Here are some more takeaways from my experience at the #SAtechBOS UNconference
Social Media allows for purposeful reflection and critical thinking…
- Do we need to create a “digital student development” model?
- If students are living in a “streaming society” what practices do we have to adapt or change to meet them where they are at?
- Do you believe that your online profiles are an extension of yourself?
- Why? Why not?
- Have you seen the “Dear 16 year old me” videos – Check one out here:
- How awesome would it be to create videos like this, but with returning RAs, OLs, E-Board members and other student leaders?
- The videos could discuss things “I wish I knew”
- Advice from student to student (rather than professional to student)
- Teach knowledge and share amongst larger staffs
- Another idea is to create a “6 word memoir” video to showcase people and things important to your office or institution
- Challenge your students to come up with their own elevator pitch:
- 250 words or less
- Write it down
- Share with others out-loud
- Practice, practice, practice! (A great team builder!)
- Find mood of campus your campus and its’ students
- A great example was the London Eye used in the Olympics as a mood ring
- Here is how it works: http://www.edfenergy.com/energy-of-the-nation/how-it-works.shtml
- How awesome would it be if we could create this on our campuses?!
- Find out who has the most Social Capitol on your campus!
- Who are “movers” and “shakers”?
- Who isn’t and how do you intervene?
- One way to do this is to nominate students to represent a particular population of students or hub
- e.g., latino ambassador, GLBTA ambassador, name a “Student Life Guru”, etc…
- These students can represent these populations or groups, and engage other students via social media
- One way to do this is to nominate students to represent a particular population of students or hub
- What are some other ways to get students to help us engage others students online?
Idea Creation Station: Coming soon to Student Affairs…
@SATechShare & SATechShare.com
We wanted to create a database that will house various projects, games, programs, or ideas that student affairs professionals have and showcase what you are doing with these ideas on your campuses!
The goals of SATechShare:
- Archived, and easily viewable website
- Filtered by categories, institution type, and social media/tech platform
- Contact person (and pictures) for each idea that is submitted so that you can contact them and gather more information
- Categories by student affairs department areas
- Feature questions, comments, goals, learning outcomes, results, reflections and feedback so you know what worked and what didn’t
The SATechShare Team:
- Graphics/Marketing Team
- Market and promote SATechShare and create unique graphics to claim the identity of SATechShare
- Web development Team
- Create a website that is engaging, easy to use, and useful to student affairs professionals
- Moderators
- Monitor submissions, edit for brevity, and post on SATechShare.com for all to see
- Assessment Team
- Will showcase tangible data that reflects the projects and ideas of professionals from across the country
- What is the most popular programs or ideas? How effective are they? What works and what does not?
#SAtechBOS Day 2
We we extremely lucky to have @HigerEdLive Stream our Creation Station Idea Presentations! Watch them here
- Meet the class of 2015: A great way to “meet students where they are at”
- Check out all of the ideas that were created at SATechBOS.com/content
- ”SATechShare“: A blog to share ideas about social media application examples (Twitter)
- “satechBOS Connect“: A website to stay connected to share talents & ideas beyond the event
- “Social Media and Technology Training Seminar”: Targeted for Student Affairs staff and college students (current Google Doc)
- “Technology Competency Rubric”: (current Google Doc);
- “Campus BrainStorm“: An open platform for student event planning
- Read Ed Cabellon‘s reflections here
@TomKreglstein – Changing lives since 1823
A quick summary of Tom’s engaging Keynote!
- Play. Learn. Grow from each other!
- “If its high stress, low pay, long hours, work on weekends, on call on holidays, and misunderstood – WHY are you in Student Affairs?”
- Did you “Unofficially major in co-curricular activities”?
- Check out Simon Sinek’s – TED Talk – “Start With Why”
Ask yourself:
- What do I do?
- How do I do it?
- Why do I do it? – This is the most important part of any job…
- Understand the WHY behind the WHY! – This makes the how and the what better
- Ask yourself: “what’s my why behind the why?”
- What is your moment of discovery? – Does it change from year to year? – Can you see the change?
- The Why behind the why is a deep part of an individuals reasoning to stay in Student Affairs
- Why am I willing to sacrifice so much for student well-being?
- See the potential in students -Seize the moment! Engage them and tell them how much potential they have!
- Keep your why behind the why at the forefront of your mind
Tom’s Speaking Tips:
- Weave stories into your talks – A keynote best practice
- http://tomkrieglstein.com/category/speaking-tips/
“If YOU don’t tell the world what the value of our job is, someone else will, and we wont like it! – The world needs to know the value – We need to be our biggest champions”
Check out what Tom had to say about his experience at #SATechBOS
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