Social+Media

Goal is to use social media in support of recruiting and outreach.


 * **Facebook Group / VT UAP Alumni** -- @http://groups.to/vtuap/.
 * **UAP Blog** – []
 * **VT UAP on Twitter** – @UAPVirginiaTech
 * **LinkedIn Group** / Virginia Tech UAP Alumni -- []

Posts on the blog are burned with an RSS feed RSS feed is then automatically fed to the alumni Facebook page, LinkedIn group and Twitter Feed

Current Status

10/27/2010 Cullen is posting things regularly on the blog

10/13/10 Beth and Cullen met to discuss projects and are meeting again on Wednesday 10/20 to discuss things to post Beth made Cullen an author of the blog Cullen is reviewing posting guidelines

10/12/2010 Beth and Cullen are meeting on Wednesday, October 13 to talk through the social media projects

10/6/2010 Tom will facilitate an introduction to Cullen, who will work with Beth on posting materials

10/5/2010 Suggested guidelines for posting are listed below for review


 * Guidelines for Posting**
 * News or reports on subjects related to current planning practice, trends, research
 * News or reports on projects by students, faculty, staff and alumni
 * Planning-related requests for information or suggested resources from faculty, students and alumni
 * Event announcements from UAP and other planning-related organizations, including CASPA
 * News and information from Virginia Tech about school-based resources (e.g., EndNote, etc.) for students

Items for posting on Scholar are items that are more internal (for students and faculty) Items posted on the blog, FB and Linked In are items that serve students, faculty, alums and prospective students

Main place to post information is on the blog, which will then be automatically reposted in FB, LI and Twitter Monitor Twitter feed in aggregator (such as TweetDeck) to identify other resources to tweet about as part of building a following