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Third Monday – Jon Husband
Jon Husband, Vancouver-based blogger and co-founder of Qumana, was the guest speaker at the second Third Monday in Ottawa last night. He was joined in a question and answer session by Ian Ketcheson. John led …
The only R word in Canada is "Resilient"
Yesterday, RBC Financial Group Chief Economist Craig Wright delivered an encouraging message to an audience of Canadian business executives. Overall, Canada’s economy remains strong and is likely to sustain continued moderate growth. Why do I …
Third Monday Launches with Shel Israel
The Third Monday meet up of the Ottawa social media community kicked off with inaugural speaker Shel Israel, co-author with Robert Scoble of Naked Conversations. Over 35 people showed up at the event. From Ottawa and …
Shel Israel has naked conversation with Ottawa communication executives
Shel Israel met in Ottawa today with a group of about 30 government and private sector communications executives. Most of the attendees’ organizations have taken only preliminary steps in social media or have yet to …
Canada's Prime Minister podcasts – kind of
Canada’s federal government is making some tentative moves into social media. Last night, the Prime Minister of Canada’s Podcast popped up on iTunes’ Canadian podcast page. The files can also be accessed through a streaming …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel launches podcast
Sebastian Keil picked up two reports that Angela Merkel today will launch a podcast. Podcasting is an ideal communications vehicle for government leaders. It closely follows the broadcast model that politicians use every day. Political leaders generate …
IABC International Conference – Stephen Lewis
This is a long post, but read it through to the end … please. When the bottom line isn’t enough. Stephen Lewis, United Nations’ Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in stunningly and compellingly reminded us of …
IABC International Conference: Neville Hobson, Shel Holtz, Alan Jenkins, cont'd
After the break: Question: What does it take for a company to be ready for social media? Neville Hobson: Culture. An understanding of the value of conversational communications. You have to …
Mesh Day One
The Mesh Conference opened in Toronto yesterday – and it delivered everything that attendees had been hoping for. Thoughtful presentations and discussions by notable speakers. And lots of attendee participation in the discussion and interaction …
Cabinet Minister Promoted, Keeps Blogging
Yesterday, Neville Hobson pointed out that David Miliband, the blogging Cabinet Minister, had been promoted in Tony Blair’s Cabinet Shuffle. Miliband posted to his blog that, “I’m now Environment Secretary – so this blog will …
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