I blog about it all the time: citizen journalism is on the rise. Meanwhile, newspapers are folding at an ever-increasing rate. What’s the natural next step as these two trends become more and more prevalent? Online news outlets depending on citizen–e.g. unpaid–journalists to provide content while they continue to phase-out real–e.g. paid–journalists. Not only does […]
Archives for February 2009
Twitter: What Is It Good For?
Lazy Friday: I’m just linking to a guest post about Twitter that I wrote for Jill Kurtz’s blog earlier this week. Have a great weekend!
Live Tweeting Lawmakers?
On the heels of ASAE’s Great Ideas conference and the twitter about live tweeting during sessions, there’s an article in today’s Washington Post addressing the same thing: A Tale of 140 Characters, Plus the Ones in Congress–excellent headline, btw. The article talks about lawmakers tweeting through Obama’s speech to the joint session of congress. Tweets […]
Bootleg* Volunteerism
(*bootleg in the urban dictionary sense; e.g. lame or lazy) Maddie Grant tagged me to answer the question posed by Peggy Hoffman’s volunteerism meme: “How can we create volunteer jobs that don’t require being on a committee, a long-term commitment or gobs of time? So, share five short-term, ad-hoc volunteer jobs you’d love to have.” […]
The Power of Social Media: Are Companies Overreacting?
Yesterday the world seemed to be a-buzz—and a-twitter—with reactions to Facebook’s announcement that they were changing their Terms of Service (TOS). I’m not just talking cyber world either; I’m talking the Washington Post, WTOP radio, NBC TV news—“real” news outlets. The first thing that came to my mind when I read about the TOS changes […]
Guest Blogging From ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference
This time next week I’ll be in Miami for ASAE’s Great Ideas conference. Please let there not be some freakish cold streak in Miami–I need some sun and heat! I’m psyched not only about the Miami weather part; I’ll also be presenting at the meeting and guest blogging on ASAE’s blog, Acronym. Hopefully they have […]
Enterprise Twitter: Who Would Pay?
I love it when I can use the word “atwitter” in a blog post. So it’s my lucky day because my inbox and twitterstream are both atwitter about Twitter’s rumored new business model: charging companies for commercial use. Simple enough, right? I mean, if Twitter is now a mainstay of corporate communications–garnering all kinds of […]
Why The “Only Young People Use Social Media” Excuse Won’t Work Anymore
If you read this blog you know one thing I blog about regularly is the fact that more and more “old” people are using social media every day. Here are two more logs to throw on that fire: The biggest increase in online participation since 2005 is in the 70+ age group The fastest growing […]
Which Is It: Quantity Or Quality?
Social media goddess, Charlene Li, recently made some social media predictions for 2009. Here’s one of them: Exclusivity trumps accessibility. Having thousands of friends becomes “so 2008” and defriending becomes the hot new trend, driven by overwhelming rivers of newsfeeds. The movement is rooted in a desire to have quality, not quantity, as people cocoon […]
The Real Reason I Love Social Media
In 140 characters or fewer, this is why I love social media: @themediaishirin Helping laid off media employees find new work 140 characters at a time. Email us at mediaishiring@gmail.com Reasons why this is awesome: 1) A 140 character resume as a serious way to find a new job? Hells yeah. You can’t get more […]
