by Debbie Weil | Sep 23, 2009 | In the News, Twitter, Uncategorized
Feature segment on Washington DC’s ABC news affiliate WJLA-TV (Channel 7) aired today, asking – and answering – the question: do you really care what your friends are doing? Not if it’s: going to the bathroom, going to the doctor, sitting in...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 23, 2009 | Books, Uncategorized
Ten minutes max. Really. There are no excuses. You can pull out the “too much time” card for getting traction with social media and social networking. But don’t try it for “setting up” a Twitter account. Won’t fly. Just got off the...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 22, 2009 | Social Media, Twitter, Uncategorized
I’ve had the opportunity to speak with communications folks at two very large organizations in the past few days: one a Fortune 500 company, the other a national nonprofit (neither is a client). Both are eager to use more social media (especially Twitter)...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 22, 2009 | Events, Uncategorized, YouTube
I was struck by the smarts of one of the panelists at the recent Government 2.0 Summit. Monica Guzman is a young reporter at the Seattle Post Intelligencer who was one of the few to survive the drastic cuts when the print edition was shut down in March 2009. She...
by Debbie Weil | Sep 10, 2009 | General, Uncategorized