Archives for the category "social media"

Managing Your Brand Online: Two Workshops

December 15, 2009 · Posted in Events, social media  

Two social media workshops in 2010, helping professionals manage their online brands: Vancouver, White Rock.

Managing Your Online Brand: A Vancouver Workshop

October 16, 2009 · Posted in social media  

Attend this Vancouver workshop on promoting yourself and your career with the responsible use of social media.

Social media workshop a roaring success

April 30, 2009 · Posted in professional development, social media  

The participants in the workshop, Promoting Yourself and Your Career, said they felt a little overwhelmed, but all said they were very glad they attended. It was diverse group, from consultants to a singer/songwriter and a photographer. Best line of the day: My daughter told my son that I was going to a workshop to [...]

The Content is Not in the Tool: Using Blogging, Microblogging, and Related Social Media Tools to Get Jobs and Influence People (or not)

April 18, 2009 · Posted in professional development, social media  

Left behind when it comes to new technologies? Create and protect your personal brand. Learn to use social media in a smart, responsible, career-enhancing way.

Content strategy includes convergence, integration, and syndication

April 7, 2009 · Posted in Content Strategies, content convergence, social media, user experience  

A look at the changing nature of content, treating content as a valued corporate asset, and the changes in processes to support its use.

Having community means growing community

April 2, 2009 · Posted in professional development, social media  

This month, Fast Company magazine has a couple of articles on community, and the use of social media in the corporate context. Some of the content is inspiring – I’m sending the article about the baby-faced 25-year-old Facebook cofounder, Chris Hughes, to my grandson to show him some possibilities outside of the more traditional career [...]

Why social media seems easy but is (evidently) harder than it looks

March 30, 2009 · Posted in social media  

Some people take to Twitter like a duck to water. For others, it takes a while before they hit their stride.

Changing content paradigms include social media in technical communication contexts

August 23, 2008 · Posted in Content Development, Content Strategies, social media  

What happens when social media meets technical communication? The shift to a social media model may be as profound a shift as that to content management.