This week I experienced something extraordinary, thanks to social media and the drive and compassion of three Calgary women.
Sixteen days after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, YYC4Haiti became the largest “tweetup” (a meet up of Twitter users) in Western Canada, raising an estimated $25,000 for the Red Cross in the process.
This most assuredly represents the [...]
Last week I had the privilege of speaking to about 50 IABC Calgary members at a session called “The Digital Discussion”.
As promised, the slides are below, and a nice review from Jessica Wilkinson is on her Wildrose PR blog
The Digital Discussion IABC Jan 2010
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Twitter and Facebook:
Major players in Calgary efforts
to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief
What: YYC4Haiti, a Calgary fundraiser for the Canadian Red Cross Haiti Relief
When: Thursday, January 28, 5:30 p.m.
Where: Flames Central
Who: YYC4Haiti, a team assembled via Twitter. Contact information below.
CALGARY—Three Calgary women have spearheaded a team to mobilize the city’s social-media and business communities [...]
Everyone knows the first month of the New Year always represents an opportunity for change, renewal, and a fresh start. Calgary associations seem to be taking this fresh start very seriously with a dizzying array of events to choose from in Q1 alone. Forget six degrees (or pixels) of separation, if you go to all [...]
Short “Social Media 101″ presentation delivered to the Calgary chapter of the International Special Events Society.
ISES Social Media 101
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The folks at Anduro Marketing and I have just kicked off a fun summer social media campaign for San Remo Ristorante.
San Remo Ristorante is an upscale, fine Italian dining establishment with three Calgary locations.
We’ll be using social media as a platform to share recipes, foodie and gourmand tips, photos, customer comments, Italian travel experiences, specials, [...]
Yikes, it’s been over a month since my last post! While my own blog has gone hungry I have written tasty tidbits for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) (here and here), The Canadian Marketing Association, Techvibes.com, and the Canadian Public Relations Society.
“Yeah, and the dog ate your homework” you might say. Fair enough.
So [...]
Today at lunch I had the great pleasure of attending the inaugral “Calgary Business Bloggers” Meetup.
A small group of eight, we met at the offices of Bullet Proof InfoTech “home” of prominent Calgary IT blogger Stuart Crawford .
Stuart hosted the event in the absence of co-founder David West who was, understandably, off attending to a [...]
“Our brand is the public opinion of a million citizens … ”
said Cindy Pickett, the City of Calgary’s Director of Communications, “and our research shows a high penetration of web 2.0 use in that population.”
Ms. Pickett was addressing an appreciative audience of IABC communicators at the recent “How Does Social Media Impact You?” luncheon [...]
