Former students set standards for success

Former Vista editor Zach Nash after detailing the City of OKC's media programs

The rewards of long university careers as a professor multiply with the students, including those who become friends and respected professionals.
Such an example is Zach Nash, communications and marketing manager for the City of Oklahoma City. He moved from being editor of The Vista, to newspaper journalism and photography using that experience and constant learning.
One key to his success? I loved his comment to the students:
"If you're not learning, you're dull."
Always true, especially in these fast-changing media and other worlds. 
He now helps manage 71 different city media accounts, in a job that is never routine, and will continue to change.
Here are some student takeaways of his comments and advice for success in media and life, as we debriefed:

• Turn your notifications off
• If you don’t keep learning you’ll become dull
• Don’t over post
• Be sure to not profit off of others misfortune
• Plan in advance
• Make a social media calendar
• Wake up early
• Spell check
• Listen to what’s being said on social media and monitor the responses.
• Balancing the quality of your content.
• 3 out of 4 crimes are being solved on social media.
• Have two way conversations. listen.
• Try to reply to everybody
• Don’t take it personally.