Marists Connecting by John McMahon https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting An opportunity for Marists to share mission and life online en-us 2017-11-04 16:54:53 UTC 2023-06-24 06:30:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png Welcome john_mcmahon https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/203552583 Aisling, Nick and I met today, Sat 4th November, 2017 at L'Hermitage in France to consider ways we may be able to connect online. Padlet provides one way. We invite you to join us.]]> 2017-11-04 17:02:19 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/203552583 Exploring options john_mcmahon https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/203589830 2017-11-05 04:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/203589830 It was great to discuss with John and Nick all the future possibilities a social media team could achieve within the Marist International network. The first step is to identify a possible team across the Marist world. Looking forward to our first Skype meeting. a_demaison https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204030789 2017-11-06 18:07:15 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204030789 Social Media john_mcmahon https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204413293 Aisling suggests popular social media platforms with young people today are Instagram and Snapchat. Marists seem to also like Twitter.]]> 2017-11-07 15:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204413293 Twitter and Facebook are used by many Marist schools and Projects. Unfortunately websites are rarely visited now unless a twitter feed links you directly to them. I propose we invite Marists who are active social media users and represent a wide range of countries to join a discussion group. The topic could be 'uniting Marist countries through social media'. a_demaison https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204473554 2017-11-07 17:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204473554 Connecting john_mcmahon https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204555059 Perhaps as a way of getting this going we could invite people to contribute ideas through this Padlet.]]> 2017-11-07 19:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204555059 Hi Everyone, if you are just joining this padlet please introduce yourself and feel free to share any ideas you have! We can then start some conversations. My name is Aisling Demaison and I am the Director of Marist Education in West Central Europe. I am keen to connect our province to the wider Marist world and believe social media can have a role in making that happen. I'm looking forward to connecting with you all! a_demaison https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204809332 2017-11-08 14:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204809332 General House john_mcmahon https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204877209 Today, 8th November, 2017, I visited Luiz da Rosa and Estefania Aguirre in our Communications Office.]]> 2017-11-08 15:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/204877209 Leadership from a Marian Perspective john_mcmahon https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205148245 9th November, 2017
We have a new Marist Tertiary Blog post available here http://www.mte.org.au/blog-1/2017/11/9/leadership-from-a-marian-perspective]]> 2017-11-09 07:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205148245 Expanding team of Marists a_demaison https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205170959 Yesterday I spoke with Chano from Spain and Adriano from Australia who are both happy to join the team. Looking forward to things kicking off now!

]]> 2017-11-09 08:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205170959 Hi from the South of Spain. coordinadorcoem https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205171765 I think that in most Marist Provinces have people dealing with Social Media. In the Mediterranean Province we have a little team working in communication. They take care of our profiles in twitter, instagram, facebook,... and our provincial official site.
I invite you to follow us in
www.maristasmediterranea.com / https://www.facebook.com/MaristasMediterranea / https://www.youtube.com/MaristasMedit / https://twitter.com/MaristasMedit

]]> 2017-11-09 09:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205171765 coordinadorcoem https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205314876 2017-11-09 15:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205314876 Hello! Bonjour! Ola! Salaam! Ciao! Hola adrianodiprato https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205509872 Lovely to connect to Marists internationally. This is a great idea to foster community and encounter. 

No doubt Social Media has become the phenomenon of our time and when used positively can be a profound way to connect and even evangelize! 

Snapchat and Instagram have emerged as popular platforms for teens. Facebook remains the largest subscriber of social media, but I find that it’s tired and littered with too much “noise” in your feed. For professionals LinkedIn continues to growth in numbers and Twitter has probably established itself as a micro blog platform, primarily for a more adult community. #Hashtags are a great way to build a movement and brand as well. 

Marcellin College, Bulleen is the most followed Twitter account of any secondary school in Australia. Our community have embraced the connectedness and real time posts. 

I look forwarded to the conversation!]]> 2017-11-09 21:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205509872 Introductions adrianodiprato https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205930797 Oh, I forgot to introduce myself before! I’m Adriano Di Prato and I’m the current Deputy Principal at Marcellin College, Bulleen Australia. Marcellin College was establish in 1950 by the Marist Brothers and remains an independent Catholic boys secondary school. We have a student population of 1410. 

I’m responsible for overseeing the College’s branding and marketing. At Marcellin we use social media strategically for different target audiences - Old Collegians, prospective families, prospective staff and the broader community. 

I’ve shared this great article from Pope Francis before: http://www.stirringhearts.org.au/?page_id=2 - I love the possibility of encounter via social media. Enjoy! ]]> 2017-11-11 23:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205930797 Tumblr Blog adrianodiprato https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205931885 Last year I wrote this Tumblr blog entry when I was Acting Principal about the power of social media:

http://diprato.tumblr.com/post/145297708917/below-is-my-latest-principals-blog-on]]> 2017-11-12 00:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205931885 Hi from Germany matthiasspanrad https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205959960 Hey there. Aisling contacted me this week and ask me to become a member of this padlet. I'm Matthias from Furth/Germy and I'm a teacher at the Maristen-Gymnasium Furth. We've since two years a junior principical that supports our principal Mr. Müller. I'm a member of this junior/expanded managment and I'm responsible for all the marketing for our school - the webpage, social media, grafics. I think it's a very good and a necessary idea to connect in this topic. it's very interesting to look at all the different marist-pages on twitter, instagram, facebook and so on. for me that's the way we can reach our pupils and also the parents. I think it would be a necessary way to connect together - perhaps we can manage anythime a symposium?
Matthias]]> 2017-11-12 10:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/205959960 Getting discussions started... a_demaison https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/206206449 Hi everyone, it's great to have so many people from around the world participate. I thought we could begin discussions and there will probably 
be a few more people joining us as we go along. Please feel free to suggest people you think may be interested in this area. I would like to have representatives from as many Marist countries as possible. 
The purpose of this group is to discuss ideas of ways we can use social media to connect Marists throughout the world. Currently there are many amazing Marists social media accounts in individual schools and individual countries, our task is to think about how we can create something that connects these or even start with connecting with each other. I would love to hear your thoughts...]]> 2017-11-13 13:18:32 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/206206449 Hashtags and coordination mfallon03 https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/207023443 I’m really glad to be part of this conversation! I’m in the USA and am constantly in search of good material to post! One thing that might be really simple is if we start using the same hashtags. Especially if we remember specific days like the foundation on Jan 2, the memorare in the snow in February 15, Champagnat cannaonization April 18, his feast day June 6,  Fourviere on July 23, Montaigne Oct 28 ... maybe some others. If we coordinate our posts, use The same hashtags and share eachothers  posts when possible, it will drive up our reach! ]]> 2017-11-15 01:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/207023443 Making Subject Connections in Schools a_demaison https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/209351914 Hi everyone I hope you are all well! I was wondering what you think about making connections with subject teachers in our schools. The Art Teachers in our Province have asked me to contact as many Art Teachers in Marist schools as possible to join a private Facebook group. Here is an image of the page. Would you be able to ask some Art teachers to contact me if they would like to join?

]]> 2017-11-22 07:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/209351914 The Marist Classroom a_demaison https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/209479100 2017-11-22 15:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/209479100 "If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain" coordinadorcoem https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/209496741 Have a look to this beautiful video talking about a school farm in Marist of Cordoba, Spain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myah21LOymA
Nice idea.]]> 2017-11-22 16:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/john_mcmahon/maristsconnecting/wish/209496741