Originally posted by: TonyPearson
Wrapping up my coverage of the ITSO Cloud Social Media Residency, the final day was focused writing your first blog post.
This blog post is part of a five-part series:
Blog Proposals
Each resident presented at least six proposals for blog post ideas. A proposal included a title and short description of what it would entail. Titles had to be less than 70 characters, and the short descriptions were typically just a few sentences.
These were presented to the entire team, and we picked them apart, suggested better wording for the titles, or different ways to approach the topic.
IBM Social Media Guidelines
The residents were reminded to abide by the [IBM Social Media Guidelines] which are made publicly available for all to see.
I also subscribe to the notion of the [Blog with Integrity] oath, which is as follows:
"I treat others respectfully, attacking ideas and not people. I also welcome respectful disagreement with my own ideas.
I believe in intellectual property rights, providing links, citing sources, and crediting inspiration where appropriate.
I disclose my material relationships, policies and business practices. My readers will know the difference between editorial, advertorial, and advertising, should I choose to have it. If I do sponsored or paid posts, they are clearly marked.
When collaborating with marketers and PR professionals, I handle myself professionally and abide by basic journalistic standards.
I always present my honest opinions to the best of my ability.
I own my words. Even if I occasionally have to eat them."
Words to live by.
Blog submissions
The residents spent most of the day working on our blogs from the proposals that were approved. The target was around 400 to 600 words in length, with one or two stock photos.
IBM is the #1 vendor for Social Business tools, so it makes sense for us to use our own stuff to facilitate the submission process. The residents submit their blog posts to IBM Connections as an activity in the Cloud Social Media Residency community. All of the resources we used, and all the presentations we saw, are all here in the community.
Awards ceremony
As an incentive, prizes were given out to those who submitted the most posts by end of the day.
One was the book, signed by fellow author Ed Brill, titled [Opting In: Lessons in Social Business from a Fortune 500 Product Manager].
I brought in a few copies from my book series [Inside System Storage: Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV and Volume V.]. I signed them personally to each winner.
We were given certificates for completing the class, and a "Redbooks Thought Leader" emblem to put on our blog.
Group photo
Ryan Boyles took a group photo! If it seems that the photo is slightly askew, it is to make me look taller. Yes, I could have used GIMP to fix the orientation, but why bother? I look tall! Woo hoo! I will have to remember this technique for future group photos.
ITSO Cloud Social Media Residency, Oct 2013.
Photo by Ryan Boyles.Lastly, I would like to thank Vasfi, Tamikia, Hillary, Caroline, Ric, Jane, LeeAnne, Tina, Karen, Michael, Shelbee, Farzad, Stewart, Arun, Eric, Chris, Hans, Odilon, Mohsin, Wolfgang and the rest of the ITSO team for a wonderful job organizing this week!
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