Thank you – to @billdeys and @titusferguson and everyone else that worked on this fantastic event! About 120 people packed three presentation rooms all day Saturday, despite the fact that it was one of the nicest sun days so far this year. This past week has been incredible for me – first the IABC panel on social media and then Podcamp – two major social media events, and another coming up next Tuesday, right here in London, Ontario. A year ago, I gave a social media talk at a broader event downtown at the Hilton, and was approached afterwards for referrals for a new PR 2.0 instructor position at McMaster – and I have no one to give. I had my higher ed contacts across the country and the US, but for the life of me I could not put my finger on anyone in Southwestern Ontario – after this weekend, its clear that the community of social web and new media professionals has bloomed into an incredibly healthy community.
The two presentations with the most take-home for me were …
This came up in my feeds this morning, and took me less than a minute to install. Now, each page report in Google Analytics tells me how many delicious, stumbleupon, digg, mixx, etc hits the page has acquired – and, quick hyperlinks to immediately add a digg, mixx, delicious, stumbleupon, etc if none have [...]
Convocation season is approaching and IT teams are getting ready for the live webcast, etc. Allyson recently mentioned to the Case Communications list-serv that her institution was considering integrating twitter into commencement this year. Immediately this reminded me of Obama’s inauguration and the way CNN and Facebook brought the event to life online.
It’s estimated that [...]
While it’s no surprise that the Internet was a major player in the 2008 US election, I’m excited to receive a new Pew Internet & American Life study on the subject.
Here are the stats that caught my eye:
First time that more than half of the voting-age population used the internet to get involved in the [...]
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