The first session I attended yesterday was "Free tools to increase your social media following." This session taught me a lot actually. I learned what kind of topics to write about that would spark interests of others in the worlds of Twitter and Facebook and I also learned how to engage conversation with more people, which also equals followers. What I found interesting was that there is almost like a science as to when is the right time to post and when you will receive the most retweets or responses. Also, to find my niche. That means to write about something I do extremely well and have a voice about it. Lastly, the speaker gave us some free websites to increase followers.
This is from one of the pages he recommended that can generate a fun quote! (http://recitethis.com/)
The next session I attended was hosted by Buzzfeed employees, Charlie Warzel and Katie Notopoulos and freelance blogger, Dan Nosowitz. The session, "The Career Blogger," taught me that I shouldn't just blog but link a portfolio of my work to my blog (such as photography, articles, and multimedia pieces). They also stressed the importance of connecting with other bloggers that interest you.
The last session I attended for the day was, "Newsroom Hunger Games: How to Run Toward (and Catch) the Fire." This session was very interesting and had a fun twist to it. Hunger Game characters represented each type of person that you can find in the news room and went through the positive and negative aspects of working with that person. The importance of being a team in the newsroom was stressed and strategies on how to work as a team were given.
Aside from attending sessions, I presented one. Yes, I was completely terrified! Especially when the room became packed with people and there was only standing room left. My session, "It Doesn't Have to be Lonely at the Top," showed the benefits of having an Editor-in-Chief and a Managing Editor. The attendees seemed to enjoy the session. We got in a circle instead of the traditional rows and had "therapy" where each person got what they needed to off their chest in regards to staff, advisors, and working on a newspaper in general. It was a great experience for me and my nerves calmed by the end (THANK GOD)!
My fellow Wood Worders presented yesterday as well and you can bet I went and supported each of their sessions!
Speaking of the Wood Word, our paper got critiqued and it went well! I am excited to take what I learned back to Marywood so the whole staff can work to improve the paper.
Yesterday wasn't all work though! We did go for some delicious pizza. We also walked around Times Square last night. It was a beautiful night! I tried Nuts 4 Nuts for the first time (I don't hate it!). I also did some photography while I was in Times Square! I can't wait to see how they came out!
Today wasn't filled with sessions. I shopped before I headed back to Scranton. I had a great time and I am so lucky that I was able to attend the CMA's for a second time. Until next time New York.
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