Posts about social media as of April 6, 2009

This entry is inspired by, but not limited to, some issues on government transparency raised during a session I facilitated (”Led” sounds too pushy. Also, it’s completely inaccurate.) during last week’s Government 2.0 Camp. “Transparency,” especially these days, is a mantra that’s so prevalent in social media and participatory government

Most of us arrived last night in Orlando. Nick Allen, Bill Mottram, Dennis Martin, Gary MacFadden, Ed Parolisi and I had a nice dinner and then we checked out our meeting place. Dennis Martin installed a wireless network and we’re ready to go. You can follow the action on Twitter, check this blog and Wikibon for updates

Well, I think sales people don’t have a bad reputation. They are simply no more RELEVANT. Why? Read “death of a sales man” … of salesperson refers to the role of social media tools in the B2B selling environment. Axel followed … firms on sales effectiveness, social media tools such as Jigsaw , LinkedIn , Twitter , Plaxo

Social media provides an invaluable platform for collaboration … it out as we go along. I’m also very appreciative of the early social media innovators and their continued influence and support within our space. My interest in social media is from a communications

Second class on the First AmendmentApril 6th, 2009 by Ron Coleman | PrintThe Administration believes bloggers can’t be trusted with free speech the … -growing online social media phenomenon.Revised guidelines on endorsements and testimonials … for untruthful statements made by bloggers and users of social networking sites who receive samples

ToughSledding is taking a new direction — and a little time off. When you come to a fork in the road, take it. (Yogi Berra) … that reflect my course content, and not today’s Twitter buzz or social-media dust up. Your ideas

I recently attended a brilliant presentation on “ Setting Content Free at Ford ” by Scott Monty, Digital Communications Manager at Ford and Maggie Fox, CEO of Social Media Group …  and Social Media Group partnered to turn traditional PR on its head to create a highly impactful social media

Baby bird by Allie’s.Dad on Flickr. (CC by-nc-nd) Back in 2007 Twitter seemed like it was the next big thing, so naturally we joined as well … are using the service like “normal peopl”, meaning that for the first time in the mainstream media

As I  have mentioned multiple times, I am working with a talented team of MBAs here at Vanderbilt to better understand the economic impact of social … in the world of social media marketing & development. We have a survey that should only take you 5-10 minutes and aims to discover and understand your thoughts and opinions on Social Media and

I’ve been in a puppy zone for so long that politics has been on the back burner to a large degree. Puppies have to eat, you know and be delivered to homes and my time has been canine friendly and politics poor over here at Chez Coma. (Only two left for adoption: Handsome and Dot at the low, low price of free!!)