Creative Commons: What It Is and How It Can Benefit You

So, you just wrote a great blog post or made a video and now you need something else to spruce it up. Where do you go? Can you use any old image or song you find on the web? Probably not. So many people make the mistake of using what they can find easily and this is...

Learning from 2016 and Adjusting to 2017

Ways 2017 is Going to be a Big year for Social Media 2016 was a year of transformation for social media and the ways that people approach it. Social media has become a way of life for many people, and 2017 is going to be the big push to bring interactive experiences...

Nashville: New Face, New Partnership

As the National Institute for Social Media (NISM) kicks off its partnership with Kaplan College – Nashville, we had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Rick Duvall, an instructor with both NISM and Kaplan College. Rick will be teaching the courses at the...

Top 3 Social Media Tools of the Month – July 2014

Its time once again for our monthly round-up of social media tools that could help you to manage your organization’s social media efforts. The 3 tools we will be discussing this month will all be focused around managing your incoming messages from social media...

Watch Out Facebook: 5 New Ways Students Will Connect In 2014

Facebook is still a popular website and the preferred way that students connect with one another, both in school and for their own social life. Facebook is used to communicate information learned in school, discuss upcoming school projects, and provides students with...