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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. Montreal Student Protest Berri Hill (Photo credit: xddorox).

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Surprise and delight: What it is and brands who get it right

Sprout Social

Marketers can take a play from the event planner’s book by implementing surprise and delight for their audiences through social media. If a surprise and delight idea is executed well, customers are more likely to advocate for the brand, especially on social media. Host an event. Digital surprise.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

His topic, the year the Internet fought back, focused on how a genuine grassroots movement, fuelled by social media, impacted the Canadian Federal government’s digital copyright law. It started in 2004 when a legislative committee held a series of hearings on digital copyright reform. Using social media for research.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? Social media has changed and evolved so much since the early days, it’s almost hard to believe how far we’ve come. How people use social media has changed as well. Let’s dive in!

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#MySMCStory: Social Media Club and Me

Ari Herzog

Eight years after building my first website, I began blogging 2004 on a now-deleted LiveJournal community. We’ve launched a monthly book club which features social media industry titles and host monthly webinars accessible to all SMC members worldwide. Fred Wilson. 300,000+ across 328 chapters in 52 countries.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Covering social media business strategy and personal power. 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. Hope to see you again at an upcoming event! chrisbrogan.com. Newsletters.

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Experiential Economy: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

Episode 1 of Social Media Business: What is “the experience economy&# – is it the next step on from agrarian, commodity, service…? I’ve started a new podcast called “Social Media Business&# that will be a regular feature covering where the money is, in social networks.