Quotes

1.    “Social media is just a buzzword until you come up with a plan.” – Unknown

2.  “Social Media presents a huge opportunity for schools, universities and other educational organizations to reach out and connect with students and prospective students.” –Jon Russell

3.  “Social Media is about sociology and psychology more than technology.” – Brain Solis

4. “Social media is not a media. The key is to listen, engage, and build relationships.” – David Alston

5.  “The difference between PR and social media is that PR is about positioning, and social media is about becoming, being and improving.” – Chris Brogan

6. “I like to say that Twitter is like a bar, Facebook is your living room and LinkedIn is the local chamber of commerce.” – BSS toltz

7.   “Twitter is a great place to tell the world what you’re thinking before you’ve had a chance to think about it.” – Chris Pirillo

8.  “To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying or to what is happening in that moment. Be yourself. Be conversational. Be engaged.” – Aliza Sherman

9.  “Social networks aren’t about Web sites. They’re about experiences.” –Mike DiLorenzo

10. “Social Networking that matters is helping people archive their goals. Doing it reliably and repeatability so that over time people have an interest in helping you achieve your goals.” – Seth Godin

11. “Education needs role models who demonstrate that complex problems are solved by cooperative networks of creative & passionate individuals.” – Alec Couros

12. “Quit counting fans, followers and blog subscribers like bottle caps. Think, instead, about what you’re hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you’re doing.” – Amber Naslund

13. “It has never been easier to be as influential as you can be today. Information is cheap. Information is easier to produce. And if you have a quality message, it’s never been cheaper to get out.” – Jordan Raynor

14. "The most dangerous experiment we can conduct with our children is to keep schooling the same at a time when every other aspect of our society is dramatically changing." – Chris Dede, written statement to the PCST panel, 1997

15. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." – Alvin Toffler