medborgarmedier Originally uploaded by robinhamman. I’m not exactly sure what the title means, but I’m in Karlstad, Sweden – the self proclaimed, and currently somewhat overcast, “city of sunshine” – where I’ll be giving a presentation tomorrow morning. I’ll post… Continue Reading
A friend (thanks Martin) just sent me a link to this map of online communities from XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. It appears to be missing a few islands but most of the continents seem to… Continue Reading
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks mulling over three presentations I’ll be giving over the next two weeks: 09/10 May: Karlstads Universitet in Sweden – I’ll be giving a 45 minute presentation at Medborgarmedier (flyer pdf) as part of… Continue Reading
my_telegraph_blog_small Originally uploaded by telegraph_media_group. The Daily Telegraph is set to become the first (as far as I’m aware) national UK newspaper to launch reader blogs. According to Shane Richmond, the Telegraph’s Blogging and Community Editor, “My Telegraph allows any… Continue Reading
(bringing new readers up to speed) When it began to become clear that a horrific tragedy was unfolding at Virginia Tech University earlier this week, I did what a lot of bloggers did and looked to the blogs. I quickly… Continue Reading
Last week’s bloggers open house at the Daily Telegraph was quite interesting because much of the discussion ended up being about that achille’s heel of online community management: moderation. Participants in online discussions hate moderation. This is fairly easy to… Continue Reading
Mark Jones, Community Editor at Reuters, is explaining his roll. Last year, the company had a rude awakening to the power of blogs, when bloggers spotted a photo that had been faked by one of it’s photographers in the Middle… Continue Reading
social media marketing and advertising panel Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Anthony Mayfield started his introduction to the panel discussion by saying: “Without a desk in front of me, I feel as exposed as a brand in the blogosphere” We don’t,… Continue Reading
Michael Steckler, Business Planning and Development Director at Microsoft Advertising, is giving the afternoon keynote, which is about social networking – why people are using it, what brands can do there, etc. Social networking includes a wide array of sites,… Continue Reading
blogging4business – london Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Lee Bryant from social software consultancy Headshift is leading the second panel of the morning, which includes Olivier Creiche from Six Apart. Olivier’s first slide quotes Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, GM: “To blog… Continue Reading