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 […]
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Sage advice to the future of PR
Earlier this week, I guest lectured on digital PR at the American University and reported on the experience, Public Relations and Communications’ Future is Bright!. I said that I would not write anything nice unless someone sent me a thoughtful email from the class. Well, I received two nice notes, one from Juliana Serafini (who […]
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 […]
How to Web 2.0-enable your live event
Producing and attending corporate events, like conferences and trade shows, is not cheap. But people still ‘attend in’ and ‘pay by’ the thousands for the unforeseen value to be had in education and new business relations. Whatever reputation develops from your event, everyone can benefit from layering social tools (some call it Web 2.0 technology) […]
Dell features Socialmedia.biz
I've been following the social media work of Bob Pearson, VP of communities and conversations for Dell, for some time (he's @bobpdell on Twitter). So it came as a surprise when a friend IM'd to say, Hey, did you know Dell is promoting your blog? Well, no. But a look at their lead 58-second introductory […]