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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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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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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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7 Twitter Messages Encapsulating #G2S

Sep. 10, 2009

#G2S is a Twitter hashtag for the Government 2.0 Summit, a two-day social media meets government conference in the nation’s capital.
As the second day winds to a close, the takeaway is clear:

Is it fair to surmise they–and me–will have little memory retention 30 days down the road? While the presentations and panels over the past [...]

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Planes, Trains, and Government, Oh My!

Sep. 5, 2009

The next two weeks will be a whirlwind of activity–centered around government. I’m taking 10 days off from my campaign for Newburyport City Councillor-at-Large and spending time in Washington, D.C. and Chicago.
I’m flying from Boston to DC on Monday night in advance of Tuesday’s Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase, produced by Techweb and O’Reilly Media. Over [...]

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Lifting Social Media Marketing with Gravity

Sep. 3, 2009

In the spirit of Kara Brickman’s compendium of post-PodCamp Boston 4 brouhaha at the beginning of August, I felt it prudent to emulate her and share with you a summary of social media strategies gleaned from this week’s Gravity Summit.
Beverly Macy and Ronald Rumford deserve a standing ovation — GO ON, STAND UP AND CLAP [...]

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Going to the Gravity Summit

Aug. 30, 2009

In his precise summary of the event, Matthew Gilbert cites experiential learning and personal relationships as positive gains from his attending the first Gravity Summit in February 2009 at UCLA.
Six months later and after events at UC Irvine and Stamford, the fourth Gravity Summit touches down at Harvard University tomorrow morning.
“Speakers invited to participate [...]

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