My First Ever Blog Post!

Hi Everyone! I'm Jenn and I'm currently majoring in pre-veterinary medicine in the Agriculture BSc. I would really like to go on to become a veterinarian in the near future! Being an aspiring vet, I absolutely love dogs. Here is one of the dogs I've had in my life:

Wheeler, J. (2011). Tank [Photograph]. Retrieved from

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/75258161@N03/7006676961/ 

His name was Tank and he was a purebred Maltese weighing about 7 or 8 pounds. Unfortunately he recently passed away but he was a great dog of 14 years!

Currently communication has played a huge role in my life. Working to become a veterinarian is not easy and involves getting your foot into the door with other veterinarians, barns, clinics etc. However, social media as a form of communication has not had such a major role. Since I have never had a blog or a twitter account I’ve relied on my verbal communication skills thus far. However, in future work as a veterinarian, social media as a form of communication will become huge! Twitter and Facebook will be perfect forms of advertisement for veterinarian services. As well, a webpage for a clinic or blog would allow clients to read up on the clinic and become familiar with services offered and even pictures of the actual facility.

Communication is important all the time! In 2012 having your own designated spot in the world wide web is the perfect way to get yourself and your message out to potential employers. It’s also the perfect way to keep in touch with friends and families in other cities, countries or even just the next block over. Especially in this day and age everyone is busier than ever and sometimes all we have time for is checking our facebook page or a twitter update.

So, how will I use social media for communication here and now? Well I’ve been placed (by the community service learning program at the U of A) with Green Hectares which is a non-profit organization run by people with passion for agriculture. They are working towards bringing agriculture back to the forefront of people’s minds. I’m going to help them communicate their message to possible candidates for their program. I’m not too sure yet what that will entail but I’ll keep you posted! Here is a picture from their website.

Green Hectares. (2012). Growing Roots [Image]. Retrieved from http://greenhectaresonline.com/

I know Jami from this class who is also working towards becoming a vet, check out her blog!