This has definitely been a do-it-all week!
I had a teleconference with TEC Edmonton about building a smartphone app which would give you the UV Index, temperature, etc for your location (within 10 km) and sun safety tips based on your skin type that you plug in along with other information during set-up.
Had another teleconference with pharma company about sponsorhing a public education campaign, which for the first time would include pre-planned social media elements (YouTube, Twitter, & Facebook).
Then headed off to Toronto for the Social Media, Networking and Mobile Technology Summit hosted by the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE). The speakers, Andy Steggles and Angelika Lipkin, covered a lot of material but still had some much that we're going to be having a webinar in about 6 weeks to address the extra content and allow for questions about things that may/may not be working.
The summit was great because it focused on social media and social networking for not-for-profits which incidentally is where I find myself. Part of the registration fee for the summit was Andy Steggles book "Social Networking for Nonprofits: Increasing Engagement in a Mobile and Web 2.0 World". Apparently the book is a great resource that many people find helpful. So much so that it was out of print at the time of the meeting but CSAE has said they will be mailing them out and I find that I'm actually anxious to get my hands on a copy.
During the meeting Andy and Angelika, from HigherLogic.com asked that we tweet about the session using the hashtag #CSAE11. People were tweeting during the sessions and Andy even tweeted a video from the karaoke night following the first day's session. Those Ontario Real Estate Association girls sure enjoyed the spotlight ahaha!
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April 19, 2011
TimedRight....Is it?
Today I met with TimedRight, a group that has created a social networking site (of sorts) for the medical community. With them we will be creating a section for our members to use discussion boards, present/discuss case studies, continue with self-direct CME as well as interact with other medical specialties in open forum areas.
Our hope is to use this site to engage our members before the conference in June, during the conference and after the conference to poll them about the sessions and what take away messages were most useful to them.
The site itself is not unlike AlgonquinSocialMedia.Ning.com but not quite as social media heavy. You create a profile, join groups, start discussions. You can post documents or meeting minutes for circulation within a committee. I'm pretty sure you can even link your twitter feed.
What I'm not sure about is whether our members will use a site like this. As medical specialists their time is already quite tied up between seeing patients, maintaining their certification (CME), doing rounds, and journal study. Do they have time to join another networking site? Will they want to?
At what point do we say "enough is enough" and disconnect or go offline? For me that's right about now, it's been a long day.
Our hope is to use this site to engage our members before the conference in June, during the conference and after the conference to poll them about the sessions and what take away messages were most useful to them.
The site itself is not unlike AlgonquinSocialMedia.Ning.com but not quite as social media heavy. You create a profile, join groups, start discussions. You can post documents or meeting minutes for circulation within a committee. I'm pretty sure you can even link your twitter feed.
What I'm not sure about is whether our members will use a site like this. As medical specialists their time is already quite tied up between seeing patients, maintaining their certification (CME), doing rounds, and journal study. Do they have time to join another networking site? Will they want to?
At what point do we say "enough is enough" and disconnect or go offline? For me that's right about now, it's been a long day.
March.....really??
I don't know how March showed up so quickly but it's here which means...
We're also discussing a massive redesign of our website (www.dermatology.ca) which is going to be an insane amount of work.
SIDEBAR: If anyone knows of any good web design
companies in Ottawa, I welcome any and all suggestions.
But hopefully, they will give me a reasonable timeline to have the redesign done and can roll it out in phases rather than as one giant lump sum.
Hmm, I'm noticing that my blog posts of late aren't really all that tied to social media and have taken on more of a form of ranting diatribes. I suppose it was bound to happen at some point. My apologies.
- Mum's birthday is Thursday (51 years young)
- Media efforts ramp up at work to address the upcoming conference
- And my workload is about it get ridiculous as all our programs seem to run during the same three month window.
We're also discussing a massive redesign of our website (www.dermatology.ca) which is going to be an insane amount of work.
SIDEBAR: If anyone knows of any good web design
companies in Ottawa, I welcome any and all suggestions.
But hopefully, they will give me a reasonable timeline to have the redesign done and can roll it out in phases rather than as one giant lump sum.
Hmm, I'm noticing that my blog posts of late aren't really all that tied to social media and have taken on more of a form of ranting diatribes. I suppose it was bound to happen at some point. My apologies.
