Twitter and Lunch

Twitter is the topic of the day as Youngstown State University’s Department of Communication hosts its next Social Media Essentials Brown Bag Lunch workshop noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in the Ohio Room of Kilcawley Center on the YSU campus.

The session is free and open to the public, but reservations should be made to Adam Earnheardt, chair of Communications, at acearnheardt@ysu.edu. A variety of lunch options for individual purchase will be available in Kilcawley Center prior to the sessions.

Guest speaker is Kati Hartwig, coordinator of Social Media and Digital Marketing at YSU. She is a two-time graduate of YSU with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies and a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Communication. Hartwig oversees the university’s social media initiatives on all major platforms, implements the social media guidelines for YSU, mentors the campus community on their social media use, and keeps up-to-date with social media trends in higher education.

Future sessions of the Social Media Essential series include:

• March 26: Facebook Live. Dennis Schiraldi, founder of DOYO Live and a social media instructor at YSU.
• April 30: Snapchat. Ryan McNicholas, assistant director of marketing for fitness and wellness in YSU’s campus recreation program, will present a session on Snapchat.

Each session begins at noon in YSU’s Kilcawley Student Center Ohio Room. Parking is available in the Wick Avenue deck for a nominal fee.