Sociale media zijn tegenwoordig niet meer weg te denken uit het bedrijfsleven. Ook het Taleninstituut NIOW wil iets met sociale media omdat uit het Digitaal Marketingplan van 2010 is gebleken dat contact onderhouden belangrijk is, en dat sociale media hier een grote rol bij kunnen spelen. Sociale media …

Door de snelle opkomst van social media stijgt ook de vraag van merken hoe hier mee om te gaan. Voor Benefit Cosmetics, een cosmetica bedrijf, is dit onderzoek uitgevoerd. Hierbij is uitgegaan van de volgende definitie voor social media: 'Social media is de verzameling van toegankelijke online media …

If I would randomly pick a young guy walking on the street and give him €50 euros and tell him to donate it to the charity organization of his choice, where will that money end up? Probably in the hands of the organization he has the "strongest and most meaningful relationship with - the one he trusts …

The online presence of organizations is long gone from being just a web page. Social media have enabled easy and inexpensive interaction between millions of individuals and communities. This has not gone unnoticed by cultural heritage institutes. The question is what all these social media activities bring. …

In this article I will discuss theories on students’ success in higher education and the need for adjustments of these theories in the contemporary, information and media saturated world. The integration theory on student retention, founded by Tinto and further developed by him and many others, lies …

Theoretical trends and schools of thought in the field of anthropology evolve rapidly. Anthropological literature must keep abreast, not only of these intellectual shifts, but also of pressing global, political, and social issues. Thus, this volume, like others before it, seeks to provide updates on …

"De Bas van de Goor Foundation is een stichting die zich inzet om de kwaliteit van leven van mensen met diabetes te verbeteren, door middel van sport." (Bas van de Goor Foundation, 2011). De Bas van de Goor Foundation is niet of nauwelijks actief op het gebied van social media. Toch ziet de stichting …

Amaidi is an organization located in the south of India that focus on placing volunteers from, mainly Europe, in projects of Indian partners. Many volunteers come to India with wrong expectations about work, culture, accommodation and the contribution that they can make. That is why I have done research …

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Every year so many new games are coming out on the market, while free time becomes a scarcity. It is hard for game developers to make games that catch the eye and attract the attention of players. ArenaNet wants to know how to make their games stand out and motivate their players to keep playing them. …