2nd Annual College & Career Expo

ngreen — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:51:38 +0000

The 2nd Annual College & Career Expo was a huge success this year. The event was held Thursday, April 12th at the Meridian Park Gym in Loganville. This year there were over 60 exhibitors representing more than 100 careers. There were also 18 colleges represented. In attendance were approximately 1,200 high school juniors from six different schools within the county.

This event would not be possible without our the hard work of our Education Committee. Walton County Chamber of Commerce, Communities in Schools and Walton County Board of Commissioners collaborate well to make this event so beneficial to our county’s juniors.

Learning to Blog

ngreen — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:03:24 +0000

While attending the social media class, our instructor, Jami Howard with ImajWorks shared with us VALUABLE information about blogging. Being an active blogger can increase your site on SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

3 keys needed for good blogging

* Pretty Site

~ light background/dark text

~ no more than four colors

~ good design- sharp images/good font choices/ matching

~ if people don’t like your site, they aren’t going to invest time getting to know the content within it.

* Functional Site

~ well thought out navigation

~ room for growth

~ intergrated blogging

~ no 404 errors

* Relevant Content

~ without content, your website is worthless

~ blog, blog, blog, blog

~ newsletter/mail list

~ people want to consume, give them something to chew on.