Social Media
By Jeff White: Apr 17, 2012
Filed Under: Jeff, Social Media
If you follow me on Twitter, you might know that I re-watched High Fidelity this weekend. Aside from my life being at least 200% different from John Cusack’s character on that movie, we’re a lot alike. Still, I love the Top 5 lists. Or Barry Jive and the Uptown Five.
You can tell the stories you’re passionate about. Everybody’s good at a couple of things. Usually these align with the things that they’re interested in. I’m good at design, business, cycling and barbeque. I’m interested in lots of other things too. And those are usually the things I’m interested in talking about. Read More »
By Jeff White: May 18, 2011
Filed Under: Jeff, Social Media
Being able to hold a conversation with someone is a lost art, according to my seat mate on the flight home from St. John’s, Newfoundland. We had started chatting when Porter’s free drink service (woohoo!) began, and didn’t stop until we landed in Halifax. The elderly gentleman seated next to me with his huge wispy white beard had been on the rock for a bit of vacation, until it came time to leave his wife behind to cook for the men and women actively working to rebuild parts of the island devastated by last year’s hurricane. Read More »
By Jeff White: May 13, 2011
Filed Under: Jeff, Social Media
I gave my first ‘intro to social media’ talk more than three years ago at the AIM Conference. That was a presentation Rob Swick and I gave called “The Authentic Web”. Since then, I’ve lectured on the topic frequently; introducing various industry groups, small businesses, non-profits and numerous others to social media. Since the talks are often an hour or less, it’s hard to delve too deep into anything but tactics when many in the groups haven’t really moved beyond a personal profile on Facebook. Read More »
