The first Commuting with Colin episode! The first topic is Mzinga's thoughts on the three dimensions of social media measurement and analytics. In the spirit of transparency, I have included the hysterical interruption and flub at the end of this clip! Due to this interruption, this is part one of two.
I wanted to share a recent conversation with Zeev Neumberger, the CTO at one of the interactive agencies that we partner with. Zeev and I spoke about two weeks ago to go over all the wonderful news about Mzinga and Prospero and all the great things we are adding to the partner program.
While we were talking, the conversation turned to the implementation of projects, keeping to schedules,
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It is easy to tell when an event is stunning to all participants; you ask each other, "What was your favorite part?". I asked this and was asked by many on my recent trip to Antarctica and now it has happened again in Austin at SXSW.
If you peel back this great onion of SXSW, it is amazing th
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SXSW is incredible and overwelming in the amount of great people that are here and the information at the sessions. Later I will post more interesting, or at least more well thought out comments. For now, here are my first few impressions of this incredible event:
Meeting fellow attendees is as valuable (or more) than listening to the presentations
Presenters that value
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I feel like a kid on Christmas morning! Today's announcement of the merger between Prospero and Mzinga is something that many of us at both organizations have been anticipating and working on for weeks now. I thought it would be fun to give you some insight into how we leveraged an array of social media to get to know each other, spread the news, and manage integration projects. The following
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As a parent, coach, and board member of the local youth soccer league, even the remote possibility of an incident with a sex offender is one of my worst nightmares. Like many, there are precautions that we take as a family, team and a soccer board to eliminate this possibility as much as possible. That is why I am pleased to see that New York State is attempting to ensure that read more Wed, Feb 20 2008
My recent vacation to Antarctica was an incredible trip that I will keep with me forever. Recently, I have been reflecting on the trip and the clear analogies between the world of social media and the world of ice and penguins. Her
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Nonprofits and Social Media Colin Browning talks about non-profit organizations and the communities they build online.
Each morning I bound out of bed eager to start the day talking with customers, prospects, partners, analysts and fellow employees about what's new in social media and how we can use it. While I have always enjoyed both creative and technical projects, there is something different about social media that drives me (and indeed quite a few others) that goes well beyond other web-based applications
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Judging a Person by their Avatar
Reflecting on my own participation on Twitter, Facebook, and other online communities, I have noticed that I associate people by their personal image icons or Avatars. Avatars are unique opportunities that online participants have to establish personal brands as well as projecting our comfort level with social media. It is fascinating to reflect back on how my own avatar has changed through the ye
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Blogs
Social Media Analytics, Part 1