Originally presented in March of 2016 to the students at Suffolk County Community College

1. Digital
How to be a
Leader
#DigitalLeader w/ @PaulGordonBrown

2. outcomes...
1. Describe your digital stamp and make decisions
as to what and how you want to be online.
2. Understand the online space as a context and a
place for community and relationship building.
3. Cultivate a philosophy of openness and
exploration.
4. Identify opportunities and potential for self-
exploration and action using digital and social
media.

4. technologyis
more than
MICROCHIPS

5. technologyis
personal

6. technologyis
integratedinto
ourlives

7. who’steachingus
howtouseit?
BUT

8. who’steachingus
howtomanageit?
BUT

9. who’steachingus
howtotake
advantageofit?
BUT

10. Just because you use social media…
doesn’t mean you know
how to use it
well.

11. this
its about impacting

12. this
and

13. Goethe(not really)

14. Whateveryoucandoor
dreamyoucan,beginit.
Boldnesshasgenius,
powerandmagicinit!

15. social
mediais
powerful

16. Just because you use social media…
doesn’t mean you know
how to use it
well.

18. digital stamp

19. digital footprints
+ digital shadow
+ digital trail
digital stamp

20. digital footprints

21. digital shadow
https://flic.kr/p/mhf2SN

22. digital trail

23. digital footprints
+ digital shadow
+ digital trail
digital stamp

24. FROM THE WOMB!
We even have digital stamps

25. Your Name

29. Your Name
What is the first thing that comes up?
Is it you?
Is it someone else?
What do you want to come up?

30. BE
AWARE!

31. TheInternetIs
Forever

32. Yourparents
willprobably
postan
embarrassing
pictureasa
#TBT.

33. Howmany
ofyouhave
hada
picture
postedof
youthat
youdidn’t
want
posted?

34. Howmany
ofyouhave
posted
something
youwish
youcould
takeback?

35. Mistakesand
embarrassing
photoscan
followus
forever.

36. youcan’t

37. WeWillMake
HowWeHandle
Mistakes
ThemDefinesUs

38. You might
“STEP
IN IT”

40. Ownit.
Apologize.
Layoutstepsto“makeitright”
Followthrough.
Learnfromit.

41. Be flawesome

42. Beyourself.
Don’tletpridegetintheway.
Don’tbesoconcernedyourimage.
Speakyourtruth.

43. PrivacyIs
YourProblem

45. You assume
RESPONSIBILITY!
When it comes to privacy…

46. raiseyour
privacy
settings

47. BUT

48. itlowers
yourpotential
impact

50. PUBLIC
PRIVATE

51. Don’tGetSuckedIn

52. !

54. socialmediadistortsreality

56. IMAGE: CHOMPOO BARITONE

57. IMAGE: CHOMPOO BARITONE

58. IMAGE: CHOMPOO BARITONE

60. Howhaveyouseenthisin
yourselforyourpeers?
Whataretheimplications?

61. think
critically

62. rememberthat
peoplegenerally
onlypostthe
positive

63. making
mistakes
isbetter
than
faking
perfections

64. LookOut
ForOthers

65. Beanupstander.
Notabystander.

68. Howdoyouhave
conversationsabout
commentslikethese
online?

69. Act with kindness
😃

70. Don’t Act out of anger.
😡

71. Don’t Act out of hate.
👿

73. collegesandemployers
arelistening

74. of jobs are landed through
networking and personal
relationships
80%
John Bennett, Assistant professor of behavioral science at the McColl School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte

75. of recruiters use or plan to begin
using social networks/social
media for recruiting
94%
Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2013

76. Use Twitter
55%
Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2013

77. Use Facebook
65%
Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2013

78. Use LinkedIn
94%
Jobvite Social Recruiting Survey 2013

79. http://www.jobvite.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Jobvite_SocialRecruiting_Survey2014.pdf

82. Face-2-Face
BeReplaced
Cannot

83. Maslow’s
Hierarchyof
Needs.

88. BeA
Digital
Change
Agent

89. follow
what’s
#trending

90. #slacktivsim

92. How many of
you have
participated in
an awareness
campaign?

93. Can we
dig
deeper?

95. What are the
causes that
matter to you?

96. digital
compass
your
What’s
?

97. Whateveryoucandoor
dreamyoucan,beginit.
Boldnesshasgenius,
powerandmagicinit!

98. and it all began with a tweet.
TWEET!
TWEET!
TWEET!