This morning’s first session:

Have you ever wondered how you should behave on Facebook?, check out the advice given here:

Interesting, it comes from a dating advice channel!

These worksheets are available under a Creative Commons Licence, in that you can use/distribute the material freely , but Digital Fingerprint must be attributed, whether used as is/adapted.

• An overview of Social Media Tools (June 2011)
• Setting up a Twitter account (June 2011)
• Setting up a Facebook account (June 2011)
• Setting up a Facebook Like page (June 2011)
• Setting up a YouTube account (June 2011)
• Setting up a WordPress account (June 2011)

All are downloadable PDFs, and will be accessible from the Resources page.

Martyn Poliakoff, a student once told him, has two great assets as a scientist: a funny name and funny hair.

Both should prove useful to the research professor of chemistry at the University of Nottingham, who is soon to take on a new role as foreign secretary of the Royal Society – effectively an amb

assador for British science.

His hair, Professor Poliakoff admits, has undoubtedly caused a lot of interest on the internet, where he has become something of a sensation thanks to the science-related videos he regularly posts on YouTube.

“I get quite irritated when people accuse me of dressing up as a mad scientist for the videos and I sometimes post comments saying: ‘No, it’s me’,” he said.

He has always been a keen teacher, making use of unusual props such as a toy for dogs called a Wiggly Giggly, which he “bought at a pet shop and is the same shape as the methane molecule but squeaks when you rotate it”. He also uses a furry bone that has the same shape and symmetry as ethylene.

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Currently listening to this video, a whole 55 minutes!

What would you add/remove from this – I have a feeling that I want the ‘mechanics’ of YouTube separate… but we’ll see…

A talk of interest to me on a variety of levels, not least that he’s quoting information from my PhD thesis (not that he, nor anyone else, tends to know that !)  in discussing ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ – and of course he’s talking about social media.

Love this diagram of our engagement with social media:

Can start to see the potential of it, how it changes the meaning of what is seen – fascinating!

Post first identified for Super Fun Days Out, a company for which I am the Social Media Strategist. I’ve been a bit distracted from it over the past few months, which doesn’t really work for social media, so yesterday I spent some time, getting a few things shipshape again for it. Meantime, the others on the team have done great amounts of work, developing great packages, signing up more companies, and starting to identify some great hot deals! Join us on Twitter, and let us know if you have a story to tell us re: adrenalin/extreme sports, as we’d love more blog entries like this one: Desert Ultra-Marathon: Red Hot Chile Runners

A Hungarian Catholic priest who spreads God’s word from a skateboard has become an internet sensation

“A video of the Reverend Zoltan Lendvai, 45, in action has attracted almost 170,000 hits on YouTube.

The video, Funny Priest Skateboarding, shows Rev Lendvai, clad in full clerical garb, displaying his moves.

It is not clear whether the reverend has mastered the nose-grind or the kick-flip, but his skills have helped attract young people to his church.

Rev Lendvai, whose first board bore the papal coat of arms, believes skateboarding can pave the way to God for young people.

He says his distinctive method of spreading the word on wheels is inspired by Saint John Bosco. The 19th century Italian priest and teacher dedicated his life to improving the lot of poor young people, using games as part of their education.”

Read full story, or check out skateboarding options in the UK (well, to be fair, you can do it anywhere!)