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One week until Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

There is just one more week until the third annual Social Capital Ottawa, a one-day conference for O-city’s active social media community. Social Capital Ottawa. Using social media for research: Social Capital 2012. Social Capital Ottawa. Related articles.

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Social Capital Ottawa

Sherrilynne Starkie

Canada’s national capital is Ottawa and one of the city’s many strengths is the active and passionate social media community that thrives here. It’s a community that continues to grow and learn that’s why it supports the 2nd annual Social Capita l conference taking place later this month.

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MUST WATCH: The state of the internet and group-forming

SocialFish

Here is a video of a panel at the State of the Net conference in DC last week discussing the study. He sees lots more groups forming in the future but also lots more people joining and leaving groups at a lower thresholds of participation and asks, “what does that do to social capital&# ?

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BMJ blogs " Blog Archive " Richard Smith: Get with Web 2.0 or become yesterday's person

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I heard this message at a conference on global health in Geneva last week, but I also heard that the barriers to these potential achievements are social and cultural, not technological. At the conference in Geneva we heard about the Peoplesâ?? Human communication has always been about people and social capital.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: 21st Century Workplace Literacy: What Does that Mean and How Do We Engage More People in the Discussion?

Buzz Marketing for Technology

First, if educators are basically talking to other educators, attending conferences together, running in the same blogging circles, etc., regarding us as "individuals with needs" while we function "inter-dependently within communities. I see a few issues and implications with this.

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Why You're the Key to Social Media Success

Convince & Convert

No stack of case studies or conference road trips will do it, either. If you don’t have the obvious social chatter about your brand, you have to make the case that content creation will drive search, which drives traffic, which drives sales. But the job of arm twisting and education can’t come from outside.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I've managed to talk to a large number of my follwership on the phone or met in person at conferences. It truly closes the loop on Social Media and makes for an ironclad relationship that will withstand the test of time. link] RT @jaybaer: [link] Social Capital Are You Treating You Fans Like Cattle?