I wrote last week about a social media workshop I planned to illustrate why and how social media is not scary.
While I skipped over some slides, here’s the presentation I led at the First Parish Church of Newbury last night to an attendance of about 40 people:
After my talk concluded and we had a short networking break over cookies and cider donuts, a panel discussion commenced, featuring Marsha Finkelstein of Moving Beyond Coaching & Consulting, Rick Littrell of a marketing communications firm aptly named Magicomm, Valerie Sodano of Panera Bread Corporation, Jason Verhoosky of Old Beauty Design, and Bruce Vogel of iContact.
Based on initial feedback, the night was a success. Here’s to the future.
Related posts:
- Social Media is Not Scary
- My 20 Most Popular Blog Posts on Social Media
- Lifting Social Media Marketing with Gravity
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Ari Herzog is an online media strategist and Newburyport City Councilor-Elect.
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Ari, I love you. But could you maybe consider adding even just a one sentence synopsis next time? Don’t get me wrong, I love me some hardcore 100+ slide presentations, but there’s only so much time in my life for Slideshare

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…a synopsis of what? Social media?
LOL…I agree with Tyler, a synopsis would be good. Very nice infographs in the presentation by the way, all though I only made it to page 23.
Excellent slideshow. Social media is nothing to be scared of. It is what has put the web into the www.
Wow. You put some serious effort into that. I do have to say though, for those who barely know how to use the internet, social media is very, very scary.
Riding a bicycle for the first time is scary, too. But after a few falls and learning to balance, you ride great!
Thanks for sharing that presentation Ari. Social Media I believe is looked at as something that is extremely complex, however, in all reality it is just an improved way of sharing information. If you share good information, it will begin to share itself