Social Media Smackdown

Since LinkedIN has been the trend this semester, I decided that I would like to add on to what we already know about LinkedIN to make everyone's future a bit brighter. We all know how to add groups, companies, schools, and even connect with people, but LinkedIN has way more to offer. If you have or haven't discovered any of these wonderful tips provided by LinkedIN, here you go. just like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites, LinkedIN has "blue check" connections as well.
These blue check people are celebrities, CEO's , and Entrepreneurs. People like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, to name a few, all have the a blue check near their names. However, this blue check is known as an "INfluencer" on LinkedIN. So, if you search for these people and add them as a connection, they will pop up above your "companies" row as a separate row knows as INfluencers.  Try it when you get the chance to let your connections know who inspires you. Keep in mind that not every celebrity or person of fame will have be an INfluencer.
After you have some fun with finding influences, try checking out your top grad school or even Stockton on LinkedIN. What I discovered is that when you go on any University/ College LinkedIN profile they offer information on what the students & and alumni are doing or have done at the school. When you click on the school LinkedIN,  click on "students & alumni" and you can view where the student/alumni live, work, careers, what they studied, what they're skilled at, and how are you connected with the schools connections. Keep in mind that people have to be connected with the school in order for this data to be collected.
These are some helpful tips on LinkedIN since we have been using it throughout the semester. I hope this helps.

Tech blog 6; Guidebook

For those you who have been to Welcome Week (most likely all of you) you probably used an app called  Guidebook  It is exactly how it sounds, a guide that is used as a book. Guidebook is virtual so as long as you have a smartphone you can utilize this app. I used guidebook for Welcome Week  specifically because I am an RA on campus and we use it to keep track of what is going on during that hectic first week of campus activities. Other organizations I was a part of utilized something like guidebook as well. When I went to Denver, CO a few weeks ago we used the National Orientation Association of  Directors (NODA) version of guidebook to guide us to different sessions.

Guidebook is a scheduling/guide app that lets you add, delete and edit large events by school, community centers, museums, association, personal events, airports,conferences, campus events, or even if you're going on vacations. This app allows you to use a template when you first create an app or start from scratch. You can only make a guide by desktop/laptop. You can follow a guide from the home screen of your phone and search using a pass code that the creator has or download your app. Within the app there are many resources. Depending on what event guide you downloaded.  For the welcome week guide, they have Stockton's resources and the times they are open, events that are for guys or girls only, events at the same time so it allows the user to choose the event they want to attend and mark it in there own guidebook calendar with reminders. So whether you're prepping for a trip and you want to know what resources are located within JFK airport or you want to plan a fun scavenger hunt for your job, Guidebook is the way to go!