I Heart Social Media

I Heart Social Media Conference

  February 14, Norman Oklahoma

Blake Jackson, one of the panelists at I heart Social media.  PHOTO: Michael Runyan

     For the first time ever, Dale hall held the I Heart Social media conference.  The conference, organized by the Gaylord ambassadors(students who represent the Gaylord college), covered a wide range of topics, from Google + to the virtues and pitfalls of having multiple Twitter accounts.

    When Blake Jackson, the manager of Digital Communication at Chesapeake Energy was asked what he hoped the impact of the event was, he said "I hope... (the students) can see how real this type of a career can be for them and how much this career field is growing right now..."

   
    Panelists included Blake Jackson (Chesapeae Energy), Dave Rhea (The Journal Record),  Kelsey Humphreys (Insight Creative Group), Cassie Gilman (OU Pressidant's Associates),  Miranda Wilson (YWCA of Greater Oklahoma City), and Lauren Parajon (an award-winning blogger).

    Gaylord College Advisor Chris Borthick explained how the student organized the event.  "They actually used their social media outlets, Twitter, Facebook, etc., a lot of them knew these people (the speakers) through the internet and invited them."  Later in the interview, he said that the conference had been "A big deal in the making."`

     February 21st at 7 p.m., Gaylord College will be hosting Terry Lingner, an award-winning producer who was responsible for the live, pre-game events before the Super Bowl.    A list of events can be found here