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Today was my first day as Executive Director of Coastal Sound Music. Good timing, great networking and a little bit of luck secured this contract and it provides me with the opportunity to once again work deeply with an arts organization. If you love choral music, I hope you’ll connect with us on Facebook and [...]
What a treat to be invited to speak at WordCamp Victoria. January 14th, 2012 will be my first WordCamp and I’m looking forward to geeking out with fellow WordPress enthusiasts at the University of Victoria. My pals Chris Burdge, Paul Holmes, Catherine Novak, Janis La Couvée, Raul Pacheco and George Plumley will be there along [...]
Dear readers, With great delight, I announce the launch of my brand-new social media training program. It’s called Making W.A.V.E.S. in Social Networking . If you’ve ever struggled to connect with friends, fans or followers; wondered what to say to them or know that you’re using social media without a clear plan in place, this is the program [...]
Heather Kleim from Epic Empire Designs asks: If someone you follow posts something incredibly offensive & sexist, do you comment? One of the people I follow (a Vancouver news-type tweeter, talking about events and buzz in the city) posted something that infuriated me and was incredibly offensive to women. I emotionally reacted and replied with ‘how to [...]
Amber Mac‘s book Power Friending offers terrific information to demystify social networking. She illustrates best practices for business with illustrative good, bad and ugly examples. Amber’s book is the focus of the inaugural podcast of Beachcomber on Books, my new series to share about the professional books that interest and inspire me.
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Community expert Angela Crocker spoke to Vancouver Radio CKNW’s Bill Good about creating social networks. Want to know why it’s important, and why it’s not as scary as you may think? In this interview, they discussed the value of using social media tools, the demographics that can be found on various social sites and common [...]
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I recently recorded a podcast with Kevin Simcock of Creative Artery. Have a listen to hear our chat about social video sharing (YouTube vs. Vimeo) and Twitter’s mysterious #ff. Listen!
Wow! It’s not everyday that a woman gets to see her first book and today I had the pleasure and the privelege. After many months of research, writing, editing and revisions, the moment when you hold your own book for the first time is spectacular. I invite you to share that moment as I met [...]
Now, this is very slick. Check out my about.me profile! The system is still in beta but what an elegant, personal way to share your contact details. Let me know in the comments if you create a page about you. I’d love to see how you customize your page.
One of the things I love about social media are the introductions made. Through my friend and client George Plumley (author of the book WordPress 24 Hour Trainer – due out any day now), I was recently introduced to Mark McLaren from McBuzz Communications in Seattle. Among Mark’s many projects is a wonderful blog called [...]
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- @mhansen73 Here's the result, Mel. Have a listen if you've got 16 minutes http://t.co/jIdqMqjo
- My interview with Steve Dotto on @Dottotech includes my Ernie & Bert story about #privacy. http://t.co/jIdqMqjo
- Arrived safely at the @dottotech studio. Looking forward to meeting Steve Dotto. He's partially responsible for my tech gadget habit.
- Sign of spring ... The Land's End swimsuit preview catalogue has arrived. Yippee!
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Angela recently took part in a panel discussion on using social media to raise funds, for the Association of Fundraising Professionals. As an organizer for this event I was impressed with the depth of her knowledge on how to leverage tools like Facebook and Twitter in simple but very effective...
Paul Thorne
Association of Fundraising Professionals
