"Kindness is like coffee. It awakens your spirit and improves your day. Fill your cup with both.”

- Roma Downey

Welcome. Stay awhile & Learn things

The Professional Version

Tyra Burton is a Professor, Social Media Strategist, Podcaster, Author, and self-proclaimed Digital Marketing Cheerleader. She is a multiple-award winning professor at Kennesaw State University where she received the Outstanding University Teach Award and the KSU Alumni Association Faculty Award. She teaches on a variety of subjects including digital marketing, social media, entertainment marketing, and gaming and pop culture. Her non-fiction work includes an academic case study on Dragon Con, numerous columns on social media, and The Author’s Guide to Social Media with Jana Oliver.

Tyra has podcasted on and off for over a decade. Currently she is the host of the Coles College podcast Building Bold Connections. She also produces her own podcasts Geek meets Social and The Geek Side.

Tyra met the man of her dreams at a Lord of the Rings concert at DragonCon. They live happily in their house in the woods with their socially-engaging fur babies.

The Geek Version

I always wanted to be Princess Leia or Wonder Woman growing up. As a child I ran around the playground with my imaginary lasso and dressed as a galactic princess for Halloween. I read Issac Asimov, Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, and J. R. R. Tolkien in my teenage years. My love of fantasy, science-fiction, and mysteries probably led to the fact I turned out like Penelope Garcia from Criminal Minds with the internet and a computer as my tools.

In true geek fashion, I met the man of my dreams at a Lord of the Rings concert at Dragon Con, a sci-fi/fantasy convention in Atlanta. Together we love going to Disney, cosplaying Star Wars’ Jedis, and exploring small towns.
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I’ve won a few teaching awards and I enjoy developing new classes. I currently teach about social media, entertainment marketing, pop culture, and marketing consulting. My passion is bringing the real-world into the classroom.

I am comfortable behind a mic and learning to be comfortable in front of a camera. Through podcasting and participating in panels at conventions, I discovered I enjoy moderating panels and interviewing people. We all have stories to tell about our journeys and helping others tell theirs is a new passion for me.
  
My favorite way to relax is sitting on my back deck sipping some Jameson’s and Ginger with my husband.

Life is about the journey not the destination.

Remember - you choose whether you approach life with a smile or frown. Choose to smile and it will make all the difference in your world.

And don't forget to stop and look at the clouds...