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‘Tech for Good’ – 15th November 2010
The last few weeks I’ve been plotting and getting plans together for my next big offline gathering! Riding on the high from co-organising the Social Collective Conf in September I wanted to do something that is a bit different and addresses some big questions for the industry. I feel that there is huge competition and...
Q: Who would you turn to? Building an online community…
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Hi Guys, I wondered if I could call on your help to crowd-source a supplier, software provider, social network builder… I’d like to find a supplier to build a network to share blogs, run events, participate in discussion groups and host profiles. There will be more to it than that but interested in your thoughts....
You don’t need to follow in line…
Technology has given us the opportunity to follow each other, to create and publish content, to create communities online and discuss all manner of topics from Space Exploration to keeping Marine Fish. Give people the opportunity to communicate, set a topic or theme and people will communicate. This creates a tribe says Seth Godin. I’m...
Getting Found: Social Media for the Job Seeker
There’s a rapidly expanding list of resources available to the job seeker to find work, with dedicated sites such as Chinwag, Only Marketing Jobs and New Media Age Jobs for the Digital Marketing sector. These sites all utilise tools such as Twitter and LinkedIn to build communities and broadcast their latest jobs (join and follow...
Techfluff.tv come to Social Media Monday
We was delighted to have Techfluff.tv join us this month at Social Media Monday in London, they sent their vlogger down to interview a few of us, which was quite well timed as the months event was on video in social media. From humble beginnings of a networking group set up on Linkedin, Social Media Monday(which...
[VIDEO] Love the Revolution
Whilst I concede that this isn’t exactly breaking news, but we all love a good stat and Social Media Revolution 2 gives us exactly that, I also concede that many of us are already converted and wise to the powers of social and the value that can gained from relationships and community online (and offline,...
Web 3.0 and Semantic Web
If you ever wanted a 15 min intro into what direction the web is going then here it is… The semantic web will change the way we search, organise and publish on the web. Experts in this emerging market are already cropping up and as search engines start to further develop their semantic’s in search...
Interview with Chris Tompkins
In March 2010 we had the opportunity to host an International speaker at Social Media Monday, we was delighted to have Chris Tompkins joining us to present at the March event, so we thought it would be a great idea to interview him in the lead up to the his 4500 mile flight from Florida...
Mazi.TV
They’re doing some really good work over at Mazi.tv – The Video Podcast that reviews UK Tech Startups. Founded by Social Media Consultant @Mazi and presented by @SharleneGerus, Mazi.TV has captured the attention of 1000′s of viewers and made its way onto iTunes – So its availalble as a VodCast on your iPhone, iPod and...
How do you approach it…
I read a blog post earlier today about ones approach to business. At business school this guy was taught to do ‘as it little as possible’ in order to achieve ones objective, to spend as little money, time, resources on a project in order to achieve the goal at maximum profit. Very businesslike, but isn’t...
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