• Home
  • About
  • Connect
  • Press/Media

The Pinke Post

  • Life in North Dakota
  • Recipes
  • Small Town Living
  • Women In Ag

Posted By Katie On September 24, 2010 4 Comments

Meet The Prairie Dwelling Social Media Divas

Filed Under: Life in North Dakota, Motivated Moms Tagged With: community education, North Dakota, prairie, rural life, social media 4 Comments

For the past two Tuesday nights for a couple hours at our local public school’s computer lab, a small group of women joined me for our first ever community education class in our North Dakota prairie town. We touched on why to engage in social media and then learned about a few social media out posts. Then it was time for each to connect and engage, learning the technology on their own.
This was not just our first social media class. 
It was our first community education program.
I loved that social media was the first topic. Next month is financial planning and then wood working. The cost is $5 per month.
Needless to say, change is difficult on the prairie. People do not flock to the bright, shiny new object. First we had to get people to even attend a community ed class and then the term “social media” was even more of a challenge.
I highly commend the three person committee that spearheaded to start the community education effort and to my friend Brooke for stepping out of her comfort zone to schedule social media as the first topic of the year’s class schedule. She called me asking earlier in the summer saying “You know how you do that social media thing?” 
Yes, I do that social media thing and was thrilled to be a part of our community’s first effort to help others engage in social media.
A warm blog applause and appreciation for the few community women who stepped up to participate in our first ever class and engage in social media to do that “social media thing” with me.
Each attendee had a specific purpose of why they wanted to learn more about social media. I loved hearing their background and story. 
One woman wanted to learn more about social media to help our local county extension service and 4-H clubs which is a part of her professional job.
Another woman wanted to gain more information from digital media, engage in social media to stay connected to family and also to expand her thinking, understanding and interests.
Another wanted to learn more about her hobbies, sewing and cooking but she wanted to use social media to gather the information. I also told her she should have a blog about the amazing cooking she already does. It is authentic, unique, German and if anything I at least want to be a visitor to her kitchen to learn her techniques and recipes!
My friend Brooke is a mother of four young children, a wife and working professional. She doesn’t have another minute she can squeeze out of her day for social media but knew it was time she made it not just something she would do for 30 minutes a week but instead try to engage to make it a part of her mommy life and career in advocating for children. 
I only wished we would have had this social media class for the next nine months of Tuesday nights. We have so much more to learn, connect and engage on in social media.
The first ever class of prairie dwelling social media divas
Living in remote and rural America, I believe social media gives us a platform to connect in way we never have before and it is a huge opportunity. 
It gives us an opportunity to learn about the world in way we have never have known before while connecting others to our rewarding and honest prairie life. 
I believe social media is a key building block to rural America’s future. 
We have computers, Blackberrys and soon will have I-Phones.We have broadband technology…equaling lightning fast internet connections. We have businesses, schools, churches, heritage, culture and opportunity. But the prairie has very few people! Maybe people will learn through social media we live on the last frontier of tranquility, have plenty of jobs, a booming North Dakota economy in agriculture, energy and healthcare and they will move to the prairie. 
And maybe they won’t. But either way we will be connected and engaged, all five of us. 
If every week we have five more people engage in social media in each little prairie town imagine what social media can do for rural America.
The future is bright.
What are you doing to engage, connect or tell your story?
Are you a social media diva? C’mon I know it is in you.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
  • Print
Previous Post: « Before The Snow Flies…
Next Post: If You Turn Your Back On A Two Year Old… »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Kirsti says

    September 24, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    Thank you for this, sister. I totally needed to be reminded why social media is important to rural life. It’s not always easy to be the one leading the “new new thing” in small town North Dakota, but you remind me why I need to keep pushing on. Love you Katie!

    Reply
  2. My two acres says

    September 24, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Thank you for being such a positive social media role model. I totally agree with you and hope to see a lot more rural North Dakota folks making use of social media in the coming months. This could be SO huge for agriculture. Thanks again!

    Reply
  3. Kimberly says

    September 25, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    Great post! I wouldn’t call myself a diva…but close. By the way I left you an award on my blog today! ~Kimberly

    http://www.stinkerpinker.com

    Reply
  4. Theresa says

    September 25, 2010 at 11:48 pm

    Great idea to have social networking class. I am from ND too BTW. Love seeing other ND bloggers out there!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Welcome to the Prairie…

I am a mom of three kids and a wife to Nathan. Together we live on the North Dakota prairie, 97 miles from a Starbuck's. I share about family, food, farming and the prairie that I love. I used to commute 98 miles one-way to work but it required too much coffee. So now I am home, consulting, speaking, writing and primarily, juggling family life.
See more of our life on the prairie... Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter

Stay in Touch…

Get the news from the prairie delivered directly to your inbox when it's hot off the press!

from my kitchen. . .

Wordless Wednesday: The Best Homemade Cookies

Hunk of Meat Monday: Tasty & Popular Venison Steaks

7 things to know in a Cashew Chicken Recipe

farm life

Favorite Farm Girls

  • Beyer Beware
  • GOODEness Gracious
  • The Wife of a Dairyman
  • Fresh from the Farm

Griggs Dakota

Visit our 5th generation family farm...

Latest Recipes

How To Make Snowman Sundaes

Real Farmwives & Friends: My Favorite Christmas Entertaining Recipes

Rhubarb Sauce Recipe

More Posts from this Category

Life on the Prairie…

More Posts from this Category

Women in Agriculture

Ladies Night on a North Dakota farm

Sarah Nasello’s Party on the Prairie Giveaway

Debbie Lyons-Blythe of Kids, Cows and Grass & The Need For Organ Donors

More Posts from this Category

Footer

Archives

Categories

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries RSS
  • Comments RSS
  • WordPress.org

Copyright © 2025 ·Captivating Theme ·Custom Designed by Design Chicky· Log in

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.