Launch a Social Media Internship Program Today

Lisa Jansen, Lauren Kruse and Meena Zia

L&S Learning Support Services (LSS)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

About @UWLSS

Instructional Technology Support and Facilities

UW-Madison College of Letters & Science

14 FTE, 25 student hourly

Time for project work during most student shifts

Social Media at LSS

Goal: build and engage community

Platforms: LSS Web Site, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare

Media: text, links, photos, video, questions/polls

Thursday Tie Day

Twitter

Facebook

What Makes our Social Media Interns So Good?

• Creativity, spontaneity

• Interest in social media and communications

• Already working at LSS!

What makes our internship work?

• Having a clear purpose for social media presence

• Being part of a team

• Freedom to experiment

• Finding the right tools

TIME Newsfeed, January 5, 2011

What role does the social media community play in our efforts?

• Reciprocal tweets, mentions

• Expands audience

• Place to learn, share techniques

#FF: Follow Friday

More Info

Weblss.wisc.edu

Twitter@UWLSS

FacebookL&S Learning Support Services

Meena ZiaUW-Madison Class of

2011