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Stylish and Fact-Filled Way to Explain Social Media

by Debbie Weil | Aug 9, 2009 | Social Media, Stats & Studies, Uncategorized

Ignore the offcolor language and a few of the references if they offend you. The shock value of the numbers and stats is why this works. Tells a story and does it well. Best thing I’ve seen that explains why you should care about social media. (Terrific) slides...

Cool Pic of U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra at Open Gov and Innovation Conference

by Debbie Weil | Jul 22, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

This was the best photo I took at Open Government and Innovation. Note the slide behind Vivek Kundra showing Pres. Obama looking at the newly-launched (and very cool) Federal IT Dashboard.

A Few Pics From Open Government and Innovation Conference

by Debbie Weil | Jul 22, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

I’ll post a blog write-up soon.

What’s Wrong With Faking Authenticity? It Doesn’t Work

by Debbie Weil | Jul 13, 2009 | Social Media, Uncategorized, Writing

Authenticity, as I’ve written countless times, is the key ingredient of successful blogging, Twittering and other forms of social networking. It’s also key to a successful e-newsletter. Authenticity means being genuine, trustworthy and credible (see...

Sweets and Tweets: Free Cupcakes, Social Media and Crowdsourcing Almost Everything

by Debbie Weil | Jun 8, 2009 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized

Update: SOLD OUT! You can now follow us on Twitter at @SweetsandTweets. The next Sweets and Tweets is Thursday July 9, 2009 at Baked & Wired in Georgetown. Genius Rocket is sponsoring. Venture capitalist, entrepreneur and politico Mark Walsh will speak about...

Re the FTC and Bloggers: It’s a Brave New World But Old Rules of Disclosure Still Apply

by Debbie Weil | May 28, 2009 | Corporate Blogging, Social Media, Stats & Studies, Uncategorized

  Illustration (and caption) below by the talented Ming Zhuang at Medill’s Graduate School of Journalism.   On the one hand, it’s a brave new world where bloggers represent a new and unfettered publishing channel. One that enables us to consume...
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