From the category archives:

Social Networking

Social Media for Accountants – the sequel

September 28, 2009

Intro Quick post to say I’ve re-hashed this presentation, based on feedback from: Dennis Howlett here & here Phil Richards Emily Coltman Katy McCarthy of Chantrey Vellacott DFK Stephen Slater and Matt Flinders from RMT Basically it was too long and too detailed. Please take a look and suggest any improvements you might think of. [...]

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Presentation: Social Media for Accountants

September 17, 2009

Mega quick post (that I may well update) to capture any comments you goodly people might have about this preso. The story is that I have been invited to speak at the DFK UK & Ireland Annual Conference on the 2 October at the Marine Hotel in Troon (www.barcelo-hotels.co.uk/marine-hotel/) This is my draft presentation to [...]

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Microsoft’s push into Web 2.0 via SharePoint

July 30, 2009

Ok, so I should admit that I have previous with Microsoft and SharePoint. An NT MCSE of 1999, I have been involved in a number of bids and delivery projects (e.g. here and here) involving SharePoint. The latest version, ‘Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007’ has a number of Social Media tools, but my experience has [...]

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Social Media numbers – c/o Marketing Charts

July 20, 2009

Introduction I put this document together recently when I was involved with a bid recently. These incredibly useful numbers / quotes etc. were culled from the Marketing Charts website – brilliant site, although I do wonder if the companies involved ‘place’ the reports on it to further their own agenda. That said, the stats are [...]

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GameHorizon feedback #gh09

July 9, 2009

My impressions I thought I should write up my thoughts re my recent attendence at GameHorizon: It seems pretty clear that the Computer Games industry is a major success story Apparently making more money than film & music [although all I can find on Google are rather dodgy get-rich-quick schemes which refer to this…!] What [...]

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Raising your Whuffie

June 12, 2009

This post looks at the importance of Social Capital online. For those of you who attended Thinking Digital recently, we were treated to Tara Hunt tour-de-force which, unfortunately, was too quick & snappy for me to live blog :-(. I’m therefore embedding the presentation so you can see for yourself. :-) Happiness as Your Business [...]

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Session Seven: (Thinking Post-Digital) #TDC

May 15, 2009

Panel Ben Hammersley, Wired Magazine UK Darius Pocha, Enable Interactive Andy Redfern, Ethical Superstore Tara Hunt, author of The Whuffie Factor Live blog Session Seven: (Thinking Post-Digital)

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Social Media Masterclass hosted by Stowe Boyd #TDC

May 13, 2009

At Eye on the Tyne, 9 – 11 Broad Chare, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ, 0191 261 7385 Panel Stowe Boyd, The /Messengers JP Rangaswami, BT Alex Hunter, Virgin Group Paul Smith, Twitchhiker Live blog Social Media Masterclass hosted by Stowe Boyd

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From Flickr and Beyond: Lessons in Community Management

March 15, 2009

PRESENTERS Heather Champ – Flickr Mario Anima – Current TV Matthew Stinchcomb – Etsy Inc Jessamyn West – MetaFilter Micah Schaffer – YouTube DESCRIPTION Companies across industries are developing and fostering online communities, recognizing the benefits of connecting with customers on the Web. Unfortunately, not all communities thrive to become a successful vehicle for businesses. [...]

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Designing for Irrational Behavior

March 14, 2009

A live blog from SXSW PRESENTERS * Peter Whybrow – UCLA Semel Institute * Robert Fabricant – Frog Design Inc * Jeffrey Bardzell – Indiana University * Jen van der Meer – Drillteam DESCRIPTION The core of sustainability efforts is behavior change, understanding patterns of behavior and developing models for motivating sustainable behavior change. This [...]

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