Category Archives: social media

SXSW 2010 Interactive Panel Proposal Update and Some Of My Favorites

First, I want to provide an update on our SXSW panel submission: Building A Team That Embraces Social Technologies. We have a fantastic lineup of panelists:
Kami Huyse – a 15-year veteran of public relations with an emphasis in social media. She has a thriving practice with primarily corporate clients. She is the principal of [...]

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Atlanta PR Camp

I had the pleasure of being a camp counselor/moderator today at the PR Camp Atlanta (press release) event developed by Dan Greenfield of Bernaise Source Media.
The event was held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center and there were approximately 200 attendees.
I had the pleasure of moderating the first session for the Green Team. [...]

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SXSW Panel Proposal: Building a Team That Embraces Social Technologies

I submitted a panel for SXSW – South By Southwest 2010 – titled: Building a Team That Embraces Social Technologies. My co-panelist is Kami Huyse of Communications Overtones. I will add 2 additional panelists if the panel proposal is accepted.
Here is the panel description:

Event: Interactive 2010
Level: Advanced
Type: Panel [...]

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Quck-n-Dirty Social Media Podcast

I have the pleasure of being a guest on the Quick-n-Dirty Social Media Podcast this evening, 6 PM Eastern Time, August 13, 2009. The hosts are Jennifer Leggio, ZDNet Blogger and @Mediaphyter, and Aaron Strout, CMO Powered Inc. and @AaronStrout. We will be discussing Newell Rubbermaid’s branded social media and community marketing efforts and other [...]

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Clay Shirky: How Twitter can make history

I just watched this June 2009 TED (TED = Technology, Entertainment, Design) video: “Clay Shirky: How Twitter can make history” for the 5th time and I continue getting more social web ecosystem insights out of it. Clay Shirky is amazingly prescient as seen in both of the below videos. The older TED video [...]

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How and When to Incorporate Social Media Into Your Next PR Program

I was part of a Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) (@PRSA) webinar today, June 9, 2009 from 3PM to 4PM EST – How and When to Incorporate Social Media into your next PR Program.
The webinar panel included the following industry experts:

Moderator – Peter Himler is an award winning public relations industry veteran. He is [...]

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Corporate Marketers Blogging, Tweeting As Part Of Their Job

Jennie Phelps, Investors Business Daily, wrote a very nice article about Newell Rubbermaid’s social media/social web marketing efforts. She interviewed me about six weeks ago and wrote a nice summary and analysis on our efforts with a special focus on the Sharpie brand. The article is titled: Corporate Marketers Blogging, Tweeting As Part [...]

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UGA Technology for the Turnaround: Event Summary and Twitter Definition

It was a wonderful, warm spring day in Athens, GA for the University of Georgia, Grady College, New Media Institute, Technology for the Turnaround event on April 25, 2009. Dr. Shamp did an outstanding job motivating the Professors, Students and Educators to come up with new, innovative ideas on how to change University Education [...]

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Preparing For UGA Technology For The Turnaround Event

I am very excited about participating in the upcoming University of Georgia, New Media Institute, Technology For The Turnaround: A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste event on April 25, 2009 in Athens, Georgia. The event is being led by Professor Scott Shamp (@sshamp) Director of the New Media Institute (NMI blog). [...]

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Flutter – Nanoblogging: The Next Generation of the Blog

This is a very funny and maybe prescient video from the team at Slate as part of their article “Do I Really Have To Join Twitter?” by Farhad Manjoo. The article discusses the rapid rise of Twitter and whether you really have to join at this point in its evolution. Flutter is [...]

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