http://nylady.edublogs.org Advice for School Leaders and Communicators in a Web 2.0 World Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:01:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image by luc legay via FlickrI presented this weekend at the annual New York State School Boards conference, held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Manhattan. It was a great, receptive group, although (and this happens often) a few faces were quizzical and downright skeptical. Nevertheless, there were many ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/10/18/my-new-york-state-school-boards-presentation/ This video is pretty hilarious.  I'm doing several presentations on social media in the next few months, so I'm going to do my best NOT to sound like this guy: Thanks to markhamnolan on YouTube. http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/10/02/the-social-media-guru/ Image by luc legay via Flickr Shane Haggerty, a school communications professional from Ohio, recently posted the following list on his blog, Social Avenue. I felt the need to post it here because I feel exactly the same way as he does about social media.  Thanks, Shane! New Connections: More than anything ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/09/13/5-reasons-to-love-social-media/ Even though my college-age kids just can't stomach the fact that I'm on Facebook, I think I'll be there forever. Or at least for the foreseeable future. So there. Why? It seriously is the most intuitive digital application I've ever been on. There isn't a day that goes by when I ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/08/04/amazing-facebook-facts/ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try{ var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4970747-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} This blog has been around for 16 months, so it's time to take stock. Some posts have been better than others, admittedly, and there have been dry periods, when other ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/07/20/the-blogging-life-16-months-and-87-countries/ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try{ var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-4970747-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}As a former print journalist, I've seen friends and colleagues lose their jobs by the dozens in the past couple of years. As a public relations specialist, I've watched local ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/07/18/an-ode-to-the-new-york-times/ During a recent presentation I delivered to school public relations professionals about Web 2.0 and social media, a murmur went up in the audience when I got to a slide that read: The next time your IT Department says no, show them this: This is the sidebar on the White House's blog, ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/if-the-white-house-can-do-it/ There's something for everyone on social media these days, and two websites -- Sit or Squat and MizPee -- prove that. Sit or Squat is a relatively new Web 2.0 site that seriously lives up to its name. When you sign up, the site provides you with a map of ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/07/09/when-nature-calls-turn-to-web-20/ Issuu has a quote from School Communications 2.0 at the top of its media blog, which explains the small flood of visitors to my blog in the past week. (I suppose I should resume posting!) From the top of Issuu's "In the Media" page: Here’s what the media are saying about Issuu. ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/07/06/its-so-nice-to-be-quoted/ I'm happy to present my workshop slides from NSPRA 2009/San Francisco. Great city, funky people. In addition to presenting, I danced with a bunch of crazy people in a former underground speakeasy, witnessed the Gay Pride Parade, had lunch in the real Chinatown, and hung from the edge of a ... http://nylady.edublogs.org/2009/07/02/presentation-at-nspra-2009/