I’ve felt a bit like a voice in the wilderness, claiming Australians blog, we just don’t do it in a centralised, countable way (Blogger and WordPress are overseas sites). Certainly there have been some PR and media bloggers who say that Australians don’t blog or engage in User Generated Content (Consumer Generated Media). They were wrong and now we have stats (pdf) to prove it: The report has identified that among CGM activities, consumers are most likely to share/send photos and links, with content sharing and distribution generally seen as the initial entry point to CGM activity engagement – 84 Continue Reading…
Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:06 pm Tagged with: internet users, leader, media bloggers, New Zealand, Social Media Australia, user generated content, web 2.0
Feb 222008
You can generate your own Hollywood sign (and chocolate bar etc) at GlassGiant I have a hobby. And no, it’ s not computer games, virtual worlds or hanging around on Facebook. That’s work, not hobby! Heh. I do acting. I find it’s not intellectual, but emotional. It’s not sitting still but involves the body. In other words, it gets me out of cyberspace and grounded in real space like nothing else. Watching TV is too much like a non-participatory headspace of the ‘net. Acting however is a whole different experience. So if you’ve seen me from time to time in Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 9:40 pm Tagged with: acting, actor, agency, at2.com.au, career, casting, Creative Division, graphic design services, jobs, New Zealand, online casting, online casting facility, Online Communities, online strategy, Social Media Australia, social networks, South Africa, talent, United Kingdom, United States, web 2.0
Feb 212008
I knew that Bebo was more popular than MySpace in New Zealand, but that was about all I knew: Facebook Catches Up to Bebo in New Zealand Over the past 12 months, New Zealand visits to Facebook have skyrocketed, catching up to local social network leader Bebo. According to Hitwise New Zealand, for the week ending February 16, 2008, Facebook captured 16.01% of visits to Social Networking websites, just behind Bebo, which enjoyed a 17.63% market share. TradeMe, New Zealand Herald and Stuff are all benefiting from the success of Facebook, as these websites prominently feature in Facebook’s downstream traffic. Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:05 pm Tagged with: Bebo, Facebook, local social network leader, New Zealand, New Zealand Herald, Online Communities, social networks, Xtra
Feb 212008
We interrupt your regular programming for a message from our sponsor. Bless Glen’s little cotton socks : PR & New Media Summit March 4th & 5th 2008 Watersedge, Walsh Bay, Sydney Registration: $995 +gstWho should attend this conference? The PR & New Media Summit is designed for public affairs and marketing communications practitioners who wish to: Understand online media Hear from the online Editors – understand what online editors and journalists are looking for Develop and implement new media strategies for their organisations Start building the skills base for engaging online with all stakeholders Hear from the corporate, Government and Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:04 am Tagged with: Communities and Social Networks Strategist, Deakin University, director, founder, Google Australia, Head of Corporate Communications, laurel papworth, New Zealand, Online Communities, Rob Shilkin, Ross Monaghan, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, web 2.0
The Ministry for the Environment is looking for an environmentally conscious senior web adviser to work on a high profile sustainability project. (from seek.com.au) Senior Sustainability Web Adviser Sustainable Households ProjectFull-time, three months fixed termVacancy 1027 Environmentally conscious Senior Web Adviser wanted We are looking for an energetic Senior Web Adviser to join our enthusiastic and motivated team working on a high-profile sustainability project. We have developed an exciting website(www.sustainability.govt.nz) that we want to take to the next level of interactivity and usefulness. The website requires a Senior Adviser who is informed and passionate about the environment to research, write Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:43 pm Tagged with: (04) 439 7484, (04) 439 7503, Adviser, conscious Senior Web Adviser, energetic Senior Web Adviser, HTML, Madeleine Berry, Marilyn Moran, Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand, online forum, Senior Sustainability Web Adviser, web 2.0, Wellington, www.mfe.govt.nz/about/jobs, www.sustainability.govt.nz
