Max Morgan came to Galway Central School District on Wednesday, September 26th, to meet with Mr. Swain’s e-commerce and Mrs. Decker’s journalism classes.  Max attends SUNY Albany and he works for the State University of New York.   He assists with the dissemination of information for the State University of New York.  He talked about how and why businesses and organizations need to take advantage of social media   He expressed how important it can be for a business to make use of Facebook to gain more attention.  He said businesses that choose to use Facebook need to maintain their pages, reading what is posted and writing on the wall periodically as well.  Max had said that you want people coming from all angles to your business and Facebook is a great way to attract many people.  Max also showed us how some companies and businesses use Twitter for daily blogs and upcoming news.  He emphasized that businesses need to use social media to develop their influence and accomplish their mission, not just blog about random stuff.  He stressed that organization is everything.

Max encouraged all students present to have an active Facebook and personal Twitter account.  The key to understanding and learning how to use Facebook and Twitter is to just experiment with them.

Max shared a lot of good information and because he knew his topic and how to communicate with a group of high school students (providing us relevant, sometimes humorous examples and handling questions), he was very easy to listen to.