by Debbie Weil | Sep 21, 2007 | Social Media, Stuff, Uncategorized
Geoff Livingston and I are planning Washington DC’s premiere Unconference (more definitions here and here). Naturally, it’s called BlogPotomac. Update: why are we doing this? DC has a large but fragmented community of social media experts, practitioners,...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 29, 2007 | In the News, Social Media, Uncategorized
Thomas Friedman’s column this week in The New York Times, The Whole World Is Watching (registration required), makes the point that anyone you bump into – anywhere, anytime – might have a blog or a cell phone with a camera and a way to instantly,...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 28, 2007 | In the News, Social Media, Uncategorized
That’s what has happened to me lately. I’ve been busy with clients, traveling for work, traveling a bit for pleasure and just generally… busy in my First (non-virtual) Life. Although I must admit that I did set up a Facebook page recently. I’m...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 15, 2007 | CEO Bloggers, Social Media, Stuff, Uncategorized
A best practice adage about corporate blogging is that there’s gotta be an inside evangelist in order for the blog to work. Well GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare has one in the form of VP of Weight Control Steve Burton. Steve is the lead author on GSK’s...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 13, 2007 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
The New York Times’ David Pogue used Social Media Club co-founder Chris Heuer’s definition of social media – and its importance – in his keynote at Bulldog Reporter’s Media Relations Summit. It’s a good riff and part of a longer...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 6, 2007 | Social Media, Stuff, The Corporate Blogging Book, Uncategorized
I’m writing (or trying to write) a short introduction for the Mandarin Chinese edition of The Corporate Blogging Book – to be published in a few months. I’ve got some interesting stats and commentary on the Chinese blogosphere from the folks at...