Social Media Barometer at Waterloo Region Social Media Breakfast

On Thursday, September 20, I’ll be in Canada’s tech industry heartland to kick off the fall edition of the Waterloo Region Social Media Breakfast series. My talk is called Social Media Barometer.  And I’ll be looking at some of the social business...

Is Medium the new message?

Medium is a new social network that’s trying to change the way we publish and share content. Lofty goal. It’s the brainchild of Blogger and Twitter founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone, who’ve created a platform that’s simple and elegant, highly...

Adding social to the capital

As someone who likes words and puns (and especially puns), the Social Capital Conference is a name that resonates for me on so many levels. But it isn’t the name that makes a conference. It’s the programming and people behind it. And what makes Social...

Degrees of MESH: the conference as education

MESH conference in Toronto is all about ideas. Big ideas about social networks –  where we are and where we're heading. Questions too. The organizers present some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators who, over two days, share insights and...

Forecast from my social media barometer

PodCamp Toronto is an unconference at its best – a volunteer planned two-day event every February on the campus of Ryerson University – where URL meets IRL with equal parts learning and socializing. The casual atmostphere takes you back to days when...