Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali WOM: What’s Really Behind The Buzz November 24th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Bryce Keane What’s the buzz? They listen a LOT. Then they plan. And talk they do. – and 14.9%

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

I can’t imagine they would, especially when virtually no one outside of the developer and SEO communities is even aware that this change has taken place. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

Communities. (57). Conferences. (21). Social Network Analysis. (10). Cross, Andrew Parker, Rob Cross: The Hidden Power of Social Networks: Understanding How Work Really Gets Done in Organizations. I like that! Dave Snowden had a very good post about his swings between chaos and order in his study.…

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Another Chitika study showed that social media represented only 0.55% of total referrals across their network, compared to nearly 98% for search engines: This highlights the fact that there is more to SEO than just increasing search engine referral traffic – it is essential to convert those visitors once they arrive.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Let Your Freak Flag Fly October 6th, 2010 Tweet This is a guest post by Narciso Tovar This past week, I gave a presentation to the Dallas IREM group about the importance of giving social media a second look.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Microcontent, Social Software. At the conference EduMedia 2008, TENCompetence Special Technology Track "Technology Support for Self-Organized Learners" I presented my ideas and gained experience with Start pages and their possibilities for building the learning and research environments for Self-organized learners. eLearning 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

“Social media&# or “social networking&# – which term is correct? Super Sunday: are you ready for some… advertising! by Davina Brewer. Why: even though I plan not to watch the Super Bowl , Davina might make me change my mind. from Mizz Information. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

HP Communities. Search: HP Communities. Build your social network, actively use it, and dont be afraid to contact someone to ask a question or share useful information. KM, culture and compromise : Document summarizes the main points covered by Hazel Hall in a conference breakout session. Communities of Practice.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I wrote yesterday’s post, and then read through the comments, I re-learned a lesson I thought I’d already learned: that the community you are trying to build is great; but the community you have is even more important. from Chuck Hemann ‘s Analytics is King. Mission: Accomplished , by Lindsay Allen.

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Social Media Strategery

JUNE 17, 2010

Development , Social Media Thanks to Katie Mercado , I had the opportunity to give a presentation on time management and social media at today’s 33rd Annual PRSA Maryland Chesapeake Conference. I had similar thoughts about social media consuming just too much of my time. Is that the question?” here: [link].

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 7, 2009

Camp, will you be able to say that you have: Sought out social media skeptics and opponents in your organization and engaged them? related online social networks, including GovLoop ? Attended more events sponsored by organizations like the Social Media Club DC , AFCEA and Government 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Plaxo: contacts, calendar and e-cards As a social network, I think Plaxo is pretty dismal, no matter how much it tries to Face-Twit-book-terify itself. Check it out and I’m pretty sure you’ll become a fan. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 These fine folk did: Jan.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

community’s zeal for all things social media and online, 1/3 of Americans still don’t have access to broadband Internet , and even among those who do, less than 50% prefer to contact their government via online means, instead preferring the telephone, in-person contact, or writing a letter (!!). community?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Don’t let your social media activity die. Clearly, your new employer might have guidelines as to when you can get online and on social networks and when you can’t. So I understand not being able to be active on SM during work hours. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Blink The thing with social networks, particularly one such as Twitter, is that the streams move so fast, you barely notice someone’s absence. – is this: if we are going to use social networks to build influence as a way to achieve organizational goals, we have to use them the way they’re meant to be used.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

You see, the current state of the social media blogosphere is very much like an echo chamber , in that a bunch of social media evangelists, strategists, gurus, and other experts are talking to and amongst one another. I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 I will add you to my blogroll! Lookin good.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Comments are the life of your blogging community. You can include a form to make things convenient, an email address, or both plus links to your most active social networks (or ones that people can contact you through). I always say yes as many people are now using smartphones to browse websites and social networks.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

I’ll be giving a presentation followed by a panel discussion on how social media is changing public transportation. My other panelists will be speaking about how they’re already using social media and showcasing some of their success stories. Start by understanding what social media/new media/Web 2.0 link] Emma 1.5:

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 26, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Mon, Apr 27, 2009 Government 2.0 link] Learn About Social Networking » The complexity of Government 2.0 [.] Government 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) If you are going down the free route, use Google Blog Search, Technorati, and blogrolls to find relevant blogs. I’m sure you can relate.

