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Dual Screen Video as Promo for Upcoming Workshops
I’ve been on a new learning curve over the past several days, having said blithely to some colleagues that a recorded Skype video would be forthcoming. Sooner said than done. The video was needed to help promote the one day Social Media Roadmap...
Relationships First, then Business
The SOBCon “Blog It, Earn It” Discount This blog displays proudly the SOB (Successful and Outstanding Bloggers) badge. SOBCon is the annual “Biz School for Bloggers” to be held once again in Chicago, May 1-3. What has always i...
Brisbane Breakfast Gathering to Focus on Social Media
I have a feeling that the Interactive Minds breakfast gathering next week in Brisbane, Australia will be one of those events you’ll either be glad to have attended or told you missed something special. And that’s not just because I’...
Bushfire Tragedy for Small Towns and Rural Communities
This is a very sad time in my beloved country, Australia, when so many small town and rural communities in the State of Victoria have suffered such devastating loss from unprecedented bushfires, with a death toll estimated at over 200 and whole towns...
Dealing With Poverty Closer to Home - Wendy’s List
It’s been good to participate in Blog Action Day this year and the focus on Poverty has produced some amazing posts and some very moving testimonials around the blogosphere. Understandably, a lot of what has been written is about poverty in und...
Supporting The Library Project for Blog Action Day
In my post yesterday about Blog Action Day, I promised more information about a project we are supporting, with a focus on children. It’s called simply The Library Project and it is about providing books for children in developing countries. Qu...
Blog Action Day 2008: Be In It!
As a founding member (and member of the Advisory Board) of the International Blogging and New Media Association (IBNMA), I was very pleased to learn today that the Association is a sponsor of Blog Action Day, October 15. This is the first “ca...
In Praise of Big Things: Telstra Competition to Name New Australia-US Cable
Anyone who has travelled around Australia at all by road will have noticed some Big Things: the Big Merino just out of Goulburn, the Big Guitar at country music capital Tamworth, the Big Prawn (or maybe Shrimp to you) at Ballina, the Big Banana at Co...
Let’s Put More of the Big Wide World in BlogWorld Expo 09
It’s just a week now since BlogWorld & New Media Expo 2008 (Twitter hashtag #bwe08) was in full swing at the Las Vegas Convention Center (and after hours at various parties and other gatherings around town). With, as I understand, over 2,0...
