Week 1

- Sign up for and install del.icio.us at http://del.icio.us. del.icio.us will help you remember and share useful links on the web. It will also be where I will add weekly readers that you should keep track of.

You can find those links here http://del.icio.us/ceonyc/fordhamclass and subscribe to them by RSS by pasting this link into your RSS reader:

http://del.icio.us/rss/ceonyc/fordhamclass

See the Help section for help: http://del.icio.us/help/getstarted

When you have mastered the art of tagging links, please tag something using the tag for:ceonyc and leave your name or initials in the notes so I know who you are.

- Sign up for and get to know a free RSS reader. Choose one of the following:

http://www.google.com/reader

http://www.bloglines.com

http://www.newsgator.com

What can you put in an RSS reader?

Besides blogs, how about...

A Google News search on Fordham

Link: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=fordham+university&btnG=Search+News

RSS feed: (To be cut and pasted into your reader) http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=fordham+university&ie=UTF-8&output=rss

An Indeed search for Marketing Internships (Indeed searches for every job on the web, including Monster, Careerbuilder, Craigslist, etc)

Link: http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=marketing+internships&l=new+york%2C+ny

RSS feed: http://rss.indeed.com/rss?q=marketing+internships&l=new+york%2C+ny&radius=25

Week 2

Add at least 5 blogs to your RSS reader that are relevent to your career interests. Post them here.

Week 3

- Upload your profile to Linkedin (www.linkedin.com) and add contacts according to the following posts:

http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/2006/12/getting_started.html

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html

- Pick out one paper from here: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/08/19/research_on_soc.html Read it, and summarize, for yourself, the point of the paper. Be prepared to talk about one or two interesting points and something you disagreed with. A handful of people will be called in class to discuss.

Week 4

Contact at least 3 bloggers that you read, introduce yourself, explain your class, and ask them for some tips on starting a blog as a student and recommended readings. Post your findings for the class here: BloggingTips

Week 5

Read the tips provided by bloggers: BloggingTips

Create a Blogspot blog at www.blogger.com. Include a creative, but professional, title, as well as an about me section, even if it does not have your name.

You are required to do at least three posts over the next two weeks.

1st Post: (2-3 Paragraphs) On one of the following topics:

- Things that you have learned or that have surprised you about blogging...something positive

- Your apprehentions about blogging

- Your general career path and where you'd like to go in 1, 5, and 10 years.

2nd Post: (At least one paragraph)

- Link to a blogger and quote something that they wrote that you found interesting.

3rd Post: Link to a fellow classmate and comment on something about one of their blog posts.

You are welcome to post more, but please keep the following in mind:

- Stay positive.

- Stay professional.

- Make sure your blogging does not violate any regulations set out by any jobs you might have.

Week 6

Write two (2) blog posts:

- One about your own personal experience, or that of your peer group, with digital music.

- One comment about any of the readers or another blog post you find about digital music.

Week 7

Write two (2) blog posts:

- About the idea of starting your own company... Could you do it? Any ideas? Your perspective on entrepreneurship in Fordham and NYC.

- Free post... your topic.