Things to consider…

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to actively participate in our social media efforts. If you are interested in creating a social media site on the behalf of Terry College, please consider these questions and feel free to contact us for a consultation:

• What is your purpose in creating a social media presence?
• What do you plan to achieve with this social medium? (Communication with students? Networking with recruiters? Publicize program offerings? Share information? What kind of information?)
• Who will be reading and commenting on your social media? Who are you trying to engage?
• Who will establish the social media site?
• Who will be the administrator(s) and maintain the site?
• How often do you plan to update it? (sites should be updated at least once a week or more frequently depending on the type of social media)
• How will you make connections to other UGA web sites?

Guidelines

These guidelines serve more as guardrails that will help you to make the best use of social media and keep Terry’s social media efforts moving forward.

• Be responsible, honest, and respectful: Bring value to conversations and remember the internet is far from private.
• Identify yourself: Always be transparent about who you are and who you represent.
• Consider your audience: Maintain the concept of ‘community’ and build a platform for sharing and connecting.
• Respect the law: Copyright, privacy, and fair use laws apply online as well as offline. Always give credit to your sources.