Your First Post

This week, your post will be a basic introduction to who you are and what your blog will be about - it's your first post, so you can really carve out your niche in this space. While you will have to follow prompts from week to week that relate to course content, I also want this to be a space that you can transform into something bigger than our course.

Photo Courtesy of Michael Lee Stallard: Helping Leaders Create Cultures that Connect

So - introduce yourself. Who are you? That's a loaded question. Unpack it (using as much self-disclosure as you deem fit). Example things to potentially include: Name and where you are in life right now, what you want to do in life, etc. As you went through the process of creating your blog, you made specific decisions in terms of the background, the images, and other things that you selected over something else. Was there a reason for that?

Next - what makes you tick? What interests you? This can potentially be the direction of the blog. It doesn't have to be just one thing either. This is your space. Personalize it.

Your blog post should be a few (short) paragraphs, roughly about a half page single spaced if you were to type it into a Word document. Posts should be up by 5PM Friday.

Carving Out Your Online Identity

By now, all of you should be linked to the course blog roll (which you'll find to the right of your screen if you're on a computer).

What are we going to do with your blogs? Well... each week, you'll post at least once in response to some topic I give you. Most weeks you'll receive the topic to respond to in class on Tuesday, and posts should be up by Friday.

One of the things you should consider is giving your blog its own identity. Much like your own identity, your blogs can take on a specific theme and your posts can fit into that theme. Maybe you want to be inspirational. Maybe you want to think about faith. Maybe you want to think about travel. Or food! Whatever it is, think about what kind of theme you may want to stick to, and try to tailor your posts as much as possible to that as the semester goes on. This way, you'll have the beginnings of your own space in the blogosphere. Who knows where it can take you!

Welcome to COMM 373!

Happy Fall Semester, COMM 373!

Hope you all had a fantastic summer! Welcome [back] to the Mount!

Emmit is excited you're back!

Are you ready for a great semester in COMM 373? I hope you are, because this class is going to be awesome. Check our trusty blog here for all of your updates and needs. If you have any questions, I'm available via email and Twitter (@MCK_PhD).

Let's get to it!