Annual Social Media Summit – Fort Worth, TX (Each April)
To register for the summit, visit – Texas Social Media and Rural Communication Conference Registration
14th Annual Social Media Conference (Online)
April 2024
1:45 pm – User Experience and Artificial Intelligence (UX and AI) (Ms. Alba Zarate and Ms. Amber Taylor)
2:10 pm – AI and Small Business (Mr. Bill Leaverton and Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards)
2:40 pm – AI and the Humanities/Ethics – (Dr. Katrina Hinson, Mr. Chris Ireland, Dr. Edwards and Karl Aho)
3:05 pm – Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) Presentation (Mr. Mark Mazuera and Mr. Daniel Andreev)
4:00 pm – Undergraduate/Graduate Student/Industry Panel About the Future of Work with AI ( Ms. Renata Maron)
Results – 60 Attendees
Artificial Intelligence – Digital Innovation Summit/Texas Social Media Summit 13th Annual Social Media Conference
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at Tarleton Fort Worth Campus
Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Texas-State Roundtable Discussion (Business, Education, Health, and Jobs)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Demonstrations & AI Talk – “How Churches Are Preparing Their Members for AI”
”AI Creation” Competition – Participants will utilize an AI tool to create social media images and posts.
Results – 45 Attendees
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 – Dick Smith Library at Tarleton State University
Agenda:
Noon – U.S Copyright Office Presentation – “Meet the Copyright Office/Copyrig Basics”
1:00 pm – Training Session/Interaction: Lucid Spark, Google Gemini, Pi AI, Claud, Canva Magic (Ms. CareyLyn Ryan)
1:45 pm – User Experience and Artificial Intelligence (UX and AI) (Ms. Alba Zarate and Ms. Amber Taylor)
2:10 pm – AI and Small Business (Mr. Bill Leaverton and Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards)
2:40 pm – AI and the Humanities/Ethics – (Dr. Katrina Hinson, Mr. Chris Ireland, Dr. Edwards and Karl Aho)
3:05 pm – Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) Presentation (Mr. Mark Mazuera and Mr. Daniel Andreev)
4:00 pm – Undergraduate/Graduate Student/Industry Panel About the Future of Work with AI ( Ms. Renata Maron)
Results – 60 Attendees
12th Annual Social Media Summit – Fort Worth, TX (April 2022)
Here’s last year’s schedule: Here’s the Summit Schedule
9:30 am – Opening Session
10:00 am –
Rural Track: COVID-19 Outreach – Innovative Health Outreach in Rural Areas
Social Media Track: When Social Media Meets Higher Ed Classrooms
Interactive Track: Hands-On Workshop: Design Your Own Social Media Campaign (Earth Day Edition)
11:00 am –
Rural Track: Using Social Media to Recruit Rural Teachers and Showcase the Rural Education
Social Media Track: Social Media Research Paper Panel
Interactive Track: Should You Depend on Social Media and the Internet to Save Your Photos, Documents,
and Video?
Noon –
Lunch and Twitter Chat
1:00 pm –
Rural Track: The Internet Is My Nana: Social Media’s Role in Shaping, Archiving, and Disseminating Family Knowledge
Social Media Track: Focus on Strategy: Creating a Social Media Plan That Works for Your Library
Interactive Track: Social Media Mentor Session: Student, Researcher, Practitioner
2:00 pm –
Rural Track: How Can We Help Rural Newspapers Thrive?
Social Media Track: You’ve Written Your Blog Post, Now What?: Ways to Use Social Media to Promote Your Blog
Interactive Track: Roundtable Session: Remote Work, Rural Internet Access, & Inflation
3:00 pm –
Goal Setting and Next Steps