_Jobs
Indianajob
indianacareers
tweetmyjobs
IPFWCareer
JobsFortWayne
JobAngels
SimplyHired
Just enter the text below into the search box and press enter. Then click on the logo that appears and then click on the follow button.
You can also click on the “Find people” link at the top of the page and then click on the “Find on Twitter” and enter terms such as Fort Wayne Jobs.
Lesson Four
Tips and tricks
The @ symbol appears when you reply to another user’s tweet.This starts a conversation with that person.It’s also a way to mention someone, which gets their attention.You can send a direct message to someone by putting a D and a space before their name in a tweet.
You can tag a tweet by putting a # sign in front of a keyword. So if you’re sending out a tweet about your resume, for instance, you can tag the word “resume” to make it more easily searchable.
You can retweet a post to your followers that you found entertaining or interesting. The best way to do this RT: @orginalposterThe 10 best ways to …. It gives credit to the person the originated the post.
Lesson 5
Other resources
So you have created and account and are following local organizations that are advertising jobs. Now you are off and running. Take a look at the articles and find news ways to harness the power of Twitter.
Job searching on Twitter
Articles:
“Find a Job on Twitter” by Sarah Evans. Mashable: the Social Media Guide,
I remember thinking after we completed our Leaning 2.0 program here at ACPL “Wow, that was great! What are we going to do next?” I don’t know if it was the effort it took to get this program running or if I was just at a creative low point, but I couldn’t think of a single thing. So I moved onto another project, but never really stopped thinking about how to continue and sustain learning.
Technology is constantly changing and evolving and there is a continued need to educate and train both our staff and the public. Learning 2.0 acted as a booster rocket to promote and focus on staff education. It showed that you can create a self-paced, self study series of courses and these courses could help and support staff in their effort to keep current with technology.
Since technology is not going away and sustaining the energy that a Learning 2.0 program requires is not practical for most institutions. We are faced with the same problem, how do we continue to promote learning?
One day a light bulb flickered in my head and the beginning of an idea emerged. There are a couple of developing trends that I am interested in mashing together. First, people want to support local businesses, everything from farmers markets to coffee houses. Secondly, libraries that are facing hard economic times are forced to become even more proactive in their efforts to go out into the physical and virtual community and engage patrons.
The idea of “Buy Locally” is great, it supports the local economy and strengthen the community so how about “Learn Locally at your Library”? The idea can be the same. The library would focus on learning opportunities that will strengthen and enrich our local community. We can take all the principals of Learning 2.0 that we used to train and support our staff and provide online training opportunities locally for both our staff and patrons.
How is this different than the original 2.0 program? Philosophically there is a change, in the 2.0 program the attention was solely on our staff. The goal was to expose our staff to new technology and support them through the learning process. Here the idea is that our patrons and staff would learn together. “Learning Locally at the Library” allows the patron to learn independently online. They can also interact with a Librarian through email, chat sessions or in person. It is the best of most worlds.
Learning with our community can provide the opportunity for us to form rich and meaningful relationships with our patrons. “Learning Locally at the Library” is about providing online courses in a Learning 2.0 format that is available for both the staff and patrons. “Learning Locally at the Library” is about providing learning opportunities that address specific problems that your community is encountering.
The first set of classes for “Learning Locally at the Library” is called “Job, Dreams and You” here we would show patrons how to create a professional personal persona online and use social networking tools to help them gain employment. Here are the classes I am thinking about creating in this set:
Introduction to Professional Social Networking
Email Accounts and How to Use Them (Creating a Professional Persona)
Creating a Blog
Using Linkedin
Using Xing
Creating a Facebook account
Using the power of Twitter
Writing a Killer Resume’ using Online Tools
Part 1 Introduction
Here are some videos that show how social networks can help make new connections and how these new connections might help you get a job.
In Part II of the post I will talk about the specifics on each section.
Working in the IT field there is the assumption that you should know everything. The truth is as technology grows faster and faster I know less and less. I know I will eventually will reach a point of not having a clue about anything. I do have a level of technical expertise and talent and this video shows exactly how I got it.
