Wish you could jump into the digital conversation by actually using digital and social media? You can. JustPublics@365 is offering free workshops for academics on Wednesday, March 6th, from 10am to 1pm at The Graduate Center, CUNY. These Graduate Center Ph.D. students will be offering workshops to help faculty and graduate students improve their digital skills. Each workshop runs 45 minutes and they are BYOD (bring your own device, or computer).  FREE and open to anyone (photo ID required to enter building).
Twitter 101, the Basics

Get ready to learn all the amazing things you can do with 140 characters. This workshop will introduce you to the practicalities of microblogging (Twitter) and provide you with the familiarity and core knowledge you need to tweet like a pro.  Don’t have a Twitter account set up? No problem—we’ll also provide a hands-on opportunity for participants to create and start using Twitter as part of their digital presence/ personal learning network.  So, bring your questions, and laptop or smartphone!

Wilneida Negrón (@wilneidanegron) is a political science comparativist and technology strategist with over ten years of experience in the nonprofit and public sector.  Her work explores the intersection between technology, governance, democracy, and social justice. Her dissertation takes a look at the relationship between macro-social features of political systems and the political use and effects of digital media in emerging democracies in East Asia and Latin America. She is the author of The Non-Profit Guide to Internet Marketing, a toolkit to help nonprofits launch low-cost but high-impact search engine and social media optimization strategies and works with national and international groups on social justice and program development projects. She is fluent in Spanish and Mandarin and holds a Masters in Public Administration. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Wilneida can be found at wilneida.com.