Sree Sreenivasan * @sree * sree@sree.net

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I am constantly updating, editing, adding to this list. Your feedback, suggestions and tips welcome, sree[at]sree.net or via @sree - mention this page.

-> MY NEW GIG: SreeTips, a blog about social and digital media, on CNET News. Your tips, story ideas, interview suggestions, critiques all welcome. 

SAMPLE TWEET: New @CNETNews blog by @sree - all social, all the time: http://cnet.co/sreetips #sreetips

-> MY PRESENTATIONS:

• Connecting the Physical & the Virtual, slides from TEDxNYED talk, April 28, 2012 (video to come soon)
• Social Media for Publishers, closing keynote at Digital Innovators’ Summit, Berlin March 2012

-> EMARRASSINGLY NICE NYT ARTICLE BY @NYT_JenPreston: “When Twitter is a Work Necessity”

-> WELCOME, READWRITEWEB READERS: Think Before You Tweet, and Other Good Advice From the Experts, by @CopeWrites

FIVE LATEST ADDITIONS BELOW: 

• NEW SECTION: Pinterest guides and articles
• FACEBOOK SECTION: How to fine-tune your newsfeed
• [CASE STUDY] Social media sharing increases website traffic +30%. Here’s why
• Twitter For Newsrooms - the official guide: http://bit.ly/twitterfn
• NEW SECTION: Social media and job hunting/career management - scroll down

BELOW: Handouts, tip sheets & reading material | My technology columns | Change your media diet | Social media and job hunting | LinkedIn guides | Facebook guides | Foursquare guides | Google+ guides | Pinterest guides | Twitter guides and articles

==> Be sure to checkout my workshops - in-person and via webcast, including archived recordings: http://bit.ly/sreeworkshops

including: 

• ONLINE: Two-month Smarter Social Media March-May 2012 - see details & register: http://bit.ly/sreesoc12
• CHICAGO: Social Media One-night Stand, Tuesday, April 17, 2012: http://bit.ly/sreechicago12
• NYC & ONLINE: Social Media One-night Stand, Wednesday, May 23, 2012: http://bit.ly/columbiajce

Testimonials from two Pulitzer Prize winners, @NickKristof of NYT & @MorinToon of MiamiHerald - follow ‘em!

==> SOCIAL MEDIA SUCCESS FORMULA: Make sure every one of your tweets, FB postings, etc, has at least one of these attributes (it you can do more, even better; if you can do seven or more in a single posting, let me know and I’ll tell the world!)…

• helpful 
• useful 
• informative 
• relevant
• practical
• actionable 
• timely 
• generous 
• credible 
• brief 
• entertaining 
• fun 
• occasionally funny

==>What social media can do for media pros and others:

• find new ideas, trends and sources
• connect with readers and viewers in new ways
• bring eyeballs, traffic and attention to their work 
• help them create, craft and enhance their brands

If you’d like to be on my monthly e-mail with new tips, workshop listings, etc: sree[at]sree.net

Prof. Sree Sreenivasan
Columbia Journalism School Dean of Student Affairs
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==> Hope you will connect with me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sree and on my new Facebook page at http://facebook.com/SreeTips (I post only tech tips and job leads there) and on LinkedIn page at http://linkedin.com/in/sreenivasan (I accept invitations from people I know; people I should know; people I’d like to know). 

HANDOUTS, TIP SHEETS & READING MATERIAL:

