Very interesting, I agree about where it will go and I know the fun and sometimes work of weaving tapestries of people. The power of my personal network and I mean "personal" amazing but I have to be careful not to shoplift from it without stocking the shelves once in a while. Thanks for starting my thinking off this morning.
Luke Harvey-Palmer
· 1 year ago
Chris - great to see you asking this question. With sssssoooooooo many options, it is important to stay focused. To overcome the issue of social network connectivity - I focus on my target audience. For me, this is working professionals and business owners (large audience I know!). I dedicate my energy and tell my target audience about the social media channels that I think they will digest. For example, LinkedIn and Facebook work pretty well for me - but my blog is by FAR the most important channel - as most corporates and small businesses have technology (or business rules!) that permit access to such sites as FaceBook or YouTube! In the futre, as you predict! It will be great to see 'contextual web 3.0 come to life!
Phil Baumann
· 1 year ago
Where should all this go? Well, excellent question, which probably depends a lot on what it's all for.
Right now, social media tools are in an adrenalized (sp?) evolution. And other kinds of technological innovations are rising up the curve as well (think semantic web) to enhance and propel the medium of media.
It would of course be nice to have all of the streams meaningfully aggregated into a single tool (after all Google, so far, has become the primary search engine, so why not a similar case for social media?)
FriendFeed (which should be called ADDFiend) seems to be the kind of unifying "thread" that I think you are getting at (please correct me otherwise). I don't think FF is it right now, but the idea of a conversational thread coupled with the flow of dynamic information in all its forms (text, video, etc.) is probably where the trend is leading.
My close buddies aren't on FF yet (and I think I'd enjoy it more if they were (laggards!)). But for me, as an outsider, I've been able to follow & learn from the brightest in social media & tech, absorbing information at a rate I never thought possible. So FF is an example of how to keep the thread weaving. It just needs to evolve.
You mention being pinged as you walk into a conference. I've wondered how RFID-web (would this be Web 4.0?--3.0 being mobile) coupled with semantic technologies is where the hot stuff is going to happen. I say hot because it offers the possibility of releasing us from the chains of desktop and mobile devices and could get us back to face-to-face social interaction enhanced (and not limited) by hardware.
Sorry, roundabout answer, but I think where all this should reside is in a customizable platform that:
-helps us extract meaning out of information-overlaod (solves the problem of abundance of data versus scarcity of meaning);
-spontaneously links us with the people who either share our interests or who could benefit from establishing a trusting relationship based on their profile;
-provides thread-able conversation that can ping you if that's a conversation you aught to participate in;
Right now, well-crafted blogs can go a long way for most companies to establish the kind of interface that improves customer interaction. Twitter & Facebook are great to use for the (still few) folks using these tools...but I wouldn't rely on Twitter to grow a base (enhance it, yes). That might change if Twitter's adoption hits critical mass.
The trick here is the play around with the current tools, establish good profiles on them, network through them...but: be very aware that all this is in serious flux. A new boy toy is always around the corner, so your strategy has to keep the awareness bulb burning.
Let me know if this helps. These are questions we need to keep working on. Thanks for the thread, Chris.
Liz
· 1 year ago
You sound like a business matchmaker! Thought about entering politics?
Mike
· 1 year ago
Chris,
How do you manage to have a "relationship" or "conversation" with so many people. You are following 8678 people on twitter. What percentage of those people are lurkers? How many contacts would you say you never interact with and what is the value of those contacts?
-M
Jeremiah Owyang
· 1 year ago
Thanks bud...
Shannon Ehlers
· 1 year ago
Hi Chris,
My two cents on "Where should it go?" I like using Lijit to gather my "many faces" because it offers value for me and for the reader/user. They get the excellent search / re-search feature and I get statistical analysis of who/what/where for my efforts. They are always evolving their technology and I think they are young and bold, so should be able to create some really cool new apps. By the way, I think they are close to incorporation of an ad component (which makes me a little nervous).
Other than that, I also think that a separate "about" page on the typical blog would help. Call it "Contacts and Contexts" and make it a definition page of all the different ways we interact across the web and the cloud, listing the means of contact and a brief description of how the content creator uses this particular avenue.
