How Twitterers acted to head off tragedy in St. Louis I just heard a fascinating story that speaks to how the community is tapping into social media on life-and-death matters — in this case, a bomb threat at a high school. Let me tell it to you. Short version: Tuesday night a history graduate student […]
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How to use social media in the newsroom
I‘m working with the vaunted Poynter Institute to put together an online class for senior newspaper executives on how to use social media in the newsroom. One of our goals here at Socialmedia.biz is to cut across silos to get marketing people, journalists, businesses and strategists all talking to and learning from each other about […]
Toward a Facebook bill of rights
After last week’s user rebellion that upended Facebook’s attempt to change its terms of service to grant itself a perpetual license to all photos, videos and copyrighted material posted by its members — somehow, Terms of Use Rebellion doesn’t have the same historical ring as Whiskey Rebellion — the company is angling to turn the […]
Social media meets the real world
Too often in the world of social media, we connect with each other virtually but hesitate to actually get off our duffs and interact in person. Yesterday was one small victory for face time. At the first East Bay Social Media Breakfast, 35 of us got together to schmooze, swap ideas, discuss business and consider […]
Collaborate with us
We think of Socialmedia.biz as a work in progress. As we build out the site over the coming months, we have a vision of where we want to go, but there are lots of different routes we could take. So we welcome your thoughts and input. What would you like to see on a site […]