• Syllabus and notes for my five-week Social-Media Skills for Journalists course at Columbia: http://bit.ly/socmediaskills (created with @AAdamGlenn and now also taught by @Lavrusik, @NYT_JenPreston @ZSeward and @TCPuente)
• My Twitter Guide for Newbies & Skeptics: http://bit.ly/twitterideas
• My Poynter column on the rise of social-media editors at news orgs around the country: http://bit.ly/sssocmed
• My Mashable essay, video and slides (co-written with then-student Vadim Lavrusik, @lavrusik, on traits of the future journalist: http://bit.ly/sreefuture
• BBC tells news staff to embrace social media - or leave: http://bit.ly/9qyl5h
• Mashable on how journalists are using social media today: http://bit.ly/bAId0q
• 15 reasons Twitter matters to news organizations, by @ARusbridger, editor-in-chief of @Guardian
• @SteveButtry on why entrepreneurial journalists need to master social media
• Useful stats about social media, from LukeW
• 25 amazing social-media infographics, collected by WebDoctus
• @webjournalist & @facebookmedia’s presentation on intermediate social media 
• @lavrusik on how investigative journalism is prospering in the age of social media: http://on.mash.to/hvB0ZL
• How to promote your offline events using social media: http://bit.ly/bxWCsQ
• NYT’s Carol Vogel on museums pursue social-media engagement
• Emarketer on older Facebook users catching up on LIKES
• @Econsultancy’s collection of 16 social media guidelines of real orgs
• CMO.com’s useful infographic explaining how marketing officers should look at various social media channels’ impact on customer communication; brand exposure; traffic; SEO
• [CASE STUDY] BarnRaiser’s list of 34 case studies that prove the ROI of social media
• [CASE STUDY] How Discovery reached 25m Likes on FB & 1.5m Twitter followers without gimmicks: http://bit.ly/eGcePn
• [CASE STUDY] @Armano’s Four stages of social business, Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly
• [CASE STUDY] Social media sharing increases website traffic +30%. Here’s why
  NONPROFITS: @Mad_azn’s 5 social media mythbusters, nonprofit edition
• @BLOchman’s 7 reasons why social media won’t work for your company
• @ReadWriteWeb column: Why most Facebook marketing doesn’t work
• DISCONNECTING: How to disconnect, a primer | The value of jumping off the social media train

MY THOUGHTS ON THE CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE:
In February 2012, I became a freelance blogger for CNET News, writing SreeTips, a blog on social media. You can see the full collection here, including a Social Media Week in Review, published every Sunday. 
Hashtags on TV: A right way and a wrong way; 3 Lessons from Linsanity; How to profit from the Storyteller Uprising 

From 2009-11, I helped put together DNAinfo.com, a Manhattan hyperlocal site I helped create with Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts (whose family recently bought the Cubs and Wrigley Field). Here are some of the 100+ columns I wrote for the site.

Six ways journalists (and others) can use Twitter better * Twitter Myths & Misconceptions * Five Things I’ve Learned from Japan Quake | Egypt, Libya, etc * The Geolocation Wars * What a Non-journo Can Teach Journos About Social Media * Twitter Comes of Age. Again * Much Ado About Tweeting * Facebook’s Coming Privacy Changes *  Please Stop Oversharing *  Identity in the Age of Facebook * Why Profile Photos Matter * Lessons from a Week without Newspapers * Thoughts About Personal Branding * Thoughts About the iPad * Thoughts about Google TV * Thoughts on Six Months of DNAinfo.com | COLUMN EDITOR, @MPVdna

CHANGE YOUR MEDIA DIET (sites you should be reading):

• Mashable: the best guide to the changing world of social media and something you must add to your media diet
  [Sample post: 10 most extraordinary Twitter updates]
• MuckRack: the best way to find and follow journalists - by beat, by news org * similar lists for certain topics: WanderListing (travel); CleanPlater (food); TechPicnic (tech) - see full list across top of any of them
• LifeHacker: lots of tips on using technology in smarter ways (ignore the more geeky items; I do)
• ReadWriteWeb: a good way to keep your pulse on the changing web landscape
• PaidContent.org: a good resource about the future of the media
• Four sites about the media itself: Romenesko | Nieman Lab | CJR | Richard Prince’s Journal-isms

SOCIAL MEDIA & JOB HUNTING/CAREER MANAGEMENT (also see LinkedIn guides below):

• My presentation, “Beyond Job Hunting”
• Dan Schawbel on five ways to get a job using social media
• About.com guide to using social media for job hunting
• CSM’s 10 social media tips for the job hunt
• Tips on being a social strategist/social media editor
• Unusual social media resumes: here & here
• Creating infographic resumes/visualizations: vizualize.me | re.vu |  kinzaa | 
• Social media job listings: Mashable
• @AlexisGrant: How To Make Money Off Your Social Media Skills | How to Manage Social Media Campaigns for Clients
• @JeffSonderman’s 7 keys to managing a great social media news team
• See LinkedIn section below