Roger
· 1 year ago
Chris, great post, as always. Thoughtful and erudite. Of course, Google and MS, among others are interested in the "social graph" -- the landscape of how folks are connected through various social media platforms. Charlene Li at Forrester has some interesting thoughts, and I blogged about the tension between consolidation and fragmentation a while back. Your piece offers a useful perspective on this unfolding , evolving technology.
David Mullen
· 1 year ago
In today's post on my blog, I asked if we should keep personal and professional separate when it comes to social networking. The reason I started thinking that way is shared in the post, but I've noticed that some fine folks that I respect - like you, Mack Collier and others - invite professional contacts to friend you on facebook. So I'm wondering if I should reconsider my stance. That's what I'm trying to get insights on through today's post.
And then I skip over to chrisbrogan.com and your post is about completely opening up your social networks. Incredible timing. Thanks for sharing.
Lee Kent
· 1 year ago
Great read Chris! This is a topic that most of us who have found ourselves in this space like to ponder about. I say 'found ourselves' because i was a late comer to the world of social networking when i inadvertently created a social network and had no idea that was what i had done. i thought i was creating a virtual trade show. Now that i have discovered the truth, i have jumped in the deep water and i am treading as fast as i can. i tweet, link, face, bloglog, ff all in an effort to see how and what this all could mean. In my efforts i have found some terrific people, like yourself. :) i never would have known you had i stuck in my small world of retail technology. In this vast and global environment we live in and try to do business in, it seems we are simply looking to create smaller worlds that relate to our various persona's. to connect, to expand our thinking, to improve our businesses, to prove the 6 degrees of separation. for some it's just a numbers game but i'm with you, it's about the people..plain and simple!
JC Cameron
· 1 year ago
Wow, how things have changed. It really wasn't all that long ago that many in the business community throught that this new-fangled email thing wouldn't be all that helpful or useful..and now, we have Instant Messaging, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, text messages, and so many other ways to stay connected.
It is unlikely that the majority of people will do all of this but it will clearly have a huge impact going forward. Even today, many recent college grads who are getting into the workforce today don't consider email to be the best way to communicate with colleagues and friends whereas I would be completely lost without email. Of course, doing a bad job with your social networking can have lasting effects in ways that many in the younger generation are choosing to ignore.
Everything you type on the Internet can come back to haunt you...so you need to find a way to be yourself while at the same time realizing that drunken nights twittering away can be bad for your job prospects. ;)
Richard Cunningham
· 1 year ago
Your post is interesting I've been thinking about adding this type of thing to FriendBinder (http://friendbinder.com).
Currently we allow you to add notes next to a friend (needs a lot more work though) and you can find other networks people are on by just knowing one of theirs (if they are already on FriendBinder)
Richard.
chrisbrogan
· 1 year ago
Mike asked: How do you manage to have a “relationship” or “conversation” with so many people. You are following 8678 people on twitter. What percentage of those people are lurkers? How many contacts would you say you never interact with and what is the value of those contacts?
The answer is that not all those are relationships as much as they are information exchanges. I don't read all 8,000+ peoples output in a given day. Instead, it's a stream where I dip in, pay attention, have conversations, and communicate where I can.
FROM those almost 9000 contacts, I have meaningful conversations on other platforms, like phone, email, blog comments, etc.
When people question how I can follow that many people, it's because they presume I intend to read every tweet. I follow back the people who choose to follow me, because it's respectful, because it means that person can direct message me, because it's yet another way to catch an interesting conversation in my stream.
Am I best friends forever with all 9000? Nope. Will I ever be? No. But then, I never said that Twitter was a way to build lasting and deep relationships. It's a tool.
Kate Brodock
· 1 year ago
Chris, you've managed to greatly expand on something I wrote about a few days ago about organizing your online life...(http://tinyurl.com/66l6pc), which is to connect your social networks as much as possible to increase its effectiveness. You've added a very insightful expansion and addition on why this is so important... and so, I concur!
cheddarfix (a.k.a) Zach
· 1 year ago
I would just like to say one thing.
Chris Brogan your blog kicks ass!!!!
Keep it up!
