ASLIB Training - Discover how you can start to use social media for your own professional development and engagement with your users.
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Social Media: Marketing YOurself and Your Service
15th July 2015
Course Leader: Lisa Jeskins
For more information visit http://www.aslib.com/training/courses/course.htm?course_code=65
Social media is becoming increasingly popular in our connected world. Social media can help you to find up-to-date information, network with your peers, market your service and even catch up with your friends.
We teach people how to find and use information. Now that everyone can access all types of information all of the time, it is vital for information professionals to be aware of how their users are getting their information. Social media is another information source that we need to get to grips with so that we can help our users to understand it and to stay one step ahead!
Introduction to Social Media will equip you with the basic skills to start using social media yourself and to experience new methods of finding information.
The workshop is a mixture of presentation, hands on and group discussion. It will give you a basic introduction to four different types of social media and give you time to explore each one during the hands on sessions. By the end of the wokshop you will have:
This course is aimed at information professionals who want to learn how to use social media in their role. It will give you an introduction to using social media for your own professional development and for marketing your information service. You will have little or no prior knowledge of using social media. You will need to have experience of using the internet.
On completing the course, you will be able to:
* Use social media tools to raise your current awareness and to network with other information professionals
* Recognise the different ways in which information professionals can use social media for professional development and marketing information services
* Discuss aspects of writing for social media
* Explain the strengths and weaknesses of social media.
Comments:
"Covered all I wanted to know. Thanks for a really useful day." - Morag Clarkson, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
"Excellent course. I feel more confident with using social media now." - Gemma Hillsley, Nottinghamshire Workforce Team (NHS)
"The Trainer was friendly, informative and easy to approach. Excellent day that reaffirmed existing ideas and practices whilst giving me 'food for thought'." - Jennifer Webley, Nottinghamshire Workforce Team (NHS)
"BRILLIANT! I knew a little, now I know a whole lot more! Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Will recommend to doubting colleagues." - Sharon Reid, Loughborough University
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