LINKEDIN GUIDES (see social media and career management info above):

• Learn.LinkedIn.com: user guides for Job Seekers * Entrepreneurs * Business Development * Consultants * Non-Profits
• LI’s user guide for journalists * page of tips for journalists
• Mashable on how to build your brand on LinkedIn
• CIO’s collection of tips (each bullet is also a headline to a deeper article)
• Jason Alba’s I’m on LinkedIn, Now What
• Fortune’s March 2010 cover story on LI + profile makeovers   
• New stuff: LinkedInLabs.com
• Six newish things on LinkedIn you need to know, including InMaps:http://bit.ly/dnalinked

FACEBOOK GUIDES:

• @Lavrusik’s must-see presentation on Facebook & social journalism: http://bit.ly/fbjournalism | FB’s guide for media folks on using FB better
• What FB’s Sept 2011 changes mean for journalists, by @Lavrusik
• Mashable Facebook Guidebook
• My collection of Facebook columns, commentaries, essays
• Newsfeed: How to fine-tune your newsfeed (by Amy-Mae Elliott) 
• Facebook Pages: 
  • Official list of changes to FB business pages
  • 5 key changes to the new FB page you need to know (by Jeff Bullas)
• Facebook Ads: Official guide | Facebook.com/ads | ClickZ case studies of brands using ads
• Lots more tips at InsideFacebook.com | AllFacebook.com | 10 FB Status Tips & Tricks  
• Fun & scary: WhatTheFacebook.com | Oversharers.com | OpenFacebookSearch.com
• Kids & Facebook: Nielsen guide to social media & kids | Facebook safety for parents and kids 
• MORE: @Sree’s DNAinfo column on FB’s 6th birthday features some amazing stats | Six things I learned watching “The Social Network”

FOURSQUARE/GEO-LOCATION GUIDES:

• @Sree: 10 things I learned in two months on Foursquare - http://bit.ly/dnafour | The Geolocation Wars
• Mashable/@shanesnow, @lavrusik: 7 Ways Journalists Can Use Foursquare
• Mandy Jenkins: 8 uses for Foursquare in news reporting
• Duct Tape Marketing: 5 ways for small business to get in the location game
• FastCompany/Shane Snow on FourSquare vs Gowalla
• Mashable: how to make your company geo-location ready | 9 killer tips for location-ready services
• ReadWriteWeb: “If Obama used Foursquare” | Fourwhere mashes up Foursquare and Google Maps
• SocialFresh: 21 unique location examples, featuring Foursquare, Gowalla, Whrr, MyTown

GOOGLE+ GUIDES & ARTICLES:

• FOR NEWBIES: Kissmetrics: Beginners guide 
• FOR POWER USERS: Mashable: 15 Google+ Sites & Services for Power Users 
• FOR JOURNALISTS: PrashantRRao: Journalists Primer
• FOR BUSINESS: HubSpot: Google+ for business | SmartInsights: Google+ Marketing | 5 Ways Google+ Will Drive Social Video Growth | Mark Traphagen: Eight guides for better business & personal use 
• @Sree: Eight quick thoughts on Google+ | 7 further thoughts on Google+

PINTEREST GUIDES & ARTICLES:

• FOR NEWBIES: @Sree - 6 Things  I Learned From 6 Days on Pinterest
• FOR BUSINESS: @CopeWrites - How Business are Using Pinterest
• PinReach measures influence on Pinterest
• My Pinterest baby steps: Pinterest.com/sreetips

TWITTER GUIDES & ARTICLES:

• Twitter For Newsrooms - the official guide: http://bit.ly/twitterfn
• @sree’s Twitter Guide for Newbies & Skeptics: http://bit.ly/twitterideas
• @sree’s two webcasts with all-star tweeting journos: http://bit.ly/columbiajtw2
• WebDesignerDepot’s Guide to Twitter
• Mashable’s Twitter Guide
• 15 reasons Twitter matters to news organizations, by @ARusbridger, editor-in-chief of @Guardian
• @sree’s Six ways journalists (and others) can use Twitter better: http://bit.ly/sssix

BUSINESS & TWITTER:

• Twitter’s official Business 101: excellent guide from the Twitter folks, with case studies
• ExecTweets.com: Senior execs, tweeting
• [CASE STUDY] @Armano’s Four stages of social business, Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly
• 24/7 WallStreet on “Ten ways Twitter will permanently change business”
• Contrapaul on “5 Ways Your Business Isn’t Using Twitter Well”
• CityBakery and Twittering cookies

TWITTER TOOLS/SERVICES TO KNOW:

• HootSuite: my preferred alternative to the (very) popular TweetDeck. Fully web-based; allows post-dated tweets, Facebook and LinkedIn updates; new-to-me features: get previews of all links and photos and see YouTube videos there itself; save drafts
• bit.ly: the best URL shortener because of its access to metrics (see my early review); new-to-me feature: type “http://bit.ly” before any URL in the address bar and it will automagically shorten it for you (my column about bit.ly and lessons from its success)
• FIND NEW FEEDS: Twiangulate: discover who people you follow are following (see my column about Twiangulate) * FollowerWonk * HiveMind (read RRW post, First Miners of the New Social Graph)
• IN A RUSH?
  
  • T4BP.com: Twitter for Busy People
  • TwitterTim.es: tweets you follow, laid out newspaper-style (see mine)
• KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE: TwitterSheep: See what are the common themes among the bios of the folks who follow you (corollary is TweetStats, below)
• TWITTER STATS:
  • Influence & clout, allegedly: Klout: measuring clout and influence | PeerIndex: measuring authority and audience
  • TwitterCounter: some useful stats, including ways to compare Twitter users’ stats and predictions on how many followers you are likely to have in 30 days or more (mine)
  • Twitalyzer: more stats
  • TweetStats: tweet stats, including tweets per day + a very useful tweet cloud, to see your most commonly used words
  • Twitter.Grader.com: graph your follower stats (see my summary | analysis of my followers | analysis of those I follow)
  • RetweetRank: where do you rank in amount of retweets by others? (mine)
• TRACK YOUR CONTENT:
  • TweetReach: get a sense of how widely your tweets MAY have gone (see mine)
  • TwitterAnalyzer: shows you theoretical cumulative reader #s, based on followers of those who RT an item
  • Storify: create customized 
  • METRICS: Tracking tweets about a URL, with BackType.com
• KEEP TRACK VIA EMAIL:
  • NutshellMail: keep track of FB and Twitter via email
  • SocialOomph: get keyword alerts by email
  • TweetBeep: get @replies via email
  • Feedera: get a digest in your inbox every morning with the best of your feed.
  • News.me: a must-have iPad app now has an email version of the best of your Twitter feed.
• TRACK THE UNFOLLOWS:
  • TwUnfollow: get notification about who’s unfollowing you - USE WITH GREAT CARE!!!
  • ChirpStats: get aggregate stats about new and lost followers
  • Who.Unfollowed.Me: get a quick list of everyone you follow who isn’t following you
• MANAGE YOUR FOLLOWEES/FOLLOWERS:
  • FriendOrFollow: see who’s following you among those you follow and who you’re note following among those who follow you
  • ManageFlitter.com: A terrific way to see specific kinds of followers - those who don’t follow you; those who have no profile picture; those who are inactive, etc, etc.
  • Tweepi: sort of a Twitter contact management system
• LISTS: Listorious: best lists in one place | ConversationList: created an automated list of those you most interact with on Twitter | Twitter’s improved Suggested User List (my compilation of social-media editors) | WeFollow’s directory of feeds by category | @JacobShare’s excellent guide on making better use of Twitter lists
• TRENDING TOPICS:
  • WhatTheTrend: learn why something is trending, Twitter-style
  • Trendistic: get analytics of trends on Twitter
  • Trendsmap: mapping local trends
• TRACKING FAVORITES: Favstar: track favorites, ie, who has “favorited” your tweets (mine) | Favorites explained, by Twitter
• MUST DO: BackupMyTweets: get an archive of your own tweets
• PHOTOS & VIDEOS: Twitpic: share photos via Twitter; lots of choices, but the one I use most | Twitcam: instant, live video broadcasts, from the makers of LiveStream.com
• FUN STUFF: A world of Tweets: see tweets on a global scale | OpenHeatMap: see your followers on a map | TweetBookz: tweets (yours or others’) in book form (similar to Blog2Print for blogs) | SocialPrintShop: print collections of your FB friends and Twitter followers | Twilk: your followers as your background image | WhoTechPunditsTweet: tracking tweets by tech pundits (mine) | ArjunBasu & his 140-character stories | HBR on 4 ways to visualize Twitter feeds

