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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. Her topic was “Big data as a new information ecosystem.”. And it can be used for good.

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Facebook Removes Rooms from Groups

Jon Loomer

Following 30 days of no activity in a group room, any data you have related to the room will be deleted.” There’s no official documentation or announcement from Facebook (that I’ve seen) beyond this alert. But we’ve been using Rooms every week in my private community for Strategy Sessions and other group discussions.

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Training Your Workforce for ChatGPT: A Comprehensive Guide

Convince & Convert

Consider that if you have executives with public facing written, spoken, or video content that anyone could utilize that data to replicate their voice and make trouble. Data Security Challenges Most leaders probably don’t want their finance team feeding profit and loss data into ChatGPT to save 5 minutes of their time analyzing some data.

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10-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Irene

The Realtime Report

Many communities found themselves isolated after the storm passed, as roads and bridges were washed out. Throughout the storm, the USGS’s permanent nationwide streamgage network provided real-time water data in impacted areas. USGS science played a vital role in helping inform preparedness and response efforts for the storm.

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Google+ Communities Yay or Wait and See?

Janet Fouts

I don’t know about you but I’ve gotten more than a dozen invitations to Google+ communities in the last couple of days. In case you’re not aware of what that means, Google+ launched a new feature, Google+ Communities on Dec 6. Add to that the very important fact that anyone can create a Google+ Community.

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Captivating a global audience: Why social data is the key to your esports marketing strategy

Sprout Social

This is where social—or, more specifically, social data—comes in, as esports marketers look to deepen their understanding of their target audiences and what drives fans loyalty. In this article, we’ll discuss the role social plays in the esports ecosystem and why social data is the key to success for your esports marketing strategy.

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A marketer’s guide to natural language processing (NLP)

Sprout Social

NLP powers AI tools through topic clustering and sentiment analysis , enabling marketers to extract brand insights from social listening, reviews, surveys and other customer data for strategic decision-making. Plus, see examples of how brands use NLP to optimize their social data to improve audience engagement and customer experience.

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