June 2008

Who is your blog’s audience?

Blogs

                  At the conclusion of my social media workshops, there’s always one or two people that approach me and remark that they’ve never seen someone present with so much energy. I tell  them that it’s because I am so passionate about my work, and I’m glad that [...]

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Bill Marriot and CEO Blogs

Blogs

At the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) conference this week, Bill Marriott was honored as the 2008 EXCEL Award Winner. I figured he’d reference the irony of speaking at the Hilton in his first sentence, but he waited until his second. This was one of the speeches I was most looking forward to. Bill [...]

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Vanity Fair’s Blogopticon

Blogs

Pretty cool chart from Vanity Fair. When you go to the actual graphic (by clicking on the graphic or the above link), you can scroll over the blogs for a brief synopsis and then click on the icons to view the actual blogs. This might help you find some new reading material!       [...]

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Facebook In China As A Community Organizing Tool

Social Networking

“Wen Jia-bao is my homeboy,” shouts one of the comments on the wall of Chinese Premier’s Facebook profile. Portolio’s Daily Brief reports that Premier Wen has garnered more than 50,000 supporters in 30 days, primarily in response to his handling of the situation following last month’s devastating earthquakes. The profile, obviously not created by the [...]

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Steroids As The Social Media Holy Grail

Social Media

I am watching ESPN and shuffling through Google Reader. Here’s my deep thought: when Barry Bonds (allegedly) used steroids, it was bad. We all agreed on that. But when we talk about social media tools, referring to the robustness of a a new application as “like X on steroids” is perhaps one of the greatest [...]

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