TRMA 585: Developing A Professional Online Identity - Spring 2012 Course - George Fox University, Graduate Counseling

1. TRMA 585 P1: DEVELOPING A
PROFESSIONAL ONLINE IDENTITY
SPRING 2012
INSTRUCTOR: ROBIN ASHFORD, MSLIS

2. ONLINE IDENTITIES, PERSONAL BRANDING, SOCIAL MEDIA

3. THE COURSE
• TRMA 585 P1, Spring 2012 – Instructor: Robin Ashford
• One credit hour elective course – Practical how-to
steps on developing a professional online identity
Offered to George Fox University graduate
Counseling students per request of Dr. Anna Berardi:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/aaberardi
http://www.georgefox.edu/counseling-programs/index.html

4. THE COURSE
• Introduction to professional online
identity development
• Examination of social media’s
influence on online identities
• Exploration of professional identity profiles--development,
management and impact
• Creation and development of online content--value of
connection and engagement

5. ONLINE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
• Eleven graduate
Counseling students
• Moodle learning
management system
for weekly assignments
and primary discussions
• Social media to
connect, engage &
develop professional
identities

6. LINKEDIN
HTTP://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/

7. #TRMA585 TWEETS
http://youtu.be/uD7OjyqJ3JQ
http://goo.gl/gHNdG

8. TOPSY: TWITTER ARCHIVE
VISIT TOPSY AND SEARCH #TRMA585

9. ONLINE PRIVACY
http://goo.gl/Cey5p

10. GOOGLE PLUS (G+)
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/

11. PROFESSIONAL FACEBOOK PAGES
http://goo.gl/ef9f9
http://goo.gl/KFoQH

12. LEARNING FROM MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS & ORGANIZATIONS
http://www.juliehanks.com/
ACA on Facebook
@CounselingViews on Twitter
http://drkkolmes.com/

13. BLOGS:
BLOGGER, WORDPRESS, TUMBLR, POSTEROUS
http://www.willbaum.com/los-angeles-therapy/

14. STUDENT PROFILE PAGES
https://about.me/
http://www.visualcv.com/
https://plus.google.com/

15. MANAGING YOUR ONLINE IDENTITY
Social Media Management Dashboard
http://hootsuite.com/
http://www.tweetdeck.com/
http://goo.gl/JwOlo

16. WEBSITES & DOMAIN NAMES

17. HAVING AN IMPACT
A Way to have a voice that matters
http://cainesarcade.com/

18. GOALS & STRATEGIES
Article link
Dr. Keely Kolmes policy for therapists

19. SLIDESHARE
HTTP://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/TOUR
• SlideShare: The world’s
largest community for
sharing presentations
• All student final course
presentations have
been tagged with
“TRMA585” and are
accessible via the
Link to TRMA585 student finals slideshare link on left

20. FINAL THOUGHTS
Thoroughly enjoyed teaching this course,
we all learned so much--Heartwarming final tweets  :

21. HTTP://ABOUT.ME/ROBINASHFORD
THANK YOU!
Photos RA Flickr