May 31, 2007
Stuart MacDonald speaks with Global CEO of Edelman Public Relations Richard Edelman on the topic of The Future of Public Relations.
Once again, sorry for the rushed notes, but wanted to blog the content as much as possible without filtering. I may try to put some perspective on it later or might just leave it as [...]
Posted in Canada, Industry Events, Public Relations, Social Media, Toronto, Web 2.0
May 30, 2007
The Mesh Conference begins today. Nice to have a conference with both ample WiFi and powerplugs all over.
As a longtime Gillmor Gang Listener (sadly defunct now). I have been looking forward to hearing Mike Arrington (founder of TechCrunch) speak. The subject was The Future of Media.
Note: will try to clean up my notes later. Some [...]
Posted in Attention, Canada, Industry Events, Social Media, Web 2.0
May 29, 2007
I am really looking forward to the Mesh Conference starting in Toronto tomorrow at MaRS (College & Queen’s Park). Unfortunately the event is now sold out, so if you didn’t get your ticket by now you are out of luck. While several of the sessions look to be interesting, I most look forward to [...]
Posted in Advertising, Canada, Industry Events, Media, Public Relations, Social Media, Toronto, Web 2.0
May 28, 2007
I was recently watching an amazing TV show called This American Life. It is a brilliant documentary show spun-off from the popular NPR radio show of the same name. As a Canadian without regular access to NPR except for the podcasts, I wasn’t aware of this show (it also has a podcast, which I will [...]
Posted in Issues, Opinion, Podcast, Social Media, TV, Trends
May 25, 2007
An interesting post from Mark Goren at Transmission Content + Creative on the spread of the net memes and viral (truth be told, I only found his blog because of a trackback the Bring the Love back post so right back atcha, Mark).
Here’s where it hit home for me: Because I’m connected to you and [...]
Posted in Culture, Opinion, Social Media, Viral, Word of Mouth