Being a blogger and social media consultant (along with a WordPress coder… but enough about the day job), my talks at speaking engagements usually evolve around blogger outreach, building your brand, and blogger relations however one of my own most powerful tools for not only me but my site, is Twitter.
Back in October of 2008 I wrote a post on my company’s blog that was a general overview of Twitter for Business. Now, months later, after giving a talk at the IABC‘s luncheon speaker series, I have been able to expand on several of those points and also step back to give a basic look at this tool that is far more than the latest buzz word.
A casual overview of my talk, including the slides used. Run time, about 20 minutes
Two of the applications I mentioned during my live presentation that will make your life a whole lot easier:
TweetDeck – manage your account, follow trending topics, have a list of your top people to follow/filter your stream (read my post from Oct 2008)
I have put my slides up on Viddler and I also recorded some audio that you can find over my the sixty4media blog. Today’s event was very encouraging, there were many questions about tools, tips and even things like privacy, so I hope that this can be a conversation starter for business communicators. Should you have any questions, I’ll be answering them via the comments here or on the sixty4media blog.
Over the next two weeks I’ll be featuring a series of posts about the Juno Awards as they will be hosted in Vancouver on March 28th. My series will feature the awards themselves (from my view in the press box), satellite events, the street festival, and even the people involved in the process, such as the Uptown Gift Box Company.
On Friday March 27th at the shiny new UBC Thunderbird Arena, NHL alumni will hit the ice and take on Canadian musicians in the Juno Cup.
Juno Cup is an ever-growing popular event among fans that mixes music with sport, matching NHL alumni with top artists and entertainers in support of MusiCounts, Canada’s music education charity, associated with CARAS. Juno Cup has helped raise more than $700,000 for MusiCounts and music programs across Canada.
Tonight I’ll be at GM Place to liveblog the Canucks game. We’ll have photos, video, commentary and a live chat up on the Fan Zone section of Canucks.com, and we’ll also be following the conversation on Twitter, using the hashtag #Canucks.
Chris Zimmerman, President and CEO of the Canucks stops by the live blog
On that section of the site, you may also notice a new video player which will live stream tonight’s game versus the Colorado Avalanche.
The puck drops at 7:00pm Pacific time and you can watch the action on Sportsnet or follow along with Team 1040 radio.
Comedians, Peter Kelamis & Jamie Hutchinson
Update: Wow, the crowd is electric tonight and the game hasn’t even begun! We’ll be live blogging and chatting on the Canucks Fan Zone page alongside the live video stream. So many people are stopping by our kiosk (including Karl Dawson and his family) it’s really exciting.
Looking back, it seems the last time I wrote about CelticFest was in 2007 so I’m not sure what happened in 2008 but it may have involved a kilt and several pints of Guinness.
The official kick off to this multi-day event was on Wednesday but there’s more in store this weekend including the parade on Sunday, March 15th @ 11:30am downtown.
There will also be free entertainment on the Market Stage from 10:00am on Sunday, and the Celtic Village at the art gallery which will be filled with entertainment (including fun for the kiddies) on throughout both Saturday and Sunday.
Street closures: 8:30 am and 2:00 pm – Alberni St from Cardero to Jervis, Broughton St from Robson to W. Georgia, Nicola St from Robson to W. Georgia. 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Howe St from W. Georgia to Nelson 10:00 am – 2:00 pm – Parade Route, West Georgia from Broughton to Howe St. There will also be rerouting of buses.
This Sunday I’ll be at GM Place to live blog the Canucks game (along with Richard) as they take on the Colorado Avalanche. It will be an extra-special Fan Zone event because we’ll be out in the concourse along with the Canucks for Kids Fund Telethon, which will benefit children and families through the Canuck Place Childrens Hospice.
Canuck Place is a story of courage and vision, and a shining example of the good that comes from individuals and organizations seeing a need in their community and working together to fill it. In this case, there was a need to provide care for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families – an option that would give families the added flexibility to access hospice care when hospital or home care could no longer meet their needs.
This vision became reality in November 1995 when Canuck Place opened as the first free standing children’s hospice in North America. Today it is recognized globally as a leader in pediatric palliative care sharing knowledge, expertise and research regionally, nationally and internationally to assist in the further development of best practices in this field.
You can start your donations early online or on March 15th, throughout the game and TV broadcast (live @7:00pm on Sportsnet), they will announce various other methods to give. There are also incentive items such as a Trevor Linden Tribute photo and one of all of this season’s captains (should you donate at the $150 or $100 level).
You’ll be able to follow our game blog combined with some other fun entertainment this Sunday through the Canucks website.
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