Here’s our roundup of social media, tech and marketing conferences and events scheduled for the month of May. For the full year, see: Calendar of 2010 social media, tech and marketing conferences. It’s a busy month, and I’ll be kicking it off by heading to Web 2.0 Expo today. Even if you can’t attend, you […]
Tips on how women can attain ‘true power’ on stage
I’ve been astonished by how many of my friends and colleagues have thrust themselves into the public eye by writing books, appearing on panels or going full tilt into public speaking. I’ve even detected a small uptick (finally!) in the number of women appearing on stage at tech conferences. I’ve spoken at my fair share of public events, and what public speakers often have in common is an uncertainty of how to engage the audience with command and assurance.
Paths to the new journalism
Paths to the new journalism View more presentations from JD Lasica. The future of journalism will be more social & entrepreneurial With the business models of traditional news media in free fall, it’s a precarious time for journalism. Earlier this month I did an hourlong video chat with a class of journalism students at the […]
Pandora’s love-filled journey to dominance
Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of Pandora (photo taken with my video camera). And other highlights of NewComm Forum 2010 I‘ve been spending the week at NewComm Forum, the annual gathering of communications, marketing, PR and new media thinkers and doers in San Mateo, Calif. I now have years of distance from the newspaper […]
Social media: Increasing access to public meetings
Social media increases accessibility to public meetings from JD Lasica on Vimeo. I‘m at NewComm Forum this week, probably the best gathering of minds around social media, marketing and new media anywhere. (I’ll be speaking Friday about the future of journalism.) It’s also a superlative venue for networking. Last year I met Kathleen Clark of […]