Monthly Archives: August 2009

Why Do You Tweet?

Tweet Do you use Twitter? Facebook? Blogs? LinkedIn? The Internet? If you do, why? Seriously, what’s your intention of going online? Now, why do you use social media? For fun, to sell, to learn, to socialize, to find your community… Ruder Finn, one of the world’s largest public relations agencies, released the RF Intent Index, July…

6 More Elements Of The Social Media Mindset

Tweet Have you read Rajesh Setty’s 12 Elements of the Social Media Mindset? Rajesh says that it’s important to understand the “social” aspects of social media. He states,  ”…that ‘social’ is what sets it apart from other media.” He then lists 12 elements “that you can focus on to build the right mindset for participating…

5 Reasons You Should Use Social Bookmarking Sites

Tweet Does your business, organization or event use social bookmarking sites like Digg, Delicious or StumbleUpon? Have you ever sent a friend or colleague a link to a website that you thought was interesting or useful? If you have, you’ve done something similar to social bookmarking. Here’s Wikipedia’s definition of social bookmarking: Social bookmarking is…

Guess Who’s Coming To #Eventprofs August 20, 12 pm ET?

Tweet Put this #eventprofs Twitter chat on your calendar, Thursday, August 20, 12 pm ET, 9 am PT. And set a reminder too.  We’re going to discuss virtual events or virtual experiences as Paul Salinger likes to call them. Here are some of the experts ungurus that are planning to attend so we can pick…

What Is A Virtual Event?

Tweet Have you attended a virtual event lately? In the meetings industry, there is a lot of discussion of virtual meetings and events. So what are virtual meetings and events? Here are how some of the meetings industry pros define virtual events. A virtual event uses social media technologies to give you everything at a…