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The Art of Social Media starts Jan. 17 at Emily Carr University
Heads up, Vancouverites: next week, my workshop The Art of Social Media begins its six-week run Monday evenings at Emily Carr University of Art and Design:
An introduction to social media for people who want to use social media as a platform for creat…
Social media in 2010: a cartoon year in review
The year that started with Angry Birds and wrapped up with Angry Delicious Users is finally over.
I’ve spent the past week (between meals of turkey leftovers) doodling my cartoon retrospective of the year in social media – and I think I showed tremendo…
In which I am covered in chalk
I came home today wearing a jacket covered in a substance I haven't had to deal with (professionally, at least) in years: chalkdust. I'd facilitated a day-long session at Simon Fraser University's Harbour Centre campus, a 21-year-old facility (which makes it a puppy...
Does that web app taste a little gamey?
Whenever we see a thing that does something we'd like to do, and does it really well, we get a powerful - and often healthy - urge to imitate it. (Or to crush it. Or to belittle it on Twitter. Or to ask, with an arched eyebrow, "Mmm. But does it scale?") For those of...
Open Community offers social web approaches for associations (and more!)
My friends Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer have just launched Open Community, “a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web”. (I was fortunate enough to get to do cartoons for the book, which meant I got a sneak peek – and I wa…
Open Community offers social web approaches for associations (and more!)
My friends Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer have just launched Open Community, “a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web”. (I was fortunate enough to get to do cartoons for the book, which meant I got a sneak peek – and I wa…
Toonblogging on the iPad
I've posted my final cartoon from BlogWorld 2010. It was my most ambitious toonblogging session yet: three straight days of wall-to-wall coverage. (You can check out the results here.) Nearly all of it was on the iPad, using a Griffin stylus and Autodesk's SketchBook...
Scary key card… or scariest key card ever?
I'm all settled in here in Las Vegas for tomorrow morning's launch of BlogWorld. And loving it. With... one... possible... exception. Here's what I'm using to get into my room at the Luxor: I'm double-bolting the door.
Use WordPress.com or Gravatars? You’ll want to fill out your profile – now
If you’re a WordPress.com user, you’ve come across Gravatars before. They’re the avatar, or user image, associated with your account, and they show up next to your comments – not just on your own blog, but on any WordPress.com blog… and on any other …
Podcast: Strategy for a small organization
We’re coming up to the fifth anniversary of the Social Signal blog. So it’s fitting that this Bedtime with Rob and Alex podcast looks at the heart of what we do: developing strategies for participation.
And this time out, we’re looking at strategies fo…
Cavalier about the lavalier
If you've never delivered a speech, presentation or workshop with a lavalier microphone attached to you, then friend, you've missed out. The lav is a little microphone, about the size of a bumblebee, that clips to your lapel. A black wire runs from the mic to a little...
How a popular (but off-topic) blog post can boost the rest of your content
Stories abound of rock bands who produce hours and hours of music that deepens the soul, challenges the psyche and redefines human existence in a new, profoundly meaningful way.
And then they write one frigging novelty song, and that’s the one that …
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