Richard Dale-Mesaros
· 1 year ago
Funny thing about social networking online: it's no different than the real live version which means selflessly 'paying it forward' and offering help/connections to people without any expected reward in return. Too often we're approached by someone purporting to be doing us a huge favor, when in reality there's some hidden agenda, that thing they need from you in return. To be a networking madman, you need to have integrity and go a loooonng way to help people out, without that element of expectancy. We're only on this earth for a finite period - let's leave it a better place through creating a culture of helping people!
I am convinced that in the not so distant future we the people will be enabled to design our own "social portal" which can be integrated with any other social portal. As Doc Searls moves VRM forward the walls that exist today will come donw and the web will become much more productive.
Additionally, our government is already using "smart agent" technologies that cuts through all the different codes and protocols enabling the collection and organization of information, people, content, activity, from anywhere and everythere. In essence the "ultimate social portal power" is already working but yet to be released for commercial or personal use.
While the major social networking and social media portals will have a role the individual portals will become more of the utility of choice and that utility will cut across mobile, television broadcasting and on line activities. It will be a new and very productive world with dynamics that create brand new markets centric to relationships.
That is my take and we're likely to see it unravel within the next 48 months if we the people get our way.
What say you?
Jay Deragon
· 1 year ago
As an adjunct to this discussion thread I posted two related threads this morning. Chris, it is amazing when you find minds thinking about related issues and posting about those issues from different yet connected perspectives.
Feedback and commentary very much welcome, I love learning from "we the people"
Richard Dale-Mesaros
· 1 year ago
Response to Jay from above:
Wasn't sure if you were aware of them Jay, but the girls from www.Mego.com (Ariel and Julia) have been hunkering down to develop a 'portable social network profile' - you fill out your profile once and it fits in all social networks, is the idea. Hopefully they'll become the household name in this arena; we're working with them to integrate it into our network as soon as they have it polished up....
I will be posting your post on my Fb profile so my peeps can derive the value you deliver!
Ari Herzog
· 1 year ago
Chris, why do you feel the need for people in your Facebook or LinkedIn profiles to be in both, but also to follow your blog, interact with you on Digg, Stumbleupon, and Twitter? By engaging the same people in all of the above, where is the unique if everything is the same?
Penelope Trunk recently blogged about the many social media sites and how it's silly to connect with the same people about the same topics on all of them.
It’s clear to me that blogging is best for expressing big ideas. If you can’t convey new ideas on your blog, then you probably won’t get a lot of traffic. And most blogs that do well have a single theme and the audience can depend on the theme dictating the content of the blog. But Twitter is not good for fleshed-out ideas. I see people using Twitter for a lot of stuff, but not for fleshed-out ideas. And Flickr is good for expressing passion. Way better than, say, Twitter.
It’s acceptable to have different places in your life for different aspects of your personality. So don’t flatten yourself by presenting only perfect consistency across Twitter and LinkedIn and blogs and Facebook.
Muthu
· 1 year ago
Very informative and useful. Thanks a lot.
Givissioscods
· 1 year ago
A short bio on NY Institute of Technology, CA College of the Arts, and D.S.U
The New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology is a exclusive academicly centered college of higher learning. Founded in 1955, the institute enrolls 10,000 students at its multiple campus centers. The institute is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Specific program recognition include: The NAAB, Foundation for Interior Design Education Research, American Culinary Federation Educational Institute, and a number of others. The College offers student freshmen professionally-oriented programs leading the path to to A.S., B.S., and M.A. degrees.
California College of the Arts
Created to encourage research studies, the CCA offers a procedural approach to collaborative education, approaching pupils in a broad range of fields in fine arts, operations, journalism, and Literature Studies.
With an college population of around 1,470, the organization demonstrates state of the art resources and facilities in a international, hands-on university environment. Pupils are taught from a learned staff of renowned practitioners in defined tutorials, with an node of 33 per class. Staff advisors, established in assisting applicants in focusing their college experience, are part of a rounded fist-year study.
Drake State University
Drake State University was formed through the stratigic combination of community private efforts. A multi-centered, multinational focus is an important area of all degree programs at Drake State University. Founded to engage academic enrichment and advancement, central to the mission of Drake is its exceptioinal ability to accommodate a great many of styles of learning through professional assessment, collaborative experience and on-line focus. Throughout its network you will discover a learning structure that is alive with leading edge curriculums, educational programs and professional enrichment programs. DSU encourages the value of one on one relationships that are very often built amongst the students and faculty. As a result, a good number of students deploy the most proficient programs of study that enables them to realize the mantra of a Drake credential to propel them toward their professional priorities.
