I talked to Mr. Solis (Brian to his friends I am sure) about the fact I was using his (and Deirdre Breakenridge) book, “Putting the Public Back in PR” in my social media class. This was last year. He asked if I would be interested in talking about my work, using social media in the [...]
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Author Archives: Bill Handy
Chris Brogan will do anything to get me to follow him on Twitter
The other day Chris Brogan tweeted the following:
When I saw the tweet pointed out to me by a friend I joked that Chris Brogan will do anything to get me to follow him. Truth be known, he won’t and his tweet is just part of who he is, a very cool guy. Full disclosure, that [...]
Golden Key Regional Summit Comments – Achieving Your Potential
I was asked to be the keynote speaker for the Golden Key Regional Summit which was held at Oklahoma State University this year. Any topic of my choice so I chose “potential”. At the request of the committee I included some of my comments from a previous speech but the first half is all new [...]
OSUccess media release
Oklahoma State University Unveils Five-Year Campaign to Raise
$1 Billion to Fund Scholarships, Faculty Positions,
Research, Programs and Facilities
Oklahoma State Alumnus, Energy Entrepreneur and Philanthropist T. Boone Pickens Announces $100 Million Challenge Gift to Fund Student Scholarships
Oklahoma State President V. Burns Hargis Announces $537 Million Raised in 26 Months for
“Branding Success: The Campaign for Oklahoma State University”
(STILLWATER, [...]
Internet’s impact on students and academics
My preference is to have comments and questions posted on the youtube page. Obviously if you don’t have your own account you can post your comments below…. or you can (finally) get a youtube account… there free!
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Not Your Father’s Virtual Reality
What follows began as a private post about half as long written way back in November in response to a tweet regarding second life. (I find more and more I post private soliciting specific points of view to discuss and build knowledge – more on that later). My interview with KFOR (Oklahoma City) a few [...]
An interview with a social media guru and Harvard Professor
Update – the interview has been posted in its entirety on the KOSU website (The State’s NPR Station). Disregard the interviewer, a total amature to say the least but Dr. Weinberger’s responses are awesome. If you listen, please leave a comment in their comments section to show your support for their hard work and appreciation for [...]
Reasons to avoid being an armchair quarterback
(What follows is an updated post based on feedback from my good friend Matt Galloway.)
With the Superbowl upon us I thought I might touch on the topic of armchair quarterbacking - a person who offers advice or an opinion on something in which they have no expertise or involvement the process. I’ve seen this for a [...]
What Teachers Make
I love this time of year, immersing myself in the new semester, seeing the students, meeting new ones, and hearing from those who have gone on to greatness as well as those who are struggling in this down economy. Bottom line, I love being a teacher… Professor as the case may be. The list [...]
gapingvoid 2.0: Why I’ll no longer be blogging new cartoons.
From his email newsletter Hugh MacLeod will no longer be blogging his artwork. Why? After reading his letter it is my opinion his community simply got too big which reinforces that in social media communities size matters – inversely. (thank you @mattgalloway or Matt Galloway in the real world for forwarding his letter)
gapingvoid 2.0: Why [...]