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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. It heard about many contentious issues from industry representatives but when the report was published, the public interest was entirely absent. March 2012: Ottawa’s Twitter top 20. This was unprecedented.

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This Blog Is Dead

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It was a technological and publishing breakthrough. Suddenly, the cost of publishing plummeted to zero and publishing to the world was almost as easy as it was to print up a document from your word processor. Suddenly, anyone with connectivity could have a thought and publish it in text for the world to see.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

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And, yes, for any of your readers - feel free to follow me on twitter and let me know if you’ve any questions on LI. publish my number. December 2004. November 2004. October 2004. September 2004. August 2004. April 2004. March 2004. Very useful article, Chris! As always :).

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7 Smart Ways You Can Use TBT To Grow Your Brand on Social

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While the hashtag is most common on Twitter and Instagram, you can find it used all over the internet. Publish your post. TBT stands for “Throwback Thursday.” ” Social media users use this hashtag on posts that “throwback” to an older version of themselves. Customize your caption.

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The Lance Armstrong Effect

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But, in the world of the real-time Web, mobile devices, Twitter , Facebook updates, YouTube videos and the like, what once was a brand's most powerful tool to communicate directly with consumers, suddenly becomes its worst nightmare. Suddenly, Armstrong's Twitter feed is nothing but digital crickets and virtual tumbleweeds. livestrong.

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Do The Work!

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While I succumbed to the standard business attire for a while (I'm back to jeans now), it wasn't until reading Richard Florida 's 2004 best-selling business book, The Rise Of The Creative Class , when the concept struck me: a professional has little to with a university designation or cut of cloth one wears. book publishing.

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