Computer based social media classes on how to use Twitter, Facebook fanpages, setting them up and also blogging and rss readers and so on.
Laurel Papworth teaches social network, social media and online community courses. Public courses are available- see links below – or training can be brought in house to your computer lab, or (without computers) to your boardroom or training room.
Monday and Tuesday next week is the Sydney Online Social Networking and Business Colloration: Richard Kimber, Global CEO, Friendster Rebekah Horne, VP of Fox Interactive, MySpace Francisco Cordero, GM Bebo Paul Slakey, Director, Google I’m on abunch of things including:MONDAY Collaboration – A knowledge management revolution empowering staff and customers to deliver• Identifying the critical collaboration factors of success• Change management strategies for web 2.0 technologies• From social bookmarks to blogs – which tools can and should be used• Lessons learnedWayne Hughes, Managing Director, Virtual Medical Centre .comChris Knowles, Web Manager, Heinz AustraliaAndrew Mitchell, National Manager, Technology and Knowledge, UrbisLaurel Continue Reading…
From CrikeyMedia on YouTube In online communities, years ago, we used to use the politically incorrect term “Forum or Admin Nazi” to denote a forum moderator that deletes content due to either a) a rigid interpretation of the rules or b) makes up the rules as they go along. An example of a) would be deleting an otherwise valid posting because the member wrote “and then to sum it all up, crashed my frickin‘ car” (cussing around the filter) in a non- accusatory way. Some “Grammar Nazis” would delete or reprimand for using TY or Thnx instead of Thank You. Continue Reading…
I just HAD to add this in from despair,inc. You can make de-motivator posters. The McKinsey Quarterly has a report out by Jacques R. Bughin. It extrapolates out behaviour on video sharing sites and looks at how a corporate collaborative media group might work. And you can save the .pdf for future reference! Yes, I know these reports are as boring as boogers, but if you are advising a company as their internal Web 2.0 strategist, (or from externally i.e. a competitor of mine ) you need to be able to quote McKinsey and similar. As in “A recent survey Continue Reading…
Dunno if that’s the right title but it will do for now. Found this little snippet by Bryan Zilar at WebMonkey, via umm Wired I think. Heather Gold is the inventor of something she calls Open Source Management. Through her company, Subvert, she stresses the importance of bringing socially open technologies such as wikis and blogs — as well as good, old fashioned face to face meetings — into the arena of personnel management. By using these open source tools, employees get a chance to contribute to the culture of their workplace. They can share ideas, build new relationships, and Continue Reading…
Laurel has been creating and managing virtual communities for 20 years, teaching social media for the last 5 years and was named Industry Head, Social Media by Marketing Magazine (Australia) in 2010.
Forbes Magazine named her in the 50 Most Powerful Social Media Influencers in 2012 and she is also listed in the 100 Most Powerful Women on Twitter, as well as Number #12 AdAge Marketing and Media blog (Australia). More on the About page if interested.
email: laurel [at] laurelpapworth.com
mobile: 0432684992 +61432684992
twitter: @SilkCharm
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I'm running small, one-day computer based social media classes in September 2011 - Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. If you know someone who would like to do a more advanced class, please let them know! Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm