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Development Social Media An Awesome Interview with the Founder of GovLoop, Steve Ressler Mon, Sep 28, 2009 Government 2.0 community, this is a monster merger – one that brings together not only two of the most successful Gov 2.0 The short answer was that the community was unsustainable. Within the Gov 2.0 initiatives?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 21, 2010

community from 3,000 miles away? Even though we’re not a social network, I get lot of feedback on the sense of community it brings to the open gov, Gov 2.0 ’ I think the dynamics and culture of social media and the military are different than government. They’re different communities.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And more important, are you SHARING other people’s status updates with your community? Because it’s not enough to be in the social media space if you’re only there to project your message. Mark as read Approve comment Davina, I follow the advice of Denise Graveline from dont get caught communications with much of my social networking.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2010

rockstars – Linda Cureton, Chris Rasmussen, Steve Ressler, Clay Johnson, Macon Phillips, Mary Davie, and so many others – people who have helped pave the way for conferences like this. Who are the people back at the office making sure the social networks are growing? Who are the people behind these leaders?

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Discussions on Day Two centered around the right balance of policies, rules, guidelines, and best practices for internal wikis; the risks of open vs. closed networks; and the need for open/transparent communication between IT and the user community. tools like blogs, social networking, wikis, etc. 1) Enterprise 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

If your goal is to create a truly collaborative environment across your organization, remember that a community like Intellipedia just doesn’t grow overnight. Start small and start with something that’s familiar to your user community. DB Any statistics on adoption rates and times for internal social networking?

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 11, 2010

Development Social Media Six Villains of Gov 2.0 Sun, Jul 11, 2010 Enterprise 2.0 , Government 2.0 , Social Media I recently came across this funny (and too true) post by Todd Heim on social media villains that piqued both my long-time interest in super-heroes and super-villains and all things Government 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

Mon, Aug 10, 2009 Best Practices Well, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the world of social media and IT security. Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media My Gov 2.0 Development professional development prsa public relations public sector scary smcedu social media sports tools Twitter web 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

Become Part of the Online Community Get on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the most popular business-oriented social networking site there is. List Mashable’s Who’s who in social media list GovTwit is an exhaustive list of every Government 2.0-related Mashable’s Weekly Calendar of Social Media Events GovLoop’s Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Another important issue you raise (to paraphrase you) is that social media is not about technology but what it enables. Keeping an eye to content rather than technological gimmicks is crucial to developing a sound agency presence and being part of a community, as opposed to another press release outlet.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

It helps to have examples of other social media/networking successes by organizations similar to yours, so they don’t feel like they’re mavericks. It helps to have examples of other social media/networking successes by organizations similar to yours, so they don’t feel like they’re mavericks.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Of course, if there are any social-media-optimized productivity breakthroughs — either from your own experience or from the bubbling Booz cauldron — you’d be at liberty to share, I suspect many of us would find real value there. Having done this work (online communities, collaboration, user-created content, etc.)

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 12, 2008

I’ve worked with clients from across the government who are all seeing social media succeed in helping organizations communicate, collaborate, and share information better than they ever have. Or, should it also be open to other agencies like the FAA or other members of the Intel Community? Where you draw the line?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

That same person also uses FB as a valuable networking tool for business purposes. I note that when it comes to fears about social networking, everyone you cite refers to the fear of sharing information in a public forum. Rather, start with one tool, one social network, and go from there. What are you thoughts?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 17, 2009

It’s about the person who has seen the potential of social media to make a change for the better and who has done something about it. It’s about the guy who convinces his administrator to do a press conference on Twitter. It’s about the IT specialist who starts an entire social network dedicated to Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

They’ve fostered a environment in which dozens of collaboration leaders from across the Intelligence Community have emerged to not only sustain the Intellipedia vision, but also to build upon it. While Sean was the Pilot customer, I have been working in Social Media tools longer than the term was around.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Don’t forget the “social&# element of social media. Participating in local events, seminars and conferences provide an opportunity to connect with fellow social media enthusiasts and expand your own network. Don’t forget the “social&# element of social media.

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