From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Social Media Triage – Scaling back

March 20, 2009

Image by Kevin Steele via Flickr
Tune in at 9:00a PDT Saturday at http://ustream.tv/channel/social-media-triage
There’s nothing wrong with jumping in with both feed. But sometimes, you jump in with dozens of feet, and then you realize that you only have two.
What do you do when you’ve done way too much and you feel yourself being stretched thin? [...]

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Social Media Introduction for the Travel & Tourism Industry

March 14, 2009

A few weeks ago I gave a talk to a 100+ owners of business in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. It was at the Cochise County Travel & Tourism Workshop down in Benson Arizona. My job was to speak to the attendees about getting started in social media.
Here’s the abbreviated version of that [...]

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Saturday morning Social Media Triage live on Ustream.tv

March 12, 2009

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After successive and successful alpha and beta launches of my free weekly group version of Social Media Triage, I’m ready to make it official.
This Saturday morning at 9:00 Phoenix-time (currently PDT) I’ll kick off the group session by sharing some things I’ve learned about Yelp this week. After that, we’ll get in to [...]

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Improv AZ mission #2 a success!

March 10, 2009

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How did your spend your Sunday afternoon? We spent ours welcoming back a total stranger at the airport.
Nope. Not kidding.
It’s another one of our “warm ups” for Improv AZ that started with the No Pants Day Light Rail ride a few months ago (that amazingly got picked up by the press [...]

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Come out for #evfn at Tilted Kilt in Mesa 3/13/09

March 10, 2009

Image by Andorra Photography via Flickr
#evfn is a weekly social gathering organized primarily over Twitter. It stands for East Valley Friday Nights (that’s the east valley of Phoenix, AZ) and yes, you are invited.
This week we’re off to the Tilted Kilt in Mesa. Many of our regular attendees are familiar with the Tempe establishment, but [...]

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Tee Morris is ANTI-Social Media

March 9, 2009

I co-written books with Tee Morris. I know him as a stand-up guy, filled to the brim with passion and drive. He’s been on the lecture circuit for a while now. But since he’s on the east coast and I’m near the west, I’ve never seen him present.
Until today, thanks to Blip.tv:

Tee took [...]

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Social Media Triage beta launch on UStream.tv a success

March 7, 2009

Update: Pulled my head out and figured out what was wrong with the Ustream.tv embedding. See? Everyone makes mistakes at this stuff. All part of the fun!
Earlier today I did the beta launch of my Social Media Triage on Ustream.tv. I think it went very well, and I’m indebted to those who graciously hung out [...]

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Big Distance – My talk from Ignite Phoenix 3

March 2, 2009

Here are the slides and the audio track from my Big Distance presentation, originally given at Ignite Phoenix 3 on February 25, 2009. The slides have been corrected. The audio was recorded right here in my office. So is it the exact same talk as happened live last week? Nope. It’s better.
Props to Phil Plait [...]

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