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Another exciting social media summer

Posted on August 4, 2011 by marcusmessner

My VCU colleague Jeff South and I had the opportunity again this summer to teach a social media class with VCU and Iraqi students. Together with VCU’s Global Education Office we received a $200,000 grant by the Academy for Educational Development … Continue reading →

Posted in International, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged AED, Campaigns, Democracy, Facebook, Global, Iraq, IYLEP, Non-profit, Social Media, Strategy, Twitter, VCU, YouTube | Leave a comment

Social Media Institute at VCU

Posted on February 1, 2011 by marcusmessner

The VCU School of Mass Communications has been awarded a U.S. State Department grant for the second year to run a Social Media Institute for the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program. My colleague Jeff South and I will guide 25 … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, International, Journalism, Politics, Public Relations, Social Media, Teaching | Tagged AED, Audience, Campaigns, Facebook, Global, Government, Iraq, IYLEP, Non-profit, Social Media, Strategy, Students, Technology, Twitter, VCU, YouTube | 1 Comment

Teaching and learning with social media

Posted on September 23, 2010 by marcusmessner

The Center for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University interviewed my colleague Jeff South and me on developing and implementing social media classes and components. The CTE’s Co-Director Jeff Nugent led an in-depth conversation with us about our summer institute, … Continue reading →

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A social media summer

Posted on August 24, 2010 by marcusmessner

It hardly gets more exciting than this: Teaching a social media class with American and Iraqi students, who together implement social media projects for non-profit organizations here in Richmond and also develop campaign ideas to be realized in the Middle … Continue reading →