Drake State University is controled by a notable consortium of Directors, each of whom possess a special area of expertise which helps foster the academic charter and growth of the college. In a often competitive career market, DSU has grown to enable the success of a growing number of students and applicants across a collection of areas of expertise. Its pupils have experienced subsequent advancement in the workforce, strengthening its reputation in the professional world.
LalLoameonecy
· 1 year ago
Acquiring easy College Credits with the CLEP
So what is the College Level Examination Program (CLEP)? it's a comprehensive program by the College Board which can allow students to get college credit at many major universities including Yale and University of New York. There are a number of exams in dozens of subjects including Fire Management and Quality Assurance.
Having taken a number of the examinations for myself, I can attest to their validity as a great program to get very cheap credits. Read a textbook on the subject; I myself read a text on Philosophy. The next step is to register for a proctored examination through a testing center. Check the College Board website to search for test centers in your area. Depending on the area you live in there might be up to a dozen various examination centers. Each exam costs around $55 but there is often an additional charge imposed by the test center which can vary in price.
At the test center, you will have to check in with the program supervisor. You will be led into a room with terminals which run special software. The examinations are all done on computer and offer participants great flexibility in taking the test. One can go back to questions, mark them to look over, skip questions, see the number of questions one has left or any number of other operations. The program also make available a calculator should you be taking a math test.
One of the leading colleges which accepts CLEP credits is Drake State University. Drake State University is a private institute in Rockford, Illinois which offers a variety of associates, bachelors, and masters college programs -- specializing in Business Administration, Professional Development, Public Relations, Human Relations, and a number of other majors in the arts and sciences. Prior Learning Assessment degree programs are also available. Drake's flexible schedule of lecture and online courses is specialized for working adults. Drake State University is known as one of the most respected, specialized, and prestigious universities in the nation.
So, what reason do you have to take it? If you are a senior trying to finish up degree requirements, if you are knowledgeable in your field of study and would like recognition for it, or if you simply want to bypass the absurd costs imposed by colleges then CLEP is for you. It is very cheap, usually $55 for the exam and an admin fee that is almost always under $25. It is a great way to earn college credit based on what you already know without sitting through an college course for a semester. If you take chemistry in High School, for instance, there is no corresponding AP, but for college credit, consider taking the CLEP. It's one day of your life and only an hour and a half long. In addition, you will find out if you pass immediately. Typically a score of 50 is usually good enough for credit for most colleges. You should check with your college for more information.
Givissioscods
· 1 year ago
A short biography on N.Y.I.T., CA College of the Arts, and Drake
New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology is a exclusive multi-paced institution of higher learning. Founded in 1960, the college holds Over 9,000 students at its two campus centers. The NYIT is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Specific program accreditations include: National Architectural Accrediting Board, Foundation for Interior Design Education Research, American Culinary Federation Educational Institute, and a number of others. The College offers applicant freshmen academically-oriented programs leading the path to to A.A.S, B.A., and M.B.A programs.
California Arts College
Created to promote portfolio review, the California College of the Arts (CCA) offers a comprehensive approach to collaborative academic, training pupils in a finctional range of studies in fine arts, management, advertising, and Art History.
With an university population of about 1,550, the institute promotes state-of-the-art resources and organizations in a international, collaborative close-knit environment. Students learn from an established group of collaborative lecturers in structured lectures, with an mode of 33 per course. Staff assessors, trained in allowing students in creating their university experience, are part of a thorough fist-year study.
Drake State University of Rockford, Illinois
Drake State University was originally founded through a stratigic combination of community national efforts. A multicultural, collaborating focus is an important area of many degree programs at Drake State University. Founded to engage academic enrichment and advancement, central to the ideals of Drake is its unique capability to accommodate all styles of appraisal through PLA review, collaborative study and on-line focus. Throughout its community students will explore a learning structure that is lively with state-of-the art technology, professional innovation and personal enrichment tools. Drake emphasizes the value of one-to-one relationships that are often construed amongst students and faculty. As a direct result, many students discover the perfect programs whch enables them to enable the dream of a Drake diplome to excel them toward their life's goals.
