Select+CT Podcast

Episode 2 - University to Career

Host: David DesRoches, Quinnipiac University
Guests: Todd Barnes, Sacred Heart University / Wayne Edwards, University of New Haven
"Select+CT" is a Digital Media Connecticut (DMCT) podcast series dedicated to Connecticut's Digital Media industry! 
Should you work harder than what your degree requires? Always. However, that’s much easier said than done..
A degree acts as an access key into the world of your studies, it’s up to you to use that access to your advantage. Todd Barnes & Wayne Edwards -both educators at Universities located in CT- unravel why it is so important to develop skills outside of your degree in order to succeed outside of the classroom. 
Todd & Wayne’s takes on transferring out of the classroom and into the workforce:
Roles and responsibilities are becoming more combined. Students need to have larger skill sets to succeed.
You must make connections with those who are in high positions, positions in the field you’re studying to dive into and learn from them.
You must work harder than what your degree requires. 
If you’d like to gain insight on how you can use your university to its fullest potential, tune in to Select + CT’s second podcast episode: University to Career, hosted by David DesRoches.

Episode 1 - Activism through Social Media

Host: David DesRoches, Quinnipiac University
Guests: Mercy Quaye, The Narrative Project / Susan Katz, University of Bridgeport
"Select+CT" is a Digital Media Connecticut (DMCT) podcast series dedicated to Connecticut's Digital Media industry! 
Ever wondered why certain companies are more successful at campaigning than others? Or maybe why the posts rooted in activism made by your peers seem to be earning more numbers? The answer lies somewhere in strategy, strategies you can learn more about in the very first episode of the Select + CT podcast. 
For example, with all the seemingly automated and robotic messaging we receive through advertisements and social media, a human touch to this kind of messaging can significantly increase the chances of whether or not that nagging ad seems clickable..
David DesRoches interviewed Mercy Quaye: Columnist and Community Editorial Board Member, and Susan Katz: Professor at the University of Bridgeport, who both shed light on the benefits of using social media to spread awareness on subjects like Black Lives Matter.
“What we’ve seen over the last 6 years of Black Lives Matter being established as a formal organization is a great shift from who’s doing the storytelling.” – Mercy Quaye
Susan & Mercy’s findings on the usage of social media for activism:
Using digital platforms to convey a message to the general public has both positive and negative outcomes
Advertising comes in many forms, one of which can be promoting nothing at all.
You can even do better for your brand by letting others speak on injustices, as it shows you are willing to let people other than yourself be in the spotlight.