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Why School can’t teach you Social Media

I get a lot of questions about learning digital, social, and breaking into the industry. With more universities offering diplomas, certifications, and courses for social and digital media, the questio… more →

The Aspiring Renaissance Man

Why School can't teach you Social Media — 4 comments

Connor Meakin wrote 5 months ago: I get a lot of questions about learning digital, social, and breaking into the industry. With more u … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, networking, Social, Self-Improvement, Social Media, Self-Education, social media education, School, learn social media

Amateur Hour Almost up – What Next?

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: School is starting to wind down. After a brutal week, I managed to get through the last two term pap … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, hootsuite, internship, UBC, Renaissance Man, Amateur Hour, HootSuite, #JustinBieber

Goals, Hustle and Thinking Big — 1 comment

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been doing quite a bit of thinking about goal setting. I remember back in CAPP class, we had to … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, Social, Branding, Self-Improvement, Goal Setting, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, Hustle, (Hard) Work

Connor the Intern — 6 comments

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: Last week, I started interning at HootSuite. For those unfamiliar, HootSuite (Vancouver tech start u … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, networking, Social, twitter, Blogging, hootsuite, meetup, internship, HootSuite

What Seth Rogen Taught me About Networking

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: Throughout social media week, I attended north of 20 events at  places all over Toronto.   I love ex … more →

Tags: networking, Social, social media week, Branding, Self-Improvement, Social Media, Toronto, smwto, Seth Rogen

Social Media Week Toronto: Learning & and Tom-Schmoolery — 1 comment

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: The other day I shared some of the new age self-education options that are out there.  This will be … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, networking, Social, social media week, Branding, Self-Improvement, UBC, Social Media, Toronto

Self-Education is on YOU! — 5 comments

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: The cool thing about self-education is that it is a matter of choice. Everything rests firmly on the … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, networking, Social, Branding, Self-Improvement, Self-Education, TWITTER CHAT, meetup, INTERNET MASTERMINDS

LinkedIn for the Uninformed: Should you link in? — 11 comments

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: This is a 500 word pitch on why you SHOULD get LinkedIn. Don’t be intimidated and don’t … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, Social, LinkedIn, UBC, Social Media, networking, connection

Networking for the Sceptic Introvert: Not easy — 7 comments

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: What follows is my first attempt at networking. Let’s take a peak. A couple weeks ago, I came across … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, networking, Branding, Self-Improvement, Self-Education, self-improvement

Internship Apps: Leveraging Social Media to write a Cover Letter — 3 comments

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: The other day I talked about the transition I am making from amateur athletics to a more career cent … more →

Tags: Social, Branding, twitter, UBC, Social Media, internship, AMS, Cover Letter, quora

Amateur Hour Undergrad to Twitter and Social Media — 3 comments

Connor Meakin wrote 1 year ago: The transition from a full time amateur athlete playing Field Hockey (guys do play field hockey) for … more →

Tags: Renaissance Man, Social, Branding, Self-Improvement, twitter, amateur athlete, Bill Simmons, bachelor of arts, UBC


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