Networking and Social Media

Networking with your peers and contributing to the EDUCAUSE 2010 back-channel communication creates a unique, shared community experience. As the online and face-to-face events draw near, we invite you to connect through any of the following methods:

	Contribute to the EDUCAUSE 2010 Twitter backchannel. Tag your tweets with #EDUCAUSE10. Share what you've learned at the conference, or post questions directed toward EDUCAUSE staff. New to Twitter?: The Twitter Guide Book by Mashable, Inc., will get you started. Also, you can follow the general conference conversation and session specific comments by exploring our aggregated Twitter stream.
	Session Discussions—This year we're experimenting with embedded discussion threads in our online conference agenda. (Go to the program page, log in, and select a session. Look for the Comment/Tweet tabs at the bottom of the page.)
	Share your photos on Flickr during the conference. Watch for the official EDUCAUSE 2010 Flickr group to be set up that will allow you to upload and share your images.
	Identify and connect with your peers through the face-to-face conference Affinity Finder. If you're already registered for EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference, log in and use this great networking tool to find colleagues at institutions around the globe that share similar interests and desires for solutions that you do. Connect before, during and after the event. (If you're registered for the online conference, use the online registration list to find colleagues.)
	Blog your thoughts about the conference with the tag EDUCAUSE10. Join the community conversation on the EDUCAUSE website by creating your own profiled blog.

Social Media Participation Guidelines

These participation guidelines are intended to maintain the professional focus and educational value of these conference interactions. The guidelines reflect the wishes of the primary users and help to maintain a respectful atmosphere. Your observance of them will enhance the quality of the experience for all.

• Please be respectful of your speakers and the community as you are posting comments.
• Session discussions are provided to facilitate interaction with your colleagues. Speakers and EDUCAUSE staff will not be regularly monitoring the site.
• Queries and dialogue should be focused on conference content related topics and activities, and conducted in a courteous, professional tone.
• Obscenity or profanity and inflammatory language are not acceptable, nor is the use of the discussion strings to conduct or forward contests, pyramid schemes, or chain letters.
• EDUCAUSE reserves the right to remove inappropriate posts and/or block users who repeatedly violate these guidelines.

Endorsements

Endorsements are acceptable if made in the context of a request for information or sharing of an experience. When the endorsement comes from a representative of a corporate member, any mention of company products or services should be in the context of a reasonable answer to a question posed by another subscriber and should not be blatantly commercial; such postings should include the identifying signature of the person posting the message.

Job Postings

EDUCAUSE maintains a Job Opportunities web resource to which members may post job openings; all interested parties are welcome to browse the listings. Most list participants find job postings to the list intrusive, and we discourage such practice.

Media Representatives

Media representatives are welcome to pose questions and to participate in discussions intended for the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference community. Participation is encouraged using the following guidelines:

• Media professionals may not ask questions or invite separate follow-up to the full string expressly for the purpose of soliciting contributors to pending articles or other editorial content. NOTE: This guideline does not preclude media or corporate representatives from following up directly with individual subscribers who post to a list.
• All postings to a discussion by a media representative should clearly identify the representative's media status and affiliation, i.e., not just through a signature block.
• No posting may be quoted without the explicit consent of the poster. Such consent should be requested individually and may be established with an email to that effect from the author.
• When content is quoted or referred to in an article, or when a story is based in whole or in part on particular discussions, media representatives are requested to note that the source was an EDUCAUSE 2010 discussion thread.

Promotional Messages and Advertising

EDUCAUSE 2010 session discussions and backchannel communications are networking and educational in nature and not intended for promotional announcements, advertising, product-related press releases, or other commercial use. Corporate participants are asked to use the general #EDUCAUSE10 Twitter stream to promote conference activities only. These postings should not be excessive in nature.

Surveys

Informal professional opinion or use surveys are acceptable but should be brief and should encourage off-line responses. In keeping with the open spirit of the discussions, you are encouraged to share a synopsis of any information you gather.

EDUCAUSE Staff Oversight

EDUCAUSE staff will be monitoring the #EDUCAUSE10 Twitter stream; however, individual session discussions will not be regularly monitored by EDUCAUSE or speakers.

Disclaimer

The opinions and comments expressed in any back channel feeds or comments are those of individual subscribers and are not necessarily those of their institutions or companies. EDUCAUSE as an association neither expresses an opinion about nor endorses products or services, and is not responsible for the opinions expressed on any of the communication forums it supports.