Jeff Esposito

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Why have we become social sheep?

Jeff Esposito

While there are still meaningful conversations and thoughts to be had, it is more difficult to see them in streams of information flooded with retweets, blog posts and event and other hashtags merely rehashing the verbatim of the speaker de jour. I for one will be more likely if I see an enticing lead in than a simple link share.

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A conference is what you make it

Jeff Esposito

Instead of looking around and making connections, many conference attendees were too busy peering down at their smartphones, iPads or laptops, worrying that they were missing out on a party or meet-up that would surely be in their social feed or hashtagged #SXSWAWESOME. The downside is that these happenings are often loud and full of clutter.

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Help Wanted – PR Pro for Department of Winter

Jeff Esposito

These range from a NYC plowing fiasco to newscasts reporting accidents and the Twitteratti claiming the end of humanity as we know it with hashtags for #Snopacolypse, #snoloko or #snowmaggedeon. Responsibilities include community outreach events to influential media, bloggers and social pundits to build a grassroots movement for the season.

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