Get busy and learn!

19Feb09

I’m creating a new list of places to educate yourself about social media, social networking, digital marketing, PR 2.0 and whatever else you want to call it. This list is in the spirit of #followfriday on Twitter (which I’ve been tagged in but never reciprocated, sorry!) and in response to questions about where to find [...]

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Tags: 101, blog, intro, Kyle Flaherty, links, social media, Social Media links, Twitter, wisdom

Don’t Kill Your Community Before It Starts

01Oct08

Earlier today, I participated in a webinar called “Community Killers”. It was presented by Miles Sims of Small World Labs. Miles gave some advice on what Small World Labs sees as choices that can lead to destroying, or at least hampering the success, of online communities.  Below are the four ‘community killers’ and some thoughts [...]

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Tags: building, community, conversation, marketing, measurement, objectives, Social Media links, tips

Taking in all of Blog Orlando

27Sep08

It’s the end of the day at Blog Orlando (@blogorlando, as we’ve been typing all day) and I’m just now logging into my blog to post a “hey I’m here, it is great” update. Blog Orlando has been a totally different experience than I anticipated, but in very positive ways. No, I didn’t hit all [...]

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Tags: blog orlando, orlando, recap, Social Media links, Twitter, unconference

Surfin’ down to Blog Orlando

23Sep08

This weekend I”ll be attending Blog Orlando 3 at Rollins College. It’s a one day un-conference for the Central Florida community of new media avids to come together, share and learn new things. It’ll be my first Blog Orlando experience (I only moved to Florida five months ago) and I’m excited to see what its [...]

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Tags: blog, blog orlando, community, Florida, orlando, participation, Social Media links, Twitter, unconference

Social Media 101, by Me

03Apr08

Below is the presentation I gave at the Oregon Capital PRSA Chapter meeting today. It is titled “Social Media 101: Adding New Media to Your PR Toolbox.” Feel free to email me if you would like the notes or a PDF version of the presentation. I posted my favorite PR blog links below, so make [...]

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Tags: 101, 2.0, intro, links, Oregon, powerpoint, presentation, PRSA, slides, Social Media links, toolbox

My favorite PR blogs

03Apr08

My presentation at Oregon Capital PRSA today went great — especially considering I was still adding slides up to an hour before the presentation and practiced with my notes while driving up to Salem. (and you never would’ve known, would you?) I had lots of fun conversing with the PRSA group and creating discussion about [...]

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Tags: blog, links, Oregon, presentation, PRSA, Social Media links

(belated) Conference Thoughts

02Apr08

When I went searching for my notes and blog posts I had written at the Social Media for Communicators Conference last month, I noticed some were missing. Not sure if they hadn’t been saved properly or saved to a random file location, I was bummed that I couldn’t find a particular post on reflections from [...]

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Tags: blackberry, conference, handwriting, las vegas, PR, PRSA, Ragan, red bull, Social Media links, wifi, Wynn

Working on the Working Definition

28Mar08

As mentioned below, I’m building my first ever Social Media presentation to give to a group of PRSA members next week. So far I have…lots in my head, lots on notes here and there. Nothing on Power Point, yet. No worries — cramming is what I learned in college.
In a Social Media 101 presentation, its [...]

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Tags: 101, community, conversation, definition, help, Kyle Flaherty, Oregon, PR, presentation, PRSA, Social Media links, toolbox

Stepping Up to the Plate to Take a Swing

26Mar08

I’ve been asked to lead a presentation for the Oregon Capital PRSA group next week, with the intent to introduce Web 2.0, new media tools and how to integrate them, for an audience of 20-30 PR professionals. It’s gut check time for me (creating the presentation while packing for a cross-country move, ouch!), and a [...]

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Tags: 101, 2.0, help, Oregon, PR, presentation, PRSA, Social Media links, toolbox

Are We Engaging Gen Y or Stalking Them Blindly?

12Mar08

The first actual conference session I went to Thursday was titled “Using Social Media to Engage Digital Natives”. Now, the idea of engaging young adults with technology that speaks to them is something I think about every day. Still, I was interested to hear about how other companies were using new media tools to reach [...]

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Tags: conference, David Pogue, Facebook, Gen Y, las vegas, media integration, PR, PRSA, Ragan, Social Media links, YouTube