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Mayor Jim Watson named 2014 communicator of the year by IABC Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Communicator of the Year (COTY) Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of an Ottawa-based organizational leader who shows excellence in the field of communications. The recipient is a well-known figure in his/her community, a role model and trusted mentor to his/her peers. Picking up an IABC Canada Silver Leaf Award.

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10 Reasons Businesses Will Start Using Google+ Communities in 2014

Convince & Convert

By now you may well have heard of Google+, and you think it is a ‘social media thing’, right? Sure, there is a social destination, but Google+ has tools for every business looking to increase engagement: a) Within their business itself, and b) To build relationships and develop loyal ‘fans’ of them and their brands.

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Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference – An Event Not to Miss!

Webbiquity SMM

The Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference is fast approaching, coming up on Thursday, May 22, in Duluth, Minnesota. Lisa Buyer ( @lisabuyer ), smart and engaging online public relations pro and author of the phenomenal new book, Social PR Secrets. See you there!

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3 Big Questions for Social in 2014: Celebrating 100 Episodes of Social Pros

Convince & Convert

And from Expion , a free report on the top 50 retail brands’ social media use in 2013. “Social used to be the last part of the conversation. The Big 3 Heading into 2014. This week the world saw the Social Pros Podcast turn 100 – episodes, that is. Listen Now. Download the audio file: [link].

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6 Skills You Need To Be A Social Media Professional

Convince & Convert

When Amber Naslund and I wrote The NOW Revolution in 2010, we created this graphic to describe the characteristics of the ideal community manager/social media practitioner. Since then, social media – and the skills needed to succeed in it – has changed substantially. Image from Bigstock.com.

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Webinar Recap: A Decade in Social Media. What’s Now. What’s Next?

Ignite Social Media

This month, we hosted a webinar in honor of our 10 th anniversary in business. The focus of our webinar was around the changes we have witnessed in the social space over the past decade, the current trends, and our predictions for the years to come in social media. The Past 10 Years in Social Media.

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State of Crisis Communications and Social Media from a Professor’s Perspective

Waxing UnLyrical

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).