A notion about business approaches to social media struck me yesterday during a webinar hosted by a client, Powered (www.powered.com). Chris Barger of General Motors (www.twitter.com/cbarger) said, in effect, that…
Twestival: I had been hearing quite a bit about Charity:Water over the last few months, from a semi-mysterious mailed invitation to a New York fundraiser party in December (I got…
After reading a piece about President Obama and th Web in the latest Wired (print!), I thought more about the idea of a "social media presidency." I still don’t think…
A mere six months to go until this year’s Pan-Mass Challenge, and I though I would share a few updates on my preparations: – First off, please consider donating to…
What Really Needs to Change? How about journalists making themselves the story (and for the purposes of this column, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch is a journalist)? Dating back to my…
I have often experienced "network weaving," where a conversation takes place across multiple platforms- like someone answering a Twitter question on Facebook, etc. This concept is becoming more and more…
Now sit down, I’m not going to rant for or against the social media Echo Chamber. Peter Kim lays out a couple of excellent posts about breaking out. I do…
Has Obama broken a social media promise? – I have been very skeptical of the idea that President Obama’s will be a “social media” administration. Federal government seems to me…
How far should a company go to keep its customers? It actually doesn’t take very much. Take Comcast for instance. all they have to do is listen and nip problems…
The Pan-Mass Challenge isn’t until August, and my bike remains neglected in my dark, not exactly photogenic basement, but I already have a couple of things to report: 1) Within…
Doug Haslam