Keeping Up With Your Online Reputation/ Media Etiquette Synopsis

My media etiquette project was on Barnegat Regional Superintendent, Karen Wood. She started as superintendent on July 5th, 2011. Karen Wood was very passionate about her job, but a little too passionate in one instance. She posted on Facebook on July 23rd, 2017 the following: "I am so disheartened that some members of the Barnegat board can only believe a portion of what they hear ... and endorse it. So sad. What about getting to the root of the problem? What about asking the superintendent? What about doing what's right for the kids and forgetting politics. What about education? What did the people elect you for? If the community knew the corrupt, anti-ethical acts, the bullying, the coercion, the misrepresentation of the superintendent, would they still support it? I have never done anything to hurt children. In fact, it is my passion for education that will have me work until my last day in Barnegat even if the 'powers that be' see things differently." Later, she posted an apology statement on Facebook saying the following: "I want to make clear that I have no knowledge of any illegal or criminal conduct by any members of the board, nor have any board members displayed such conduct. I am presently unaware of any violations of the school ethics act by any members of the board." Well, unfortunately, it was too late for an apology. Because of this post, Karen Wood will no longer have a position at Barnegat Regional.

Chapter 7 of lol...OMG! by Matt Ivester discusses and provides important strategies and information on how to employ in the long-term, to keep your online reputation intact. There are seven steps that you can take right now: Google yourself, clean up your accounts and content, update your privacy settings, ask for content to be removed if necessary, update and strengthen your passwords, set up google alert for your name, and claim your name. Keeping up with these seven things can keep your online reputation sparkling. After all, you never know whats out there! Start cleaning up that online reputation now!