In one of the earliest posts of this digital literacy series, recounting a Third Tuesday MeetUp celebrating World Kiva Day, I examined the fact that social media is in many ways shrinking the globe into a series of smaller communities. Like-minded people around the world are uniting in Facebook and LinkedIn groups and carrying on [...]
Today digital media influences so much of our lives. We make purchasing decisions based on reviews we read online; we track our activities using apps and online tools to measure improvement and meet goals; and we have become our own publishers. We’re more social than ever – thanks to tools like Twitter and Facebook, we’re [...]
I’m going to reveal a secret to you right now: as I write this post I’m wearing sweatpants and a tank top and my hair is in its naturally curly disarray. This is a far cry from the professional photo I display on my various social media profiles. Dressed as I am, I go through [...]
There’s no doubt that digital media has altered the PR landscape forever. Given this reality, what does the current world of PR and corporate communications look like? In this week’s edition of the digital literacy series, Adam Dooley (@adamdooley), President of Winnipeg-based Dooley Communications, offers his insight into the current pulse of the industry, including: [...]
The weather in Calgary has been positively frigid this week (like you need me to tell you that) and the coldest day was probably Tuesday – the day of Third Tuesday Calgary’s (#TTyyc) World Kiva Day Meetup. As a result, the turnout was lower than anticipated (what with the fact that most people’s cars were [...]
Everyone knows the first month of the New Year always represents an opportunity for change, renewal, and a fresh start. Calgary associations seem to be taking this fresh start very seriously with a dizzying array of events to choose from in Q1 alone. Forget six degrees (or pixels) of separation, if you go to all [...]
Yikes, it’s been over a month since my last post! While my own blog has gone hungry I have written tasty tidbits for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) (here and here), The Canadian Marketing Association, Techvibes.com, and the Canadian Public Relations Society. “Yeah, and the dog ate your homework” you might say. Fair [...]
Today at lunch I had the great pleasure of attending the inaugral “Calgary Business Bloggers” Meetup. A small group of eight, we met at the offices of Bullet Proof InfoTech “home” of prominent Calgary IT blogger Stuart Crawford . Stuart hosted the event in the absence of co-founder David West who was, understandably, off attending [...]