FAMILY DAY LONG WEEKEND!!
Hurrah! A long weekend in February an extra day to help me survive the long cold winter in Ottawa!!
Going into the long weekend I didn't have any plans much more than to relax, catch up on some reading, maybe watch a movie and do some much needed laundry. But that all changed at 3:45pm on Friday.
Friday afternoon I get a text from a friend asking if I want to go see "Unknown" which of course I do because I have a great love for Liam Neeson. Great flick by the way, very good plot twists. Anyway, after the movie I tweeted my love for it and all things Liam Neeson. From which sprouted a random tweet-convo with a friend who lives/works in Los Angeles. He works in television and is writing a screenplay for a movie he and his friends hope to get made - a pipe dream really. @scott_towler, @barbarian_days)
Back to my story, a radio personality in Ottawa picks up on our little conversation and asks if I wanted to write a review of the movie for their website - do I!?!?! - and then asks if I'd be willing to see another couple movies and review them. Kind of a what to do during Family Day.
So Saturday I head out with the same friend, we see two more movies, eat wwwaaayyyy tooooo much popcorn and I write a couple of reviews. (The reviews haven't been posted yet but I'll look for the link, if I remember that is.) Then I nap.....ZzzZzzZzz....too much sitting and popcorn can make you pretty sleepy.
So the evening rolls around and I'm wide awake because of the lovely midday nap. Post to facebook that I'm looking for things to do and end up playing a game of Where in the world is Katie (a take on Where in the world is Carmen San Diego) trying to meet up with friends via facebook and text.
I cave sign up for foursquare and see where they "checked in". A night of hilarity ensues following a mishap with some beer, a disco song and a drag queen.
Now Sunday afternoon rolls around, I crawl out of bed and make it all the way to the couch with a big bowl of cheerios. Watch re-runs of Will & Grace and veg. Immerging form the vegetative state to write a blog post, thankful that I still have Monday to do some reading, laundry and relaxing.
Love long weekends!
Going into the long weekend I didn't have any plans much more than to relax, catch up on some reading, maybe watch a movie and do some much needed laundry. But that all changed at 3:45pm on Friday.
Friday afternoon I get a text from a friend asking if I want to go see "Unknown" which of course I do because I have a great love for Liam Neeson. Great flick by the way, very good plot twists. Anyway, after the movie I tweeted my love for it and all things Liam Neeson. From which sprouted a random tweet-convo with a friend who lives/works in Los Angeles. He works in television and is writing a screenplay for a movie he and his friends hope to get made - a pipe dream really. @scott_towler, @barbarian_days)
Back to my story, a radio personality in Ottawa picks up on our little conversation and asks if I wanted to write a review of the movie for their website - do I!?!?! - and then asks if I'd be willing to see another couple movies and review them. Kind of a what to do during Family Day.
So Saturday I head out with the same friend, we see two more movies, eat wwwaaayyyy tooooo much popcorn and I write a couple of reviews. (The reviews haven't been posted yet but I'll look for the link, if I remember that is.) Then I nap.....ZzzZzzZzz....too much sitting and popcorn can make you pretty sleepy.
So the evening rolls around and I'm wide awake because of the lovely midday nap. Post to facebook that I'm looking for things to do and end up playing a game of Where in the world is Katie (a take on Where in the world is Carmen San Diego) trying to meet up with friends via facebook and text.
I cave sign up for foursquare and see where they "checked in". A night of hilarity ensues following a mishap with some beer, a disco song and a drag queen.
Now Sunday afternoon rolls around, I crawl out of bed and make it all the way to the couch with a big bowl of cheerios. Watch re-runs of Will & Grace and veg. Immerging form the vegetative state to write a blog post, thankful that I still have Monday to do some reading, laundry and relaxing.
Love long weekends!
January 25, 2011
My friend's band covered Justin Bieber's Somebody to Love and in an attempt to help their video go viral, I designed the email newsletter below. The newsletter was distributed to the fanlist and each section linked to a different form of social media: the band's blog, twitter, facebook group, myspace, email, etc.
The image is currently linked to the video, in case anyone is interested I know they'd love more fans.
Until recently this was the most experience I'd had with social media, although graphic design is a big part of what I do. Ulitimately, I love it if I could spend most of my time designing and finding a away to tie in social media.
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