Social Media Club South Florida will address a topic very near and dear to my heart: Social Media in Education. We have a fantastic panel and a (ahem) great moderator. Please try and make it out this week. Here’s a link to the Eventbrite invite (admission, as always, is free) and here’s a link to the Social Media Club South Florida page.

The March meeting of

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
7pm -10pm
Johnson and Wales University, 1701 NE 127th St. N. Miami

This month’s meetup will explore the opportunities and challenges educational institutions face in terms of social media:

- How to use social media to reach and keep in touch with alumni?
- How to reach out to potential new students and their parents?
- How to integrate social media for classroom learning?
- How to teach about social media use and safety to students … and parents?
- What about cyberbullying, sexting, and other pitfalls of online communication?
- What about crisis communications (crime alerts, etc.) using social media?
- How to use social media for marketing and community relations?
- Should educational institutions engage their followers?
- How to build community through sporting events, research, and other campus news?

Panelists include:
- Luis Casas, Florida International University
- Maureen Lloyd James, Johnson & Wales University
- Christine Casas, University of Miami
- Rosanna Fiske, Florida International University

Moderated by Matthew Chamberlin

Hope to see you there.