Always Educating

Always Educating

If you’re an internal or external social media professional (i.e., full- or part-time employee vs. consultant, speaker, etc.), you’re an educator as much as you are a marketer – or at least you should be. One of the core learning objectives in each of the six NISM...
LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPACE

LIFE-LONG LEARNING IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPACE

One of the things I find so fascinating about the Social Media Marketing space is that it demands that I keep on learning. There is always a new feature to test, another conference to book or another online course to invest in. Countless opportunities I get to learn,...
NISM Education Comes to Germany!

NISM Education Comes to Germany!

The National Institute for Social Media (NISM) is excited to welcome one of its newest educators into our highly skilled community, Magdalena (Lena) Schurmann, SMS.  Not only is Lena a talented Social Media Strategist (SMS) who owns her own business, but Lena is also...
Is Self-Study Right for You?

Is Self-Study Right for You?

There are many different options professionals pursue for continuing education – classroom learning, online education, and a variety of self-directed learning options. To prepare for the NISM Social Media Strategist (SMS) certification, we offer many of those options...
What is the NISM Social Media Strategist Prep Course?

What is the NISM Social Media Strategist Prep Course?

Questions yet? I am guessing you might have a few. For example: What is this prep course all about? How involved do I have to be? How much work is involved? These are all the questions that I had before I started the course. I worried I wouldn’t be able to manage it...