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Entries from August 2009

Whurley

August 26th, 2009 · Filed under: Community · Wisdom

Posted by Jason Molin

We (Dave Wenger for the Communications team) brought ‘evil genius’ Whurley in to speak with us at our weekly staff meeting today. Whurley -William Hurley- does, what he calls, risk management for largescale community building based on his own system theory (that allows him to know what NOT to do). Confused? You know, crowd sourcing, [...]

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Social Media Revolution

August 18th, 2009 · Filed under: Social Media · Video

Posted by Jason Molin

McCombs alumni Eric Qualman has a book and a blog called Socialnomics. Here’s a video of compelling facts about how social media is rapidly changing the nature of our world. Read more about Qualman’s book at Texas Magazine online.

Below are the stats from the video. For the original post, with references, visit http://socialnomics.net/2009/08/11/statistics-show-social-media-is-bigger-than-you-think/.

By 2010 Gen Y will outnumber [...]

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Daily Twitter and Facebook Ideas

August 17th, 2009 · Filed under: Facebook · Social Media · Twitter

Posted by Jason Molin

Twitter

new Twitter users: try accessibletwitter.com for an easier interface
RT something of interest/value from the general news feed
RT from a follower, browse their posts, find a good one
search by topic/keyword to find new people, good Tweets
reply to your DMs
follow a new person (use search, or follow someone being followed by a favorite Tweep)
post an upcoming [...]

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Dealing With Email Overload

August 3rd, 2009 · Filed under: Email

Posted by Jason Molin

When we began discussing the first five social media tasks we do each day we all agreed that it starts with email…and it never ends. Most of us spend most of the day checking our email. Is taking too much of your time? An informal survey in class today revealed that most of us get [...]

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