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TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | STITCHER | SPOTIFY Have you ever seen the “hashtags” sketch with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake? The one where they had a conversation as if they were on Twitter? During the whole bit, they trade off saying a few words and then insert a “hashtag” phrase. They made it funnier by making the hashtag or…
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | STITCHER | SPOTIFY February is national CTE month. Programs around the country use this month to highlight what is happening in career and technical education. One way to showcase CTE is through school social media. Our school and also our district sponsor events like open houses and showcases. The timing works out well for us…
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | STITCHER | SPOTIFY So you are ready to jump into social media to boost your enrollment. Or maybe you already have a social media account that you use, but would like to step it up. Increasing your engagement and reach with current and future students is a way to boost…
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | STITCHER | SPOTIFY Are you like me and wish there was a program promotion fairy? In my first few years, I wasn’t prepared for how much effort and work it took to promote and recruit for my program. Also, registration seemed to sneak up on me. I was so busy…
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | STITCHER | SPOTIFY Recently, on Instagram, one of the accounts I follow was asking to have others share their “teaching” accounts so that they could build a network of fellow teachers who are using social media for education. It was a great idea and I jumped on board as a…
TUNE IN: APPLE PODCASTS | STITCHER | SPOTIFY Is it just me or are consistency and content seem to be enemies? A common question I get is: “I want to be consistent in my social media posts in order to increase enrollment, but most of the time I don’t know what to post on social…