by Debbie Weil | Jun 25, 2008 | Social Media, Stuff, Uncategorized
Contrarian consultant Alan Weiss is using his blog, Contrarian Consulting, to diss blogs and social media. He’s pissing off a lot of people in the process, including Seth Godin. His blog post titled Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and Chance has sparked, as of this...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 20, 2008 | Events, New New Things, Social Media, Uncategorized
There was no PowerPoint at BlogPotomac, the unconference held here in DC last week. But two of our speakers have posted their presentation notes. Measurement queen KD Paine posted her outline of 6 basic steps to measure communications online. Be sure to read also her...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 17, 2008 | Events, Social Media, Uncategorized
At one point on Friday June 13, 2008, I looked around the packed Stage Theater, venue of BlogPotomac, and realized that virtually everybody was video interviewing or photographing each other. (Photo at left by Li Evans.) In other words, they were walking the talk, or...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 14, 2008 | Speaking, Uncategorized
BlogPotomac was a great success. At least 150 attendees, great speakers, great buzz. More photos and videos and podcasts TK. Our one-day conference was thoroughly Tweeted. See Twitter stream via Summize.com. Below is Dell chief blogger Lionel Menchaca giving our...
by Debbie Weil | Jun 13, 2008 | In the News, Uncategorized
Life – and death – move so quickly in the Internet age. Consummate American political journalist Tim Russert , best known as host of Meet the Press, died suddenly several hours ago of a heart attack in the Washington DC offices of NBC News. The news was...