Presentation to UT Students

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I was invited to speak to an undergraduate class at University of Texas, Austin. This presentation recommended they think bigger about the social opportunity before them and reinforced how important their professional social networks will be as they progress through their career. I used a few case studies (including my own) to exemplify what is possible.

Transcript of Presentation to UT Students

April 26, 2012

Let’s change the world, shall we?Susan Scrupski, Change Agents Worldwide

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Agenda today

✤ Brief Introduction - Who am I?

✤ Two lessons

✤ Three case studies

✤ Careers in Social

✤ Q & A

@ITSinsiderFriday, April 26, 13

whoami? (i’m nobody and everybody)

http://about.me/susanscrupskiFriday, April 26, 13

Do you have what it takes to be a Change Agent?

Up until now, only...

• Rock Stars• Politicians• Dictators• Humanitarians• Religious Leaders

Could change the world.

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Today’s Change Agent is:

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1st Lesson: Think BIG

✤ You hold a device in the palm of your hand that can Change the World.

✤ Why Change the World? Because you can.

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2nd Lesson: Think Relationships

✤ The 21C is a networked economy.

✤ Trust is its currency.

✤ Build your social capital.

✤ Keep a career contact database w/notes. (Start now.)

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Every person in your network can be influenced by you.

From To

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Three Examples

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Five years: from Zero to Hero

Retired afterDotcom crash,

9/11

2001 20112006 2009 2010

Suburban Mom!(5 years)

“What’s a BlackBerry?”

Back to Workwith... nothing.

Except these.

“I respectfully disagree...”

2001

#winning! :-)

Me

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The Staney Family Fairy Tale

June 5, 2012

Welcome to the world Foster!

Will Staney

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Astronaut Abby

✤ Dreamed of being an astronaut from age 7

✤ Used social media to create a brand

✤ Connected IRL with Luca Parmitano

✤ Will be Earth-based liaison via her blog

✤ Mars in 2030!

Abigail Harrison

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Careers in Social

Seeking a job?

• See the Web Strategy Job Board• Hootsuite manages a job board• Social Media.org has a blog that lists out career resources• Social Media Jobs Facebook Group• Social Media Jobs by Chris Heuer• Social Media jobs, filtered by SimplyHired• Social Media Job Network by James Durbin• 25 places to find social media jobs by Deb Ng

Additional Resources:

• Community Manager Facebook Group• Community Manager Appreciation Day (Every 4th Monday of Jan, yearly)• List of corporate web strategists and community managers for 2010• Social Media Headhunter: Career advice, job postings and services• New Media Hire community by Jim Long and team

Jeremiah Owyang blog: People on the Move, April 7, 2013

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Q&A?

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