Internet Strategy Forum 2009

Internet Strategy Forum Summit West
Portland, OR ~ July 23-24th
Executive keynote presenters from Forrester Research, Hewlett-Packard, Intuit, Xerox, Intel, Welchman Pierpoint, Portland Trail Blazers and more; sharing their insights and ideas about Internet strategy — How to best leverage the Internet & integrate it into business strategy.
Having attended this conference last year, I had huge expectations [...]

Visualization of the ISF Summit

Shortly after the Internet Strategy Forum Summit West in Portland, OR last week, I stumbled upon an excellent article written by Amber Case that visually graphs the Twitter trends, volume, and buzz from the ISF Conference.
Not surprisingly to myself nor @TaylorBarr, quite a few of my tweets were picked up in this blog post, and [...]

Social Media Club Portland

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Social Media Club (Portland, OR) Summer Social which featured Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang), an analyst at Forrester Research.
I couldn’t help but see the humor in the fact that when Jeremiah arrived at the SMC Meetup which was held at @WebTrends, the crowd was energized like the scene [...]

How NOT to Encourage SM Success

With literally hundreds of emerging Social Media related communities populating the internet on a daily basis, you almost always find a handful of organizations attempting to forcefully tap into the traffic, reputation, and resources of those communities.
Now please don’t misunderstand my true message in this blog post. I truly believe in the core benefits of [...]

Bio for the TABJ’s Social Media Panel

After attending last years Holiday Social, co-hosted by the Triangle Association of Black Journalists (TABJ) and the Triangle Association of Asian Journalists (TAAJ), I have been invited to speak this Saturday, April 18th on a Social Media Panel. The topic of this SM Panel is “The Role of Social Media for Today’s Journalists.”
I [...]

Social Media Strategies for Businesses

Social Media Strategies for Businesses
November 8th, 2008 @ Meredith College in Raleigh, NC

This past weekend, I had the honor of co-speaking with Chuck Hester (Director of Communications, iContact Corporation) to some MBA students and Alumni at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC.
While I have had many friends and colleagues graduate from Meredith College, I had [...]