Tag Archives: conference

Gravity Summit – Fewer Tweets, More Content

Ever have someone in your Twitter stream who seems to clog your life with a bunch of inconsequential crap over the course of a day? You know the people…folks who tweet from a #redsox game and give info on every … —yes, there’s more—

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Mashable Connect. Minding My Manners.

This weekend, I’m in Orlando, FL at Disney World. So are a brilliant collection of social media and technology professionals at a mini conference/gathering called Mashable Connect. Now, this post isn’t a recap of the event – because I didn’t … —yes, there’s more—

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SXSW. Outlook Doubtful.

I like questions. As a professional journalist, I use them. As a human, I know they can extract information. Lately, the question I’ve been getting non-stop has been, “Are you going to South by Southwest?”. Let’s answer that question here … —yes, there’s more—

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Conference Content

My current assignments in covering technology and lifestyle events has me flying back and forth across the United States. So, it was a relief this week when I found myself signed up to cover two events in my home state. … —yes, there’s more—

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E2.0 Eval

Sure, it’s only Wednesday, but today I’m going to take a minute and give you my thoughts on what’s been good, bad and random at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston this week. *The conference goes on for another day, … —yes, there’s more—

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Non-profit motive

During what I like to call my professional networking journey, I’ve been focused on finding events that will add to my arsenal of tools and my rolodex of skilled and fascinating people. These events have been as distant and varied … —yes, there’s more—

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Flight of Fancy

Sitting at Logan Airport right now thinking about the next four days. You see, I’m going west to participate in the Society of Professional Journalists annual conference in Indiana. There, I’ll be speaking on how social media is changing the … —yes, there’s more—

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A Lesson in Listening. #FAIL

Today I’m at Radcliffe listening to various educators and technology specialists. This group of learned professionals has gathered for the Social Technology and Education Conference in an effort to impart tech knowledge to an audience of teachers, administrators and related … —yes, there’s more—

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Foot Fetish, Podcamp Boston 4 #pcb4

This weekend marked the fourth time in four years that I gathered together with geeks and marketing professionals (more marketing professionals this year than ever before) in a conference setting to aimlessly float through the madness that is Podcamp. Well, … —yes, there’s more—

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Notes from Freelance Magazine Writing session at #spj08

Here are my session notes from the #spj08 conference in Atlanta. These notes are unfinished, but they will give you a feel for what the session speakers are telling us right now – 11:47AM on Saturday. ———————- Freelance Magazine Writing … —yes, there’s more—

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