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Those who’ve been following along on the Workshops page or the GCalendar will know that our Social Media for NonProfits course is co-taught with me and Wesley Regan of Building Opportunities With Business. Wes is the nonprofit communications specialist and I’m the social media specialist, so it works out to be a very well-rounded presentation […]
August 12, 2010
Tweetups have only been around a couple of years, so it may seem odd to write a post laying down the etiquette of something that’s still coming into being, but with the pace of change in social media there is ALWAYS no time like the present. Anything else risks becoming nothing more than reminiscence. This […]
August 7, 2010
This is the new signage for SMCYVR, which made its debut yesterday at our Trout Lake Digital Scavenger Hunt with Nokia. Thanks to Roland Tanglao for the snazzy snapshot, and to Raj Taneja, VP of Events and not-incidentally Sugardaddy of Signage.
August 3, 2010
Which is a nice, I-went-to-University-you-know way to say that this Thursday the Social Media Club of Vancouver and Nokia Canada are collaborating to produce an outdoor digital scavenger hunt in gorgeous and transit-handy Trout Lake Park. The deets: 6-9pm Thursday, August 5th Meet at Trout Lake Beach and prepare to perambulate. This is a participatory […]
August 3, 2010
When you’re pitching a complete stranger asking for a referral to someone else, DO IT IN ENGLISH not in whatever this language is: When I asked what that meant, whether she was talking about advertising or something else, I got this back: Okaaaaay. First of all: it took me a minute or two to figure […]
July 29, 2010
Many and varied are the things people find to discuss via that 140-character padded room full of characters known as Twitter: from world events to haiku, from indie bands to mainstream media, from airline cuisine to breaking news, all these things and more, yea, all the subjects under the sun have been discussed, hashtagged, and […]
July 21, 2010
Just a simple graphic sometimes explains so much. We’ve seen Maslow’s Hierarchy of Writer’s Needs; now here’s the eternal triangle, updated for the Digital Age: Firmly resting on a foundation of lolcats. There is no way this could possibly be more true to life unless the very tip of the pyramid were reserved for Unicorn […]
July 13, 2010
Pimp My Blog This 201-level workshop offers practical tips and tools for increasing your readership and influence, and applies to any blogging platform (with the exception of Tumblr, which is really only good for talking to the voices inside your head in my opinion). It includes a very basic intro to social media like Facebook […]
July 13, 2010
I’ve been living and working on the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver’s inner city, for more than a decade now, and when you live here that long it’s impossible not to want to give back to the community in a meaningful way. Since I’m not really in a position to give jobs, food, or shelter (except to […]
July 7, 2010
We’re in the process of finalizing our August/September lineup of classes, and have scheduled our Skype-taught online classes already: Blogging for Writers Online begins Tuesday, August 17th at 7pm-8:30pm Pacific (Vancouver/LA) time, runs weekly to October 5th; $250 Learn how to get the most out of blogs for promotion, sales, networking and (unexpectedly) to improve […]
July 2, 2010
Ah, screw this “meaning of life” business! Why is my new blog not on Google? THAT is the question. The question we get about five times a day in the WP.com technical help forums. Let me run you through the explanation: GOOGLE SEARCH rajcairns Member Jul 2, 2010, 4:29 PM MY BLOG WILL NOT COME […]
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