GUIDES/RATINGS FOR TWITTER TOOLS

• ShortyAwards: honoring the best of Twitter, such as it is (I’m a judge)
• Mashable Open Web Awards: readers pick best of Twitter and FB
• OneForty.com: find great Twitter tools

SOCIAL-MEDIA GRAPHICS & VIDEOS

More to come. Your feedback and tips welcome, sree[at]sree.net or @sree.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS LIST HAS NOW MOVED TO http://bit.ly/sreeworkshops

PLEASE NOTE: THIS LIST HAS NOW MOVED TO http://bit.ly/sreeworkshops

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===> To be added to my e-mail list about these and other events, INCLUDING WEBCASTS & WEBINARS, write to me at sree[at]sree.net (tell me your city)
Keep track of my talks at http://twitter.com/sree

• My Twitter Guide for Newbies & Skeptics: http://bit.ly/twitterideas
• My Advanced Social-Media Guide: http://bit.ly/sreesoc
  
• Syllabus and notes for my Social-Media Skills for Journalists course at Columbia

A running list of SOME of my various tech workshops and webcasts (I am doing several others that are not open; as well as non-tech classes).

WORKSHOPS (more to come soon; questions to sree[at]sree.net; see links from workshops on a variety of topics, including blogging, at SreeTips.com)

E-mail sree[at]sree.net if you want to be notified of upcoming workshops.

