All I Ever Needed to Know About Social Media I Learned from the Muppets - #minnewebcon 2015

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All I Ever Needed to Know About Social Media

I Learned from the Muppets

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Tonya Oaks Smith

Shari Erwin, Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith

It’s time to play the music.

It’s time to light the lights.

It’s time to meet the

Muppets…

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@marleysmom by @radiofreegeorgy

Who am I?

@marleysmom @hendersonstateu @highedweb

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#shoes #positivity #behuman

Who are you?

flickr.com/photos/highedweb/2922852848#minnewebcon

The principles (principals?)

muppets.disney.com/the-muppets-gallery#minnewebcon

Epiphany?

flickr.com/photos/wisdoms/1484755104/#minnewebcon

*GASP*

Photo by @jacobslaton#minnewebcon

*GASP*

flickr.com/photos/blahsaurous/3796194544/#minnewebcon

ACTION

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HIPPO: We’re bringing in a consultant. He’s a guru, a social guru. I’m sure you can learn a lot from him.

YOU: *think*…OMGWTFBBQ

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Stay green

clikhear.palmbeachpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/fight.jpg#minnewebcon

Shari Erwin, Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith

Don’t be a downer

hitfix.com/comedy/10-halloween-costumes-from-the-saturday-night-live-archives#minnewebcon

There’s Life Beyond the Four-Year University

Shari Erwin, Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith

Enthusiasm is excellent

youtube.com/watch?v=KlJM4UhbQ7A#minnewebcon

There’s Life Beyond the Four-Year University

Shari Erwin, Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith

Nerds like us are allowed to be unironically enthusiastic about stuff… Nerds are allowed to love stuff, like jump-up-and-down-in-the-chair-can’t-control-yourself love it. When people call people nerds, mostly what they’re saying is “you like stuff.”

- John Green#minnewebcon

Little people are important

fandango.com/movie-news/15-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-muppets-747498#minnewebcon

Little people are important

Photo love from @GopherSports #minnewebcon

Winning takes a team

adventuresofalostboy.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/muppet-mayhem-part-1-the-muppet-movie/#minnewebcon

flickr.com/photos/81475308@N00/12306610704#minnewebcon

Tumblrs

hsuprofsqa.tumblr.com and reddiealumnisnapshots.tumblr.com

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Be skeptical

burlexe.com/miss-piggy-quotes/#minnewebcon

You can never have enough gratuitous shoe photos.

- @marleysmom

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Conceal your flaws by sucker punching anyone who has the audacity to mention them.

- Miss Piggy

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There will be trolls

flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/8234189233/#minnewebcon

There’s Life Beyond the Four-Year University

Shari Erwin, Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith

Statler: I’m Statler. Waldorf: I’m Waldorf. We’re here to heckle “The Muppet Movie.”

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Weird can work

themuppetmindset.blogspot.com/2011/09/weekly-muppet-wednesdays-gonzo-great.html

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There’s Life Beyond the Four-Year University

Gonzo: I want to go to Bombay, India and become a movie star. Fozzie: You don't go to Bombay to become a movie star! You go where we're going: Hollywood. Gonzo: Sure, if you want to do it the easy way.

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Listening is important

youtube.com/watch?v=m1kY8CJe4J8#minnewebcon

Humans make the show

npr.org/2011/11/21/142509532/for-muppeteers-it-isnt-easy-being-invisible#minnewebcon

There’s Life Beyond the Four-Year University

Shari Erwin, Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith

Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It’s a good life, enjoy it.

- Jim Henson

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There’s Life Beyond the Four-Year University

Shari Erwin, Aaron Rester, and Tonya Oaks Smith

Life’s like a movie. Write your own ending…

- The Muppet Movie

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Wrapping it up

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Get with me...

Tonya Oaks Smith @marleysmom

smithto@hsu.edu 501.352.8505

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Thank you, lovers and dreamers

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