Sherrilynne Starkie

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One week until Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

The conference blends formal presentations with community/un-conference style sessions on topics ranging from Twitter to LinkedIn, the technical details of self-hosting a blog to the how-tos of personal branding, and online community building to social media in the workplace. Social Capital Ottawa. These take place on May 31st.

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Top tips for bloggers and brands

Sherrilynne Starkie

This could be said of the blogging trend, because pronouncements of the death of blogging have been floating around for a few years now. However, blogging is growing more popular than ever before. Alternatively, the brand might be investing significantly in hosting or sponsoring a blogger event and will have some expectations.

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

You can see the forest and the trees in big data, according to Nora Young , the Canadian author and the host of CBC Radio One’s Spark, in her opening keynote at last week’s Fireworks Factory conference held on Galiano Island, British Columbia. This story was originally posted on the Thornley Fallis blog.

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Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

The day is a blend of formal presentations with community/un-conference style sessions on topics ranging from Twitter to LinkedIn , the technical details of self-hosting a blog to the how-tos of personal branding, and online community building to social media in the workplace.

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Reuters, Rogers and social dashboards

Sherrilynne Starkie

Show host Shel Holtz wondered aloud if the creation of such social media dashboards will become common place among organizations active on the social Internet. Social Pulse contains a directory that is categorized by topic, which could prove useful for research. Social media podcast For Immediate Release covered the launch this week.

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