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. The event boasts a whole range of interesting speakers and topics.

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

Sherrilynne Starkie

Mayor Watson attends more than 2,000 local events annually to support and engage with the community in their efforts to make the city a better place to live, visit, raise a family or start a business. “I The event will be hosted by the dynamic Angie Poirier, co-host of the MAJIC 100 morning show.

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Top tips for bloggers and brands

Sherrilynne Starkie

Also, brands are reluctant to invite bloggers to events or give them free products if there’s little chance of follow-through due to lack of interest or enthusiasm. Should the blogger tweet throughout the event? Should he or she write a blog post before or after the event? Understand what’s expected.

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ICANN 45 gets cool Toronto look and feel

Sherrilynne Starkie

It’s a large international conference that will attract thousands of Internet policy and industry professional from all over the world and CIRA ( the Canadian Internet Registration Authority and a Thornley Fallis Communications client) is hosting.

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Study shows social media drives sales

Sherrilynne Starkie

AIR MILES collectors were encouraged to engage with the AIR MILES-hosted social community website by sharing thoughts about the brand or participating in promotions; they were rewarded either with a small number of bonus miles or entry to a lottery for large prizes.

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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

The new law provides a safe harbour to those who create and also those who host that content, for example.”. Lobbyists from the film, music and video games industries even hosted a fund-raising dinner for Bulte in advance of the election. “It now addresses many issues that are important to consumers. Nash won the riding.

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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.”. Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia).

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