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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

AT a recent IABC Ottawa professional development event, speaker Melissa Carroll, the person behind the Montreal Police Service ’s (SPVM) Twitter account during the 2012 student protests against tuition fee increases, explained that social media can really move people. It turns out that Twitter was the perfect channel for the task.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. Hundreds of Facebook groups started cropping up indicating the issue was finding space in local communities. Finally, the government introduced bill C-11 and it was announced by then Industry Minister Tony Clement via Twitter.

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Thinking About Blog Edits

Ari Herzog

I started blogging in 2004 on a LiveJournal site when I wrote about everything under the sun. Gina Bianchini suggests I launch a deep interest network , or an online community beyond a blog. It was an online diary. A true web log of my thoughts. If so, what to focus on? What do you think? Thanks for reading.

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Social Citizens: How Social Media Can Help Social Problems

Mindjumpers

The campaign started in 2004 before social media had a firm grip on the majority of most countries’ population and the outcome was not really that impressive. Facebook Causes from 2007 was part of the initial online social awareness evolution and many other services followed on apps and social media channels such as Twitter.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. For the bonus round, I recommend staying up to date via LinkedIn’s community superhero, Mario Sundar. December 2004. November 2004.

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On Moving On

Ari Herzog

And I did… Each of them left their worlds of independent consulting and entered professional communities of workplaces and coworkers. I want to use my 12 years of experience in integrated communications to help an organization with social media marketing, community and media relations, writing and editing, and policy development.

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When You Need a Social Media Manager

Ari Herzog

With over a decade of professional experience in technology, journalism, and government, I have worked extensively in social media circles since 2004. I created my Facebook account in 2005 and joined Twitter by 2008. As I elaborate on LinkedIn : I am looking for a full-time job as a social media manager. I may have helped you connect!