This one might be fun -forums for the Discovery Channel for South East Asia, Australia/New Zealand and Taiwan. From Seek.com.au (but link may not work, they create them on the fly for email): Forum Manager Discovery Asia IncAt Discovery Networks Asia, a division of leading real-world entertainment company Discovery Communications, Inc., we live and breathe the atmosphere of discovery — constantly. With seven leading networks — Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Travel & Living, Discovery Science, Discovery Home and Health, Discovery Real Time and Discovery HD — reaching 325 million cumulative subscribers, each day is a new challenge as viewers Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 12:37 pm Tagged with: Asia-Pacific, community manager, Discovery Channel, Discovery Communications Inc., Discovery SEA, Discovery Travel, Forum Manager Discovery Asia Inc, Manager - Discovery Channel Asia This, New Zealand, Online Communities, online community-ness, Social Media Australia, social networks, South East Asia, Taiwan
Bumpz0red because I added in the stats from Hitwise.For each word you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations to help end world hunger.Freerice needs to have a much better backstory/about section than this (is it really for the UN?): FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com. FreeRice has two goals: Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free. This is made possible by the sponsors who advertise on this site. Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 1:50 pm Tagged with: CEO, consumer economy, economy, internet users, Monetization, New Zealand, Online Communities, peer2peer, poverty site, sister site, Social Media Australia, social networks
Just a quick update from my other blog post ( peer to peer lending in australia): New peer-to-peer lending websites starting up in Australia Lenders and borrowers set the terms of the loans P2P lending could be worth $5bn globally within three years P2P in Australia First to market in Australia is Sydney-based iGrin which softly launched www.igrin.com.au in October. It has recently brokered Australia’s first online P2P loan, worth $5000. It will be joined soon by Brisbane-based Peermint which will operate in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In New Zealand, www.nexx.co.nz has announced it will be up and running Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:18 am Tagged with: Bank, Brisbane, Canada, ebay, Google, New Zealand, p2p, Social Media Australia, social networks, Sydney, USD, www.igrin.com.au, www.nexx.co.nz
EDIT: I had a very nice voicemail from NZ Police Superintendent Hamish McCardle, the officer in charge of developing the new act – he wanted to let us know that they agree about transparency and that today the wiki is back up as a Document of Record. He also mentioned that they got a huge amount of press coverage overseas including the BBC. The Sydney Morning Herald asked me about a New Zealand Wiki that had emerged out of the New Zealand Police Department. I (of course) pretended I was completely up to speed on it all, while madly Googling Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 5:32 pm Tagged with: 2.0, 21st Century Cabinet, action National Library of Australia, appropos social networks, Arjun Ramachandran, Australian Government, BBC, Bill Obtain, Bill Opportunity, broadband, Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon, Department of Education, educationau site, favourite social network site, Frank Connolly, Government Department, Governor, Hamish McCardle, journalist, laurel papworth, Major, New Zealand, New Zealand Police Department, NZ Police, officer, Online Communities, online technology, Parliamentary Counsel, Policing Bill Obtain Cabinet, Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation, Roads and Traffic Authority, Senator, shock site, Social Media Australia, social networks, Superintendent, sydney morning herald, The Sydney Morning Herald, Treasury Corporation, Victoria, Victoria Police, Whirlpool.net.
I love wanky titles.Sooooooo, how’s my baby, the site Bloggerati Australia coming along? You need a little update, methinks. First, it’s worked out better than I expected. My primary purpose was personal – to bookmark any and all articles and sites I came across that were Web 2.0 and Australia/New Zealand focussed. I initially was just going to bookmark them in del.icio.us but it seemed clunky. Plus, my life’s mantra is “Be lazy, have the network do it for you”. Members: 42 Total Links: 181 Published: 81 Upcoming: 100 Votes: 324 Comments: 11 I’m contribute lots of the links – Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 3:12 pm Tagged with: Bloggerati, Girl Reporter, Google, laurel papworth, New Zealand, php, signing off, Social Media Australia, social network, social networks, Tan btw, Think, USD, user generated content, web 2.0
Aug 042007
This one made me laugh (i’m getting to be quite a fan of half geek): Social Networking is better than smoking It’s happening here in New Zealand now- the corporate revolt against employees using social networks on employer owned hardware and networks. The calls of ‘productivity’ cry from the huge offices.Just the other day I lost access to a variety of website’s at my job due to a network upgrade- and I’m employed as an online strategist! Bizarre……. Corporations are going to need to start seeing the we are in the midst of a cultural revolution. If they do not, Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:37 am Tagged with: New Zealand, Online Communities, social networking, social networks
Seven years ago, I lived in Singapore