Nov 04, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: Julien Smith is co-author with Chris Brogan of Trust Agents, a New York Times best-seller that has been named one of Amazon’s top 10 business and investing books of 2009. And Julien Smith will be the next speaker to “go cross-Canada” with appearances at Third Tuesdays in Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver.I found Trust (Read More)

Oct 27, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: Who would you like to hear from at a Third Tuesday social media meetup? What topic would you like to hear discussed? One of the great things about Third Tuesday is that we can program the speakers and topics to respond to the interests of you – the Third Tuesday community. So, I’m asking for your [...]. (Read More)

Oct 26, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: If you follow me on Twitter, then you know that I endured a serious case of #VistaFail. Microsoft Windows Vista began to install a service pack on my notebook – and then it crashed. And it kept crashing. Ultimately, I was forced to reinstall the operating system, losing data in the process. (This happened while [...]. (Read More)

Oct 21, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: The Canadian Council of Public Relations Firms (CCPRF) is holding a series of thought leader breakfasts to explore topics of importance to organizational communications and public relations. (disclosure: I’m currently the Chair of the CCPRF.)This morning, the CCPRF brought togetherin Toronto a group of top level corporate c (Read More)

Oct 17, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: At the most recent Third Tuesday Toronto, MeshMarketing organizer Mark Evans donated a ticket for us to give away to one of the attendees. We decided to offer it to the person who gave us the best tweet about why they wanted the ticket. And the best tweet came from David Jones: “Buy a man a mesh [...]. (Read More)

Oct 15, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: Where do you look for advice when you are considering whether to buy a product or service? If you’re like me, you’ll probably search for customer reviews on specialty Websites or, event better, you’ll reach out to your online friends to find out who has experience with the product or service and what they think [...]. (Read More)

Oct 14, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: Katie Paine earned her reputation as one of the foremost experts in public relations measurement. So, when social media emerged, it was a natural step for Katie to begin to explore the best ways to measure social media. And she has emerged as a sought after speaker on how to measure the right things in [...]. (Read More)

Oct 07, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: Parker Mason is a long time blogger and Twitterer. He’s also Product Support Manager at CNW Group. So, he’s well positioned to be able to comment on integrating social media with traditional media relations. And that’s the topic of his session at the one of the Managing Social Media conference with a session focusing [...] (Read More)

Oct 07, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: Jay Moonah closed the Managing Social Media conference with a presentation focusing on how non-profits and government organizations can make effective use of social media.I’m capturing the highlights of the session from the Twitter stream using the #CdnInst hashtag and posting them here using CoverItLive.Click on the Cover (Read More)

Oct 07, 2009

Submitted by Thornley from blog: The greatest hurdles I’ve encountered to the use of social media in the enterprise have been legal and security concerns.Kevin Lo and Stewart Wolfe covered the IT security issues in their session at the Managing Social Media conference.I’m capturing the highlights of the session from the Twitter stream using the #CdnInst (Read More)

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