• Thursday, Feb. 3, 2-3 pm, WEB-BASED ONE-HOUR SESSION: Figuring Out Foursquare & Other Geolocation Service - register at http://bit.ly/sreemb8 * use discount code SREE25 to get 25 percent off
• Thursday, Nov. 11, 2-3 pm, WEB-BASED ONE-HOUR SESSION: Social Networking Tips for Media Professionals - register at http://bit.ly/sreembwebcast * use discount code SREE25 to get 25 percent off
• FOUR THURSDAYS IN OCTOBER (+1 optional session!), Oct 7, 14, 21 & 28; 6:30 - 9 p.m, Columbia J-school: Social Media for Journalists, Bloggers & Media Professionals - register here
• Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, ORLANDO
• August 2010, CAPE COD: Cape Cod Writers Conference
• Wed, June 30, 6:45-9:45 pm, NYC: Mediabistro workshop at Chinatown YMCA: ADVANCED Social Networking for Media Professionals - register here - USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE, SREE25- save 25% on the class price * if you’re tweeting: http://bit.ly/sreemb7; Sree will be joined by Twitter star @SorayaDarabi (who has 400,000+ followers) and helped devise the initial NYT Twitter and Facebook strategies.
• Thursday, June 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, BOSTON/CAMBRIDGE: A FREE social media workshop at Cambridge Marriott. Limited seats available for outsiders - if you’d like to attend, e-mail sree@sree.net
• Thursday, June 17, 6-8 pm, CHICAGO: A FREE intermediate/advanced social media workshop, hosted by Chicago chapters of SAJA & AAJA at Bloomberg Chicago bureau. Limited seating so please RSVP only if you can make it. Details: http://bit.ly/sreechi
• Monday, June 7: 1-2:30 pm, PROVIDENCE, RI: Social Media Workshop at the Providence Journal. Limited seats available for outsiders - if you’d like to attend, e-mail sree[at]sree.net
• Wed, June 2, 6:45-9:45 pm, NYC: Mediabistro workshop at Chinatown YMCA: BASIC Social Networking for Media Professionals - register here - USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE, SREE25- save 25% on the class price * if you’re tweeting: http://bit.ly/sreemb6
• May 2010, ASPEN: Details coming soon.
• Wed, May 19, 6-9 pm, Montclair, NJ - 21 Van Vleck St, Montclair, NJ 07042 - Social Media for Writers - see details & register at this link * if you’re tweeting, the link is http://bit.ly/sreenj2
• Wed, May 12, 6-9 pm (including mixer), NYC: Get Beyond Job Hunting: Tips for Journalists and Media Professionals, presented by Guruloft at Hive at 55 (55 Broad Street, 13th floor, near Wall Street - see details & register at this link - USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE - SREENET - for 15% off * if you’re tweeting, the link is http://bit.ly/gljobs
• Wed, April 28, 6:30-8 pm, NYC: Advanced Social Media Workshop, hosted by AAJA & SAJA at Columbia Journalism School. Free for members, $20 for others - see details & register at this link
  if you’re tweeting, the link is http://bit.ly/aajasaja28
• Sunday, April 25, 9 am-noon pm, NYC: ASJA Annual Conference, a session called Sree Explains It All (yikes!)
• Thurs, April 15, PHILADELPHIA: Panelist, with several terrific folks, for “The Art of News and Storytelling in the Age of Social and Digital Media”
  http://bit.ly/9NAmMk
• Sunday, April 11, SAN FRANCISCO:
  Two events at Fairmont Hotel, 950 Mason Street
  http://www.fairmont.com/sanfrancisco/MapAndDirections.htm
  5-7 pm: Social Media Workshop, Pavilion Room
  7-9 pm: Informal, no-host drinks at Lobby Bar
  Register using this form
• Thurs, April 8, WASHINGTON, DC: five Social Media for Journalists sessions (all basically identical):
  CHOOSE FROM THE LIST BELOW AND REGISTER USING THIS FORM
  8-9:15 am: NPR - few seats open to the public
  10-11:15 am: NPR - few seats open to the public
  1-2:30 pm: Washington Post - few seats open to the public
  4-5:30 pm - Foreign Press Center - few seats open to the public
  7-8:30 pm - ONA/Georgetown  Georgetown University Clarendon Campus - few seats open to the public
  The Center for Continuing and Professional Education
  3101 Wilson Blvd, Suite 250, Arlington, VA  22201
  Orange line to Clarendon Metro station (location is opp. the Metro station)
• FOUR TUESDAYS IN APRIL (+1 optional session!), April 6, 13, 20 & 27; 6:30 - 9 p.m, Columbia J-school: ADVANCED Social Media for Journalists, Bloggers & Media Professionals - register here
• Wed, March 31, 2010, 6:45-9:45 pm, NYC: Mediabistro workshop at Chinatown YMCA, with social media queen Soraya Darabi, @sorayad: ADVANCED Social Networking for Media Professionals - register here - USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE, SREE25- save 25% on the class price
• Wed, March 10, 2010, 6:45-9:45 pm, NYC: Mediabistro workshop at Chinatown YMCA: BASIC Social Networking for Media Professionals - register here - USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE, SREE25- save 25% on the class price
• Tues, March 2, 2010, 1-2 pm, WEB-BASED: RTDNA webinar, “The Future Journalist”
• Tues, Feb. 23, 2010, 6-8 pm, NYC, CUNY Journalism School: ASJA PANEL: “How to Make 2010 Your Best Year Ever”
• Thurs, Feb. 18, 2010, 6-7:30 pm, BOSTON, Emerson College: Advanced Social Media for Journalists
• Wed, Feb. 3, 2010, 7:15-8:45 pm, NYC, 92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street: Mashable’s “The Future Journalist”: A conversation with my student Vadim Lavrusik about the changing skills and traits of journalists in a changing media landscape.
• Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010, 3:45-4:45 pm: ORLANDO, Advanced Social Media Workshop for Journalists at Orlando Sentinel newsroom
• Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, 6:30-8:30 pm: BOSTON: public conversation with Columbia’s Lee Bollinger, at Museum of Fine Arts (info + RSVP)
• Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, BOSTON: workshops at Boston Globe and Northeastern University Journalism Department
• Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, ST. LOUIS: Keynote + workshop at conference of Council for Advancement and Support of Education
• Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, 3:30-4:30 pm, ST. LOUIS: Post-Dispatch newsroom - Smarter Social Media for Journalists: A workshop on finding
• trends/stories and connecting with audiences through social media
• ===> 2009
• Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, 6:45-9:45 pm, NYC: Mediabistro workshop at Chinatown YMCA: Social Networking for Media Professionals - register here - USE THIS DISCOUNT CODE, SREE25- save 25% on the class price
• Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, 1-2 pm, WEB-BASED WORKSHOP for RTDNA members and others. Details coming soon.
• Tuesday, July 28, 6:30-8:30 pm, NYC, near Times Square: “SOCIAL NETWORKING TIPS & TRICKS: How to use Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for improve your work and your life” - workshop to benefit The Friends of Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors - register here
• Wednesday, July 22, 6:45-9:45 pm, NYC, Mediabistro workshop: Social Networking for Media Professionals - register here
• Thursday, July 16, 9-11 am, LOS ANGELES, hosted by LATimes at LAT HQ: Social Networking for Journalists (see details & register)
• Saturday, July 11, NYC: SAJA’s 15th Anniversary Convention - workshop on Social Networking for Journalists (the convention, including all workshops, two receptions and gala dinner is just $50)
• Monday, June 22, 4-6 pm, NYC, New York Foreign Press Center: Social Networking for Journalists (open to foreign press registered with Center)
• Tuesday, June 16, ATLANTA, CNN (if you’d like to attend: sree[at]sree.net)
• Friday, June 12, 8:45-10 am, NYC, Fundraising Day in NY: How Web 2.0 is Transforming Prospect Research (pdf)
• June 12, 12:30-1:30, DC, Georgetown University: panel on teaching social media at New Media Academic Summit
• June 2, 11-12:15: “Innovation and Internet Video” - panel at Columbia B-school for Internet Week New York
• Thursday, June 11, WASHINGTON, DC: Social Media Tips & Tricks: Morning session at VOA, evening session at ICFJ
• Thursday, May 14, 8:30-9:30 am, NYC, St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s School: What parents need to know about Facebook and social networking
• Wednesday, May 6, 6:30-8:30 pm, NYC, 7 W. 18th St: What you need to know about Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
• Tuesday, April 28, 6:15-8:30 pm, NYC, Associated Press HQ: Social Networking for Journalists - Hosted by New York Press Club
• Wednesday, April 15, 7-9 pm, BOSTON: What you need to know about Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
• Friday, April 10, 1-2 pm, NYC, Columbia J-school: Twitter for Skeptics (web coverage at http://bit.ly/oMmKz)

