Friday, October 29, 2010

Final Thoughts from Joanne & Alex

Hello, everyone:

Now that we've wrapped up week four, our class is coming to an end. It's been a wild ride through the world of social media, and each of you has contributed something unique to our discussions.

What we hope you come away with at the end of this class are three things.

We hope, first, that you have a greater comfort level with social media. By exploring and discussing it, and by engaging directly in it, we hope that you no longer feel intimidated by these communication tools.

We hope, also, that you better understand how it works and why people use it. There are many social media platforms out there -- literally thousands -- but each is bound by a notion of sharing, exchanging, and communicating back-and-forth between users in a public way.

Lastly, we hope that maybe moving forward you will discover and explore other ways of interacting and engaging with others via social media. Perhaps you'll discover new sites that are not well known yet, or maybe you'll find new, creative ways to promote your business or cause that gets your message out there and allows others to engage with you.

Whatever you do moving forward, we want to take a moment to stop and acknowledge each and every one of you. You jumped in with both feet and really went for it. We're very proud of you and feel enriched having spent this time getting to know you in our little community.

As we said at the beginning of class, if you want to "unfriend" us on Facebook or any of the other social sites, that's perfectly fine. If, however, you'd like to keep the connection going with us, we would both welcome that. Thank you for making this class such a delight and pleasure.

Your Social Instructors,

Alex & Joanne

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