Gary Vanerchuck tells us the “real deal” with Social Media

January 7, 2012 in new media

@garyvee says that social media is the same thing as the internet.  I disagree. While some of what he says is true – that the amount of “things” on the
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The Role of a Social Media Communicator During a Crisis: A conversation with @Chrisbrogan

November 18, 2011 in new media, Questions, Thoughts

Chris Brogan brought up a good question on his blog earlier today – using myself and our SU social media team as an example. “What’s the role of a social
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September Experiment:Tracking QR Code Strategy

September 1, 2011 in Business, Marketing, new media, Research

I’m going to run an experiment through the month of September, whereby I’ll be scanning every QR code I come across (…and remember to scan). I’ll then be reporting on
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#SXSW 2012 panel on responsibility as a social media user with @aaronstrout @troynalls and @twalk

August 16, 2011 in Events, new media

The customer ISN’T always right. You want to love your fans (customers, commenters, activists) but sometimes they don’t deserve it. The bad fans who tore up Vancouver after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup deserved jail time, not a Kumbaya approach. The same is true for the social-media-enabled communities we count on to buy our products and promote our causes.

[New Position] Executive Director of Digital and Social Media for Syracuse University

August 10, 2011 in Business, new media

I’ve taken a role as Executive Director of Digital and Social Media for Syracuse University.

An interesting – and sleazy & calculated – tactic on Twitter

July 11, 2011 in new media, Rants

If you’re like me, you may monitor the folks who unfollow you on Twitter (I use a service called Twunfollow).  This is helpful to me to see what types of
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The Social Media Revolution in (beautiful) video

June 22, 2011 in Digital Activism, International, new media

This video has some really great statistics about global social media use, and the music is just beautiful (Christopher Tin, Babu Yetu).

#BWENY #sreetalk Session: Social Media for Journalists – The Tools You Need and How to Use Them w/ @Sree

May 26, 2011 in Media, new media, Technology

Key takeaways from Sree Sreenivisan’s BlogWorld East discussion. When you’re tweeting, or looking at your own twitter feed, make sure you’re seeing a lot of blue, meaning links, replies, hashtags
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Thought Leadership and Personal Branding for Higher Education

April 29, 2011 in Media, new media, Thoughts

I’ve had several thoughts and a few discussions recently – for various reasons – about how certain schools and universities can elevate their reputations using digital technology and social networking
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Wikileaks, Transparency, Responsibility, and Constructive Action

July 30, 2010 in DigiActive, Digital Activism, International, Media, new media, Publications, Rants, Thoughts

We’ve been having a really great conversation about the recent WikiLeaks incident on an informal Fletcherite group list, and I wanted to get some of the thoughts up that have
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