Month: February 2017

Collaborating on social media is the process of working together to achieve a common and defined business goal. Individuals can use sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Google Scholar, and LinkedIn to name a few. These sites allow people to work on projects or chat other group members through the use of Web 2.0. The article Online Collaboration: Scientists and the Social Network, written by Richard Noorden, illustrates how people are using social to collaborate and what sites people are using the most. The article talks about how Google Scholar is the most widely used search tool for occupations in science, engineering, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Read the full article here to find out more: http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration-scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711

Sources:

Noorden, R. (2014, August 13). Online collaboration: Scientists and the social network. Retrieved February 26, 2017, from http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration-scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711

 

For this blog I decided to look at why social media marketing fail in organizations. This video illustrates the the pros and cons of social media in the workplace as well as the reasons why a company’s social media marketing department fails.

For this blog I decided to go a little deeper into the world of social media in the workplace. Social media is one of the main ways organizations interact and get connected with customers, consumers, and potential employees. However what about using social media and social networking strictly for internal purposes? This video illustrates the concept of enterprise social networking which is an internal social networking site for the company and its employees only. Conceptually it is the same setup as Twitter however only employees of that company can see the posts. Check out this video to get a better understanding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxHJLXXAask

About two weeks ago I brought up the environmental issue of deforestation which is the process of clearing out of forests or group of trees where the land is converted to non forest use. As I mentioned in my other blog, the Amazon Rain Forest is the latest forest to experience deforestation. However what are the solutions to this issue? According to article, Solutions to Deforestation there are 4 possible solutions to this problem which include:

1. The Power of the Marketplace
2. Standing with Indigenous Peoples
3. Promoting Sustainable Choices
4. Changing Politics

Interested in reading more about these solutions and how you can take action for a deforestation free future follow this link; http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/forests/solutions-to-deforestation/

Sources: Solutions to Deforestation. (n.d.). Retrieved February 23, 2017, from http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/forests/solutions-to-deforestation/

 

The world is hungry. Nearly 800 million people are struggling to eat enough food to stay hungry and healthy. Many of these people are trying to survive on less than $2 per day. So what can one person do? Watch this video to find out.

World hunger is the undernourishment of nutrients and proteins in the body which is the cause of not eating food. Unfortunately hunger affects many important organs in the human body in addition to the stomach. Here is an interesting video that illustrates which organs are affected and how.

In previos blogs, I mentioned that my topic for the research paper is social media’s affect on World Hunger. Here is an interesting video that illustrates one possible way to help end world hunger.

In last weeks blog I talked about how there is another coral reef growing off the coast of the Amazon River. In this weeks blog I am going to look at the recent bleaching that has happened to the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef has suffered one of the most devastating die-offs due to warmer weather on record. In less than one year (9 months), bleaching which was caused by warmer weather killed roughly 67% of the reef in some of the most pristine parts of the reef. The article states that in the north, the summer temperatures go up to 2 degrees above the normal maximum and that caused severe bleaching”. Scientists say that it will take upwards of 15 years for the coral to grow back unfortunately there is no telling when another warming session will occur.

Sources:

Westcott, B. (2016, November 29). Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers worst ever coral bleaching. Retrieved February 18, 2017, from http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/asia/great-barrier-reef-coral-death/

 

With social media being at our finger tips how much do students actually pay attention in class. This video shows Dennis walking around the UCLA campus in California asking students what class they just came from and what they learned. Their answers with astonish you:

With social media being ever so present why not use it to help promote a business. This step by step video shows you how to promote your business on social media sites.