NDSU Agriculture and University Extension

The Winnowing Oar sustagchat agriculture social foodchat media twitter youtube payn-knoper food networking agchat | Social Media | Wednesday June 17, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

On the third Tuesday of each month, #agchat ( http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23agchat ), the Twitter-based conversation of agriculture issues founded by Michele Payn-Knoper ( http://twitter.com/mpaynknoper ) , broadens its focus to to become #foodchat (...

The Winnowing Oar social web ag google cms training media twitter | CMS | Tuesday June 02, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

June will be a busy month for technology training. There are a number of sessions, both face-to-face and online, available to faculty and staff in Agriculture and University Extension. This month's training will focus on the new Ag Content Management...

The Winnowing Oar twitter networking social facebook demographics traffic web | Social Media | Tuesday April 14, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Last week, Facebook announced that it had reached 200 million active users (" Facebook Hits 200 Million Users ," MediaPost News, April 8, 2009) . The rate of Facebook growth is even more amazing than the number of total users. Facebook had 100...

The Winnowing Oar web twitter networking news information social | Social Media | Thursday April 09, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Here are 3 reasons you should be using Twitter ( www.twitter.com ). Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that allows the posting and sharing of information 140 characters at a time. If you do decide to get a Twitter account, please follow me on Twitter at ...

The Winnowing Oar agriculture networking social twitter farming media agchat tweetchat conversation | Social Media | Wednesday April 08, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Last night, I joined a number of producers, media and professionals for the inaugural Agchat. Michelle Payn-Knoper (@mpaynknoper on Twitter) has organized Agchat as a "weekly conversation for folks involved in the business of growing food, fuel, feed...

The Winnowing Oar hard eat nutrition facebook food feed video smart web social play exercise youtube mp3 networks | Social Media | Tuesday March 03, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

A little less than two weeks ago, NDSU Extension Service Food and Nutrition Specialist Julie Garden-Robinson asked for ideas on new ways to "push" people toward the "Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together" web site ( http://www.ndsu.edu/eatsmart )....

The Winnowing Oar web presentations download slideshare view screencast social powerpoint embed community sharing | Social Media | Wednesday February 18, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Are you interested in getting more impact out of those PowerPoint presentations you spent hours preparing? You can extend the reach of your presentations beyond the conference room or classroom by using Slideshare ( www.slideshare.net ). Slideshare is a...

The Winnowing Oar conference second social web life morrill media island technology collaborative ndsu eduisland extension | Ed Tech | Wednesday February 04, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Earlier this week, I had the privilege of meeting with a group of NDSU faculty, staff, and students interested in the use of collaborative technologies on our campus. David Saxowsky invited me to attend a meeting of the NDSU Collaborative Technology Think...

The Winnowing Oar interconnected facebook networks gold feed media friend social harry | Social Media | Wednesday January 28, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

I recently had the opportunity to attend the webinar, "Social Media Is About Socializing", presented by Harry Gold of Overdrive Interactive. There were a number of things in Mr. Gold's presentation that I took note of, but one of his most resonant...

The Winnowing Oar media hudson social news twitter | Social Media | Friday January 16, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch

Twitter , a free social networking and micro-blogging site, demonstrated its emerging role in breaking news yesterday (1/15/2009) when US Airways Flight 1549 crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York City.   Within minutes of the crash Twitter...