The SMLC is a "SOCIAL EFFORT" by the Clemson Family for the people of South Carolina!!

While built in partnership with Dell and powered by Radian6, the Social Media Listening Center (SMLC) received University-wide support from students, faculty and staff.

From the moment that Jim Bottum introduced the idea to the opening of the SMLC, the Clemson Family rallied around the concept and contributed ideas, time, and resources.

• The CyberInstitute provided financial and staff support for all phases of the project.  
• The Department of Management in the College of Business and Behavioral Science offered the space necessary to host the Center. It sponsored three Creative Inquiry teams during the 2011-2012 academic year that examine how to better search and understand the implications of the social enterprise and social web for organizations. 
• The Department of Communication Studies in the College of Architecture, Art, and the Humanities helped create a vision for the Center.  It's faculty have integrated the Center into courses that examine how to better analyze the social web as well as leverage it for public relations.

The folks involved in the project goes far beyond Institutes and Centers.  Faculty, project managers, A/V specialists, facilities, creative services, purchasing, admin assistants, and many more members of the Clemson Family contributed to building the SMLC.  We all recognize that Social Media and the Social Enterprise are here to stay.  We are committed to helping Clemson students' learn to listen & secure their place as leaders of the economic future of South Carolina!