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Further Proof Social Media Ain’t Scary

Oct. 28, 2009

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:
Scary Presentation
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After my talk [...]

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What is the Cost of Online Friends?

Oct. 26, 2009

Shelly Kramer inspired me with this Twitter message about the joy of translating her online friendships to offline encounters:

IRL is shorthand for “in real life.”
My response: Big whoop.
I mean, yeah, it’s nice and all and I appreciate the concept as I have formed many friendships and business partnerships as the direct result of online [...]

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Is the Future Here?

Oct. 24, 2009

Beginning at Ignite Boston 6 and continuing at Pecha Kucha Boston 13 — two different event organizers, two different venues, and two different segmented crowds that each watch a series of timed presentations that automatically advance slides every 30 seconds — I talked about the future.
As the latest edition of my Saturday roundup, I embed [...]

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How Do You Define Social Media?

Oct. 21, 2009

The social media landscape is vast. Its applications are many. Case studies and best practices are shared daily. But what is it to you?

How do you define social media?

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Social Media is Not Scary

Oct. 19, 2009

When Steve Radick wrote in January 2009 about people’s natural fear of social media, could he have predicted I’d spin his text into a workshop title nine months later?
People have asked me for months when I’d lead a social media workshop in the Boston area. It’s crazy how many times conference agendas were published, my [...]

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Your Guide to Learning Twitter, Part 1

Oct. 18, 2009

Want to know what Twitter is about?
Begin by watching this informative video:

Twitter in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.
Filmed in March 2008 by Lee LeFever, not much has changed–with the exception my friends and I tend to use it less for what we’re doing and more for what we’re accomplishing and thinking.
Here’s a snapshot from [...]

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1 Essential Plugin for Your Wordpress Blog

Oct. 17, 2009

Take a look at the following comment sections of Wordpress blogs:

Do you see what’s missing?
Here are another four examples:

Do you see what these four comment sections contain that the first four lack? The answer lies in an optional check box a person writing a comment can tick to receive follow-up comments by email.
If I have [...]

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