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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In Social Media Communities Size Matters – Inversely
When I work with groups on their strategic use of social media I assure them, “size doesn’t matter” and they look at me funny. We have been told our whole lives that bigger is better. As it turns out, when it comes to building a community via social media and specifically when you amass a [...]
Saxum Social Media Summit in review
I couldn’t attend the Saxum Social Media Summit but I followed along, while I could, on Twitter. The chatter seemed to be positive and as I scrolled through the tweets I ran across one of my favorite OKState students and Saxum Intern, Mindy Robson. Since Mindy was there I asked if she would mind sharing [...]
Will size be the demise of your community?
I have my academic hat back on and am doing research for the social media class I will teach this next semester. One of the areas I have been spending a lot of time on is the actual design of a community and how it should look in relationship to specific goals and objectives for [...]