Feedback from similar sessions in 2009:

“Professor Sree gave an excellent presentation and that my learning experience of the Internet is 150% better than before his presentation.”
- Janet Murphy

“Professor Sree’s presentation at the Columbia Club luncheon in Naples was riveting, fast-paced and packed with information. He presented his material clearly, accessing the internet in real-time to introduce his audience to new and useful websites. Sree was friendly and open to questions at all times, and his style and sense of humor contributed to what was a fun learning experience.”
- Michael Hanson

WEBCAST RECORDINGS:

• ARCHIVE: Two webcasts - Basic Twitter for Journalists & Advanced Twitter for Journalists
• ARCHIVE: Advanced Facebook for Journalists
• ARCHIVE: Twitter for Journalists or Everything You Wanted to Know About Twitter But Were Afraid to Ask
• ARCHIVE: LinkedIn for Journalists or Everything You Wanted to Know About Linkedin But Were Afraid to Ask
• ARCHIVE: Launching Your Own Media Business
• ARCHIVE: Series of Blog CAT Scans - critiquing blogs by various folks
• Web chat about teaching best practices in journalistic uses of Twitter - free, on Poynter.org

• See video from a recent presentation to the National Book Critics Circle:
  Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Questions, comments or to be updated as I set these up, connect with me on e-mail sree[at]sree.net or @sreenet on Twitter.

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