In this special three-part episode, LDS Perspectives gifts us a social media tool box.
LDS Perspectives Podcasters Stephanie Sorenson and Nick Galieti sat down with social media experts Michelle Linford, DaNae Handy, and Greg Trimble, to discuss how to maximize our interactions in the age of instant communication.
Michelle Linford is Executive Director of EPIK Deliberate Digital, a collaborative nonprofit focused on changing the culture related to kids and technology, encouraging a mindset where adults and children/youth work together to deliberately use technology for good.
Like many modern parents, Michelle feels responsible for helping her children stay safe and healthy in a digital world. She has volunteered for years in the pornography prevention space, so she is keenly aware of the very real dangers and concerns parents have. Her work at EPIK has also helped her understand that technology is a gift from God. It’s how and why we use it that matters. So she’s trying to create a #UseTech4Good culture.
DeNae Handy is an instructor of social media marketing and personal branding at LDS
Business College and has a background in music and music education. DeNae has been a columnist for Meridian Magazine and has essays in various book compilations.
Ms. Handy speaks to what our online presence reflects about our personal “brand.” Online forums are not insular; what we say and how we interact in one venue will bleed through to how we are seen through different digital “eyes.” Professor Handy talks about using good branding practices in every digital communication to maintain a consistent online presence.
Greg Trimble is an entrepreneur, member missionary, father, blogger, and digital marketer, and founder of an internet marketing agency in Southern California. He is a featured contributor to LDS Living, Deseret News, FamilyShare, other online publications. Greg has been interviewed by Fox 13 News in Salt Lake City, KSL, and BYU, and has spoken at firesides and conferences in Southern California, Utah, Australia, and Massachusetts.
Greg shares his experience jumping head-first into the deep-end of the blogosphere on March 10, 2014, when he created a blog and put out his first post. Since that time, he has had over 7 million page views.
Greg shares practical tools for those wanting to maximize their impact as a digital missionary and the reach of their personal blogs.
