We’ve all heard it. Businesses need to use social media to engage! Build relationships! This quote, taken from IBM’s “From Stretched to Strengthened: Insights from the Global Chief Marketing Officer Study” sums up the great disconnect that too few social media advocates seem ready to accept: More than half of all CMOs think social media… Continue reading Social media and business in a nutshell: The great divide
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Everyone’s welcome in my dressing room
I first caught wind of this in my Twitter feed on the weekend and I’m so happy to see that it’s starting to spread and grow. As most of you probably know, minor hockey has been a huge part of my life, both as a player when I was a kid and as a coach… Continue reading Everyone’s welcome in my dressing room
And now for something completely different
My wife is awesome. Seriously. She’s easily my favourite person on the planet over the age of two. Her birthday is this weekend and I want her to feel special. And since I know a lot of you are rather fond of her yourselves, I figured you might like the opportunity to mark such an… Continue reading And now for something completely different
The problem with social media consultants
“The internet sucks,” he announced, leaving the table
So this happened today. A couple of months ago I wrote a post inspired by a piece in Slate all about literal titles and how they may or may not destroy narratives. We got around to talking about the Slate article and my interpretation of it during a team meeting at work today. It was… Continue reading “The internet sucks,” he announced, leaving the table
New gig: Social media for business instructor
I guess I’ll be spending the holidays stitching little leather patches on my tweed jackets* cause come January, I’ll be joining the faculty of Algonquin College as an instructor in their social media certificate program. Well, I’ll be joining the ranks of their contract facilitators, anyway. Specifically, I’ll be teaching the online offerings of COM0015:… Continue reading New gig: Social media for business instructor
Transactions vs. experiences: End of storytelling on the web?
My maternal grandfather is an exceptional storyteller. He has a quiet demeanor about him (or it least it seems that way at first blush as he’s usually surrounded my mom and her siblings – a group that’s never been accused of being subtle when they’re together) but he has a way of spinning the most… Continue reading Transactions vs. experiences: End of storytelling on the web?
Moetry in motion
Raise money for prostate cancer research – win a free poem from an award-winning poet. Details? Well they’re right here.
The #socapott comedown – So what happens next?
First and foremost, the largest of props and maddest of love to the organizers of the first annual(?) Social Capital Conference in Ottawa. Wi-fi and room access snags aside (snags that were totally out of their control), the event went off swimmingly. I took advantage of the opportunity to pop in and out of sessions and… Continue reading The #socapott comedown – So what happens next?
Like a blog but in 3D!
I wrote my last post when I was a bit down on the whole social media community. This post? A lot more optimistic. I’m stoked to have been asked to speak at an upcoming day-long social media / digital communications conference this summer in Ottawa. I think this is going to be a really good… Continue reading Like a blog but in 3D!