No More Pencils, No More Books...

The title of this blog post is not entirely true.  Sometimes I like to write in pencil and I love books and reading.  But don't you remember that little song from elementary school?

No more pencils
No more books
No more teachers' dirty looks


I'm sure there's more to it but that's all I can recall.

The song comes to mind because I recently presented my final project to wrap up my master's degree!  In December, I will receive my diploma for a MA in Communications.  Two-and-a-half years of hard work have come to a conclusion.

I learned a quite a bit through the degree program.  I most liked learning about public relations, social media, and video editing - although I don't have much practical use for that skill.  But it is fun!

I tied the things I learned about social media, PR, and crisis communications together for my final project.  At work I've been put in charge of site moderation for my company's forum site.  The policies and tools are in need of major upgrades to make the site more professional and consistent.

In the course of my research I examined:

• The comment and moderation policies of other sites
• Laws and regulations regarding the First Amendment and copyright
• The time it takes to conduct moderation
• Ways moderation and our tools could be improved

Maybe I'll cover some of my findings in some future blog entries.  I learned a lot and came up with lots of suggestions for improvement.  We've already implemented some new policies for standardization and hopefully we can get some new tools to make our communications even more professional!

Resources:

http://freebieprofessor.com/blog/2010/top-freebie-trading-forums [image]