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Google Hangouts. A Roadmap to Event Tweeting. By Ashley Chimal | @prodbychim Promoting events on Twitter can make you feel lost without a roadmap.

A Roadmap to Event Tweeting

As a business or organization, your tweet frequency is a direct representation of how involved or proactive you are. If your social media strategy is effective in terms of events, you will not only gain Twitter followers, but all of your hard work will feel like it has paid off in the end. Tweeting for events is tricky, and the struggle is in finding a balance.

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Pinterest for Business: 4 Important Tips to Remember. Did you know that online photo sharing can hold a great value to businesses?

Pinterest for Business: 4 Important Tips to Remember

This may have been left only at individual opinions in the past but now Pinterest has confirmed that bringing enticing photos to the world can increase the number of prospects, create more buzz around your business and lead to the generation of more leads and sales. Pinterest is a social media networking platform that allows users to organize and share digital images from around the web. How Does It Work?

Remember those images hanging around in your sitting room in spots where they can catch the attention of guests and people who step in? Well, that is the idea behind Pinterest. Maslansky luntz + partners. How to Create an Awesome Infographic [INFOGRAPHIC] There's no better way to show companies how to create an engaging infographic than through outlined steps in the form of an infographic.

How to Create an Awesome Infographic [INFOGRAPHIC]

A new infographic by Infographic Labs — first published by Performancing.com — highlights the best practices of developing a creative way to get the word out about new data. As the amount of information we consume on the Internet grows and attention spans decrease thanks to a bevvy of distractions from email to Facebook, market research firms and other companies are packaging new data in visual ways. In some cases, infographics even go viral. 4 Inspiring Examples of Digital Storytelling. Layla Revis is vice president of digital influence at Ogilvy PR Worldwide.

4 Inspiring Examples of Digital Storytelling

Her specialties include international affairs, tourism and multicultural marketing. In 2011, Sundance Film Festival created The New Frontier Story Lab, an initiative created to foster the development of a new style of media production. As media began to depart from traditional, linear films intended for a passive audience, the launch represented an innovative new era in entertainment. The New Frontier Story Lab helped many an interactive narrative come to life. Each of these productions features multiple points of entry across platforms and employs technologies such as facial recognition, augmented reality, geo-location, motion sensors, data visualization and the entire toolset of social and mobile platforms. President of the National Film Board of Canada, Tom Perlmutter's multi-platform interactive productions have also been revolutionizing transmedia. 1. 2. 3. 4. Twitter network analysis of events – what’s possible?

I recently connected with Daniel Knox (@djkn0x) on Twitter – which is where it seems most of my connections are happening these days.

Twitter network analysis of events – what’s possible?

How technology is transforming events. One of my speaking bureau just asked me to provide them with a few quick ideas on how technology is changing events, as one of their key clients is having an internal meeting to discuss their future use of technology in events.

How technology is transforming events

I only had 10 minutes free to write something, so it’s far from comprehensive, but I thought worth sharing here. Graphic Facilitation – Visual Notetaking. Blockbuster Files for Bankruptcy ❤ Cartoon. By Published:23-Sep-10Posted in: Digital Painting, Editorial Cartoon -World News, Entertainment Cartoons, Pen and Ink Cartoons.

Blockbuster Files for Bankruptcy ❤ Cartoon

No Jobs for Graduates ❤ Cartoon. By Published:23-Jun-12Posted in: Chalk Drawing, Digital Painting, Editorial Cartoon -World News, Mixed Medium, Modbook Artwork, Pen and Ink Cartoons, Pencil-drawings, Political Cartoon, Sketches.

No Jobs for Graduates ❤ Cartoon

Demo. Twitter Hashtags 101: Complete Guide to Discovery and Power. Twitter hashtags can connect you to people and conversations all over the world … Oh!

Twitter Hashtags 101: Complete Guide to Discovery and Power

The places you’ll go! Out there things can happen and frequently do, to people as brainy and footsy as you. And when things start to happen, don’t worry. Don’t stew. Welcome to Beepmo. App for DEMO_2012 in HTML5. Hub Melbourne's First Birthday & Ballroom Expansion Celebration · ehon. Domain Availability - Registration Information. ANZ Privately Owned Business Barometer 2011. Growth is knocking at the door, how will you answer?

ANZ Privately Owned Business Barometer 2011

The vast majority of respondents to this year's ANZ Privately-Owned Business Barometer expect to prosper over the next 12 months, and even more are confident about the next three years. The question is, how will that optimism be converted to sustainable growth? That is, growth that provides benefits both now and in the long run? This year's ANZ Barometer holds three distinctive keys for business owners wanting to build a sustainable growth platform. For small-to-medium and commercial businesses, these include: Scale and collaboration Inspiration and planning Investment. For agribusiness and farmers, these include:

How I Got Sponsors & $ for My SXSW Trip. Going to Conferences can be expensive especially for small business owners. I also commit some time in creating content for Papaheroes.com and Veglatino.com which are efforts that are currently done on our own time without any financial compensation. Want to get Sponsored? You’d Better Be Sponsorable  WANT TO GET SPONSORED? YOU'D BETTER BE SPONSORABLE3 years ago Have you seen something like this floating through your social media data stream recently? “Who wants to sponsor me to go to Overrated Conference 2011?” “I need a sponsor for my blog. 15 Ways To Activate Your Events Socially. Originally published in Social Media Examiner These days almost every event, whether it is a conference, expo, or more informal gathering of attendees, will use some form of social media to stay in touch and offer updates to attendees.

Some events, however, are grasping the full potential of social media as a way to reach a whole new audience and create an experience that goes beyond that of the traditional speaker-audience relationship and drive new levels of engagement. Creating pre-event buzz 1. Registration buzz. Why being ambidextrous is twice as good. Harry Houdini, Leonardo da Vinci, Robert Baden-Powell, ­Benjamin Franklin and Johnny Wilkinson were (or are) all ambidextrous, defined as being able to use both hands with equal ­facility. But a study this week found that "mixed-handed" ­children are twice as likely to ­suffer from ­attention problems at school as right-handers, while earlier ­research has associated the ­condition – which is often, but not always inherited – with autism and dyslexia.

Here the ambi­dextrous mother of two ambi­dextrous daughters relates her experience: "I'm 64 now, and as long as I can remember I have used both hands for everything.