Oct 6, 2011 Update: When I wrote this post, I was still figuring out what I wanted to write about on this blog. Two years later, I can tell you I do write about recipes now! In any case, if you like pumpkin soup, you’re going to loooove this recipe. Pinky swear. Happy Thanksgiving! — … Continued
social media snack-ons
‘I Am T-Pain’ app gives me iPhone envy
I’m suffering from iPhone envy. It’s been going on for some time now but peaked to an intolerable level yesterday upon watching The Ellen Degeneres Show. (I’m on maternity leave and have been sucked into daytime talk shows in lieu of being able to participate in regular adult conversations during the day). Yesterday on Ellen, … Continued
Girl Geek Dinner Ottawa on CTV
Girl Geek Dinner Ottawa (GGD Ottawa) will be featured on CTV Ottawa’s Tech Now on Sunday, September 13 as part of the 6 p.m. local news. The interview is with the GGD Ottawa co-founders: Kelly Rusk, Veronica Giggey and myself, and gives us the opportunity to promote GGD Ottawa to the community. FYI – did you … Continued
Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 10 with David Crow
So wow…already there have been nine Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa events this year. I’ve managed to attend most of them and they’ve all been fantastic learning/networking experiences. SMB Ottawa 10 is slated for Wednesday, July 15 with guest speaker David Crow of http://davidcrow.ca/ David is Microsoft Canada’s User Experience Evangelist and has helped to organize great … Continued
Recent PR grads: win internship with Maverick Idol contest
I subscribe to my Algonquin College PR alumni listserv (go grads of ’98!), and yesterday received an email about an eight-week PR internship contest featured in the National Post. If you’re an ’07, ’08 or ’09 PR grad looking for an internship opportunity, then Maverick Public Relations Inc wants to see what you’re made of by having you … Continued
Digital snacks are yummy
At today’s Social Media Breakfast Ottawa (SMBOttawa), guest speaker Brady Gilchrist of Admodo offered some valuable insights on the way people are consuming information in this “age of abundance” [of information]. And of course, the affects social media has on business as a whole. Brady broke it down like this… Mass media = the individual is … Continued
DigiMarketing’s take on new media marketing
I saw this on the list on the Retail Rumblings blog and like it so much, I thought I’d re-post it here. It’s from DigiMarketing: The Essential Guide to New Media & Digital Marketing and offers an interesting take on the way the world’s view of marketing has changed. Plus I like lists and this … Continued
Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 7 is March 11
The next Social Media Breakfast Ottawa (SMB Ottawa) event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 11th. What: Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 7 When: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – 7:30 to 9:00 AM Where: Gowlings, 160 Elgin Street, 26th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada How: Purchase your $10 ticket at smbottawa7.eventbrite.com Guest speaker is Brady Gilchrist In the … Continued
Sourcing the crowd at SMB Ottawa
Well the weather sure can put in a wrench in things (so can transit strikes but that’s a whole other story.) Bryan Person, planned guest speaker for today’s Social Media Breakfast (SMB) Ottawa event got stranded in Boston. After three flight cancellations he had to admit defeat. He wasn’t going to make it. Disappointing as … Continued
Help Social Media Breakfast select a logo!
Over on the Social Media Breakfast (SMB) site, Simon Chen of SMB Ottawa has posted a request for readers and SMB attendees from across the globe to help them select a logo. The selected logo will be used by SMB cities across the US, Canada and Singapore. There are four logos to choose from so … Continued