SU2C: Where the Money Goes
Posted in SU2C on Aug 30th, 2008
This simple video explains the path for the money for the Stand Up To Cancer initiative.
Archive for August, 2008
Some useful links for 8/27
Posted in PR, blogging, business development, marketing on Aug 27th, 2008
You may have already seen Go Big Always - 10 Fantastic ways to f*ck it up as an example of communications practices to avoid. Or maybe you missed it. Read this.
Were you paying attention when Chris Brogan gave 100 Personal Branding Tactics Using Social Media?
Do you promote your blog to offline audiences? Maybe you [...]
One Web Day: Online Participation in Democracy
Posted in onewebday on Aug 18th, 2008
This year’s theme for One Web Day, September 22nd, is Online Participation in Democracy. The Web is an incredibly valuable resource. Like water, many of us think of Internet as a tap that we turn on (or that is always on) and that we can draw from and contribute to whenever we want. But in [...]
My Cousin Matt - Hope for early onset Parkinsons
Posted in Learning, Random Thoughts on Aug 15th, 2008
Read the story, and check Matt’s blog Matt’s Journey, to follow the story further.
Parkinson’s case offers glimmer of hope for future research | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
Parkinson’s case offers glimmer of hope for future research
08:46 PM CDT on Friday, August 15, 2008
By JEFFREY WEISS / Staff Writer jweiss@dallasnews.com
DALLAS [...]
This site now brought to you by…
Posted in causes, marketing, not-for-profit on Aug 14th, 2008
Ads on this blog? What’s that about? You’ll notice an add on the left column, from Apple. No, Apple hasn’t started sponsoring small blogs like me. This is a campaign from Social Vibe, supporting the Stand Up 2 Cancer initiative.
As I posted on the Social Media Club site, SU2C is an effort to get some [...]
My Latest Inc.com Article: All you need is love…
Posted in Customer Relationships, INC Magazine articles, marketing on Aug 12th, 2008
Start Up
“Making love to customers is not a campaign, but a lifestyle,” says Saul in his talk. What does he mean? “Making love to your customers is not something that you can do for a certain amount of time–it is a company commitment. You can’t run this like an ad campaign–customers will sense when it [...]
Social Media Club - 4 Missions and 4 Projects
Posted in social media, socialmedia, socialmediaclub on Aug 8th, 2008
As an Interium Advisory Group member for Social Media Club, I’ve chosen to work on the Media Literacy Project as described below.
4 Missions, 4 Projects: Social Media Club Gets to Work | Social Media Club
Media Literacy
Michael Brito is leading an effort to find and organize all the best Introduction to Social Media presentations, classes, [...]
My NYU Course this fall: Using Social Networks and New Media Technologies in Your Nonprofit
Posted in Learning, Training, howardgr, not-for-profit on Aug 8th, 2008
If you know someone who’d benefit from learning about Social Networks and other forms of New Media in a Not-For-Profit context, I’ll be teaching a class at NYU SCPS this fall on the subject. At $400 for 4 sessions, it is an excellent value (IMHO) and a great way to get an overview and some [...]
Slides from Social Media Camp NYC
Posted in NYC, howardgr, social media, socialmedia, unconferences on Aug 8th, 2008
Dean Landsman and I spoke at SocialMediaCampNYC yesterday, 8/7/08 to a packed house (according to David Berkowitz), on the subject of “What Old Media can teach New Media.”
Several folks asked for our slides, so here they are, via SlideShare.net.
What Old Media can teach New Media: Media Convergence & Integration, Social Media, and Professionalism
View SlideShare presentation [...]
Facebook Whales
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2008
Facebook -Error.jpg
Originally uploaded by HowardGr
Have you noticed Facebook is throwing errors almost as much as Twitter has, lately?
I got frustrated after trying to invite about 75 people to an event, and gave them the Whale they deserved.