By Brenda Bethman Technically, this post is not really about technology (although Sandberg does work at Facebook) — but it is about women, which is the other focus of this blog. And it’s cheating a bit as it’s a cross-post from my personal blog, but it’s April and I’m sick, so it will have to do. [...]
By Anitra Cottledge Before I jump with both feet into this topic, a couple of short items to provide a bit of backstory. I only joined Facebook however-many-years ago because it seemed that Facebook was where students were getting their information, and thus it made sense for me to be there so that I could [...]
by Jennifer Keegin As most of you know, Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars. I was instantly horrified. As someone who wishes they could move away from Facebook but can’t (tethered by long distant relationships with all of my family and high school friends) I found this news to be troublesome because I love [...]
By Meghann Martinez This post is meant to solicite your own best practices in social media. I will share some of my own however this is not exclusive. With social media growing at a rapid pace I am curious to learn what best practices people are employing. Plan Ahead As much as we would like [...]
Normally, the “highlight a woman” post features a female student affairs professional. For this week’s post, however, I decided to focus on Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg as she’s been in the news as the most visible woman at Facebook (and one who stands to become very wealthy thanks to their IPO). Additionally, as Marshall Fitzpatrick pointed [...]