Yesterday I had the privilege of presenting at the IABC Canadian Western Region “Dare to Lead” conference (hashtag #D2L2010 on Twitter). Dare to Lead is an annual leadership conference for IABC board members across Western Canada, this time held in Calgary, the third largest IABC chapter in the world. My talk was on “Socializing the [...]
Last week I had the privilege of speaking to about 50 IABC Calgary members at a session called “The Digital Discussion”. As promised, the slides are below, and a nice review from Jessica Wilkinson is on her Wildrose PR blog The Digital Discussion IABC Jan 2010 View more presentations from Doug Lacombe. Send to your [...]
“Our brand is the public opinion of a million citizens … ” said Cindy Pickett, the City of Calgary’s Director of Communications, “and our research shows a high penetration of web 2.0 use in that population.” Ms. Pickett was addressing an appreciative audience of IABC communicators at the recent “How Does Social Media Impact You?” [...]
Below is a (slightly enhanced) summary of a talk I gave to the IABC BC chapter in January 2009. Professional writer and attendee Susan Main blogged about this event on her “Susan’s Super Citizen Showcase” blog. It all used to be so simple – segment your audience, target a demographic, pick the media mix that [...]