Micro-volunteering involves the donation of time to small projects, typically supporting not-for-profit or charitable organisations. The type of micro-volunteering that I have been trying my hand at is based online. It is perfect for those that either don’t have the time, or the stamina, or the inclination to run a 10K race* or participate in a […]
Read More Micro-volunteering and why you should give it a goIf you’ve read the About page then you’ll know that I work for Graduate Prospects, a student and graduate careers website. Occasionally I see job ads (on our site and on many others) with adverts that must be under performing due to some basic mistakes being made. So I thought I’d write a short list of tips. They may seem […]
Read More Back to basics – 5 tips for graduate job advert contentOn Tuesday night I attended Social Media for the CEO Manchester (#SM4CEOMAN), a presentation by Eve Mayer Orsburn who is known by her 43,000+ followers on twitter as @LinkedinQueen. I must admit that after the first 5 minutes, where Eve gave some top-level social media information and quotes from the Nielsen report highlighting that 90% […]
Read More Social Media for the CEO: An evening with Eve Mayer OrsburnFor an in-depth QR code definition you can find it on Wikipedia here. I thought that, like a child, I’d just draw some cartoons. As an example, here’s how an event organiser can use QR codes to push people to download their event app…
Read More How can I use QR codes?Social media surgery events are free to attend and supported by the Manchester Digital Development agency (@MDDA on Twitter). Sessions are held each month on a particular social media related topic which is discussed with an expert panel, with open Q&A at the end. The event organiser Chi-Chi Ekweozor (@realfreshtv) also posts a live blog […]
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