DSU is operated by a notable array of Directors, each of whom possess a specialized field of expertise which helps guide the community oriented charter and flourishing of the organization. In a very competitive work market, Drake has dedicated itself to enable the seeing of a rapidly growing number of students across a number of areas of expertise. Its students have seen subsequent accomplishment in the working world, strengthening its reputation in industry.
All Comments
Right now, social media tools are in an adrenalized (sp?) evolution. And other kinds of technological innovations are rising up the curve as well (think semantic web) to enhance and propel the medium of media.
It would of course be nice to have all of the streams meaningfully aggregated into a single tool (after all Google, so far, has become the primary search engine, so why not a similar case for social media?)
FriendFeed (which should be called ADDFiend) seems to be the kind of unifying "thread" that I think you are getting at (please correct me otherwise). I don't think FF is it right now, but the idea of a conversational thread coupled with the flow of dynamic information in all its forms (text, video, etc.) is probably where the trend is leading.
My close buddies aren't on FF yet (and I think I'd enjoy it more if they were (laggards!)). But for me, as an outsider, I've been able to follow & learn from the brightest in social media & tech, absorbing information at a rate I never thought possible. So FF is an example of how to keep the thread weaving. It just needs to evolve.
You mention being pinged as you walk into a conference. I've wondered how RFID-web (would this be Web 4.0?--3.0 being mobile) coupled with semantic technologies is where the hot stuff is going to happen. I say hot because it offers the possibility of releasing us from the chains of desktop and mobile devices and could get us back to face-to-face social interaction enhanced (and not limited) by hardware.
Sorry, roundabout answer, but I think where all this should reside is in a customizable platform that:
-helps us extract meaning out of information-overlaod (solves the problem of abundance of data versus scarcity of meaning);
-spontaneously links us with the people who either share our interests or who could benefit from establishing a trusting relationship based on their profile;
-provides thread-able conversation that can ping you if that's a conversation you aught to participate in;
Right now, well-crafted blogs can go a long way for most companies to establish the kind of interface that improves customer interaction. Twitter & Facebook are great to use for the (still few) folks using these tools...but I wouldn't rely on Twitter to grow a base (enhance it, yes). That might change if Twitter's adoption hits critical mass.
The trick here is the play around with the current tools, establish good profiles on them, network through them...but: be very aware that all this is in serious flux. A new boy toy is always around the corner, so your strategy has to keep the awareness bulb burning.
Let me know if this helps. These are questions we need to keep working on. Thanks for the thread, Chris.
How do you manage to have a "relationship" or "conversation" with so many people. You are following 8678 people on twitter. What percentage of those people are lurkers? How many contacts would you say you never interact with and what is the value of those contacts?
-M
My two cents on "Where should it go?"
I like using Lijit to gather my "many faces" because it offers value for me and for the reader/user. They get the excellent search / re-search feature and I get statistical analysis of who/what/where for my efforts. They are always evolving their technology and I think they are young and bold, so should be able to create some really cool new apps. By the way, I think they are close to incorporation of an ad component (which makes me a little nervous).
Other than that, I also think that a separate "about" page on the typical blog would help. Call it "Contacts and Contexts" and make it a definition page of all the different ways we interact across the web and the cloud, listing the means of contact and a brief description of how the content creator uses this particular avenue.
And then I skip over to chrisbrogan.com and your post is about completely opening up your social networks. Incredible timing. Thanks for sharing.
It is unlikely that the majority of people will do all of this but it will clearly have a huge impact going forward. Even today, many recent college grads who are getting into the workforce today don't consider email to be the best way to communicate with colleagues and friends whereas I would be completely lost without email. Of course, doing a bad job with your social networking can have lasting effects in ways that many in the younger generation are choosing to ignore.
Everything you type on the Internet can come back to haunt you...so you need to find a way to be yourself while at the same time realizing that drunken nights twittering away can be bad for your job prospects. ;)
Currently we allow you to add notes next to a friend (needs a lot more work though) and you can find other networks people are on by just knowing one of theirs (if they are already on FriendBinder)
Richard.
How do you manage to have a “relationship” or “conversation” with so many people. You are following 8678 people on twitter. What percentage of those people are lurkers? How many contacts would you say you never interact with and what is the value of those contacts?
The answer is that not all those are relationships as much as they are information exchanges. I don't read all 8,000+ peoples output in a given day. Instead, it's a stream where I dip in, pay attention, have conversations, and communicate where I can.
FROM those almost 9000 contacts, I have meaningful conversations on other platforms, like phone, email, blog comments, etc.
When people question how I can follow that many people, it's because they presume I intend to read every tweet. I follow back the people who choose to follow me, because it's respectful, because it means that person can direct message me, because it's yet another way to catch an interesting conversation in my stream.
Am I best friends forever with all 9000? Nope. Will I ever be? No. But then, I never said that Twitter was a way to build lasting and deep relationships. It's a tool.
Chris Brogan your blog kicks ass!!!!
Keep it up!
Yours with boundless enthusiasm,
Richard :)
Chief Deal Weaver
www.BlackWidowNetwork.com
Additionally, our government is already using "smart agent" technologies that cuts through all the different codes and protocols enabling the collection and organization of information, people, content, activity, from anywhere and everythere. In essence the "ultimate social portal power" is already working but yet to be released for commercial or personal use.
While the major social networking and social media portals will have a role the individual portals will become more of the utility of choice and that utility will cut across mobile, television broadcasting and on line activities. It will be a new and very productive world with dynamics that create brand new markets centric to relationships.
That is my take and we're likely to see it unravel within the next 48 months if we the people get our way.
What say you?
How do you rank? here http://www.relationship-economy.com/?p=1106
And Do Numbers Create Relationships? here http://linktosocialutions.com/?p=89
Feedback and commentary very much welcome, I love learning from "we the people"
Wasn't sure if you were aware of them Jay, but the girls from www.Mego.com (Ariel and Julia) have been hunkering down to develop a 'portable social network profile' - you fill out your profile once and it fits in all social networks, is the idea. Hopefully they'll become the household name in this arena; we're working with them to integrate it into our network as soon as they have it polished up....
Thanks for your insights,
Richard :)
Chief Deal Weaver
www.BlackWidowNetwork.com
Penelope Trunk recently blogged about the many social media sites and how it's silly to connect with the same people about the same topics on all of them.
It’s clear to me that blogging is best for expressing big ideas. If you can’t convey new ideas on your blog, then you probably won’t get a lot of traffic. And most blogs that do well have a single theme and the audience can depend on the theme dictating the content of the blog. But Twitter is not good for fleshed-out ideas. I see people using Twitter for a lot of stuff, but not for fleshed-out ideas. And Flickr is good for expressing passion. Way better than, say, Twitter.
It’s acceptable to have different places in your life for different aspects of your personality. So don’t flatten yourself by presenting only perfect consistency across Twitter and LinkedIn and blogs and Facebook.
The New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology is a exclusive academicly centered college of higher learning. Founded in 1955, the institute enrolls 10,000 students at its multiple campus centers. The institute is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Specific program recognition include: The NAAB, Foundation for Interior Design Education Research, American Culinary Federation Educational Institute, and a number of others. The College offers student freshmen professionally-oriented programs leading the path to to A.S., B.S., and M.A. degrees.
California College of the Arts
Created to encourage research studies, the CCA offers a procedural approach to collaborative education, approaching pupils in a broad range of fields in fine arts, operations, journalism, and Literature Studies.
With an college population of around 1,470, the organization demonstrates state of the art resources and facilities in a international, hands-on university environment. Pupils are taught from a learned staff of renowned practitioners in defined tutorials, with an node of 33 per class. Staff advisors, established in assisting applicants in focusing their college experience, are part of a rounded fist-year study.
Drake State University
Drake State University was formed through the stratigic combination of community private efforts. A multi-centered, multinational focus is an important area of all degree programs at Drake State University. Founded to engage academic enrichment and advancement, central to the mission of Drake is its exceptioinal ability to accommodate a great many of styles of learning through professional assessment, collaborative experience and on-line focus. Throughout its network you will discover a learning structure that is alive with leading edge curriculums, educational programs and professional enrichment programs. DSU encourages the value of one on one relationships that are very often built amongst the students and faculty. As a result, a good number of students deploy the most proficient programs of study that enables them to realize the mantra of a Drake credential to propel them toward their professional priorities.
Drake State University is controled by a notable consortium of Directors, each of whom possess a special area of expertise which helps foster the academic charter and growth of the college. In a often competitive career market, DSU has grown to enable the success of a growing number of students and applicants across a collection of areas of expertise. Its pupils have experienced subsequent advancement in the workforce, strengthening its reputation in the professional world.
So what is the College Level Examination Program (CLEP)? it's a comprehensive program by the College Board which can allow students to get college credit at many major universities including Yale and University of New York. There are a number of exams in dozens of subjects including Fire Management and Quality Assurance.
Having taken a number of the examinations for myself, I can attest to their validity as a great program to get very cheap credits. Read a textbook on the subject; I myself read a text on Philosophy. The next step is to register for a proctored examination through a testing center. Check the College Board website to search for test centers in your area. Depending on the area you live in there might be up to a dozen various examination centers. Each exam costs around $55 but there is often an additional charge imposed by the test center which can vary in price.
At the test center, you will have to check in with the program supervisor. You will be led into a room with terminals which run special software. The examinations are all done on computer and offer participants great flexibility in taking the test. One can go back to questions, mark them to look over, skip questions, see the number of questions one has left or any number of other operations. The program also make available a calculator should you be taking a math test.
One of the leading colleges which accepts CLEP credits is Drake State University. Drake State University is a private institute in Rockford, Illinois which offers a variety of associates, bachelors, and masters college programs -- specializing in Business Administration, Professional Development, Public Relations, Human Relations, and a number of other majors in the arts and sciences. Prior Learning Assessment degree programs are also available. Drake's flexible schedule of lecture and online courses is specialized for working adults. Drake State University is known as one of the most respected, specialized, and prestigious universities in the nation.
So, what reason do you have to take it? If you are a senior trying to finish up degree requirements, if you are knowledgeable in your field of study and would like recognition for it, or if you simply want to bypass the absurd costs imposed by colleges then CLEP is for you. It is very cheap, usually $55 for the exam and an admin fee that is almost always under $25. It is a great way to earn college credit based on what you already know without sitting through an college course for a semester. If you take chemistry in High School, for instance, there is no corresponding AP, but for college credit, consider taking the CLEP. It's one day of your life and only an hour and a half long. In addition, you will find out if you pass immediately. Typically a score of 50 is usually good enough for credit for most colleges. You should check with your college for more information.
New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology is a exclusive multi-paced institution of higher learning. Founded in 1960, the college holds Over 9,000 students at its two campus centers. The NYIT is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Specific program accreditations include: National Architectural Accrediting Board, Foundation for Interior Design Education Research, American Culinary Federation Educational Institute, and a number of others. The College offers applicant freshmen academically-oriented programs leading the path to to A.A.S, B.A., and M.B.A programs.
California Arts College
Created to promote portfolio review, the California College of the Arts (CCA) offers a comprehensive approach to collaborative academic, training pupils in a finctional range of studies in fine arts, management, advertising, and Art History.
With an university population of about 1,550, the institute promotes state-of-the-art resources and organizations in a international, collaborative close-knit environment. Students learn from an established group of collaborative lecturers in structured lectures, with an mode of 33 per course. Staff assessors, trained in allowing students in creating their university experience, are part of a thorough fist-year study.
Drake State University of Rockford, Illinois
Drake State University was originally founded through a stratigic combination of community national efforts. A multicultural, collaborating focus is an important area of many degree programs at Drake State University. Founded to engage academic enrichment and advancement, central to the ideals of Drake is its unique capability to accommodate all styles of appraisal through PLA review, collaborative study and on-line focus. Throughout its community students will explore a learning structure that is lively with state-of-the art technology, professional innovation and personal enrichment tools. Drake emphasizes the value of one-to-one relationships that are often construed amongst students and faculty. As a direct result, many students discover the perfect programs whch enables them to enable the dream of a Drake diplome to excel them toward their life's goals.
DSU is operated by a notable array of Directors, each of whom possess a specialized field of expertise which helps guide the community oriented charter and flourishing of the organization. In a very competitive work market, Drake has dedicated itself to enable the seeing of a rapidly growing number of students across a number of areas of expertise. Its students have seen subsequent accomplishment in the working world, strengthening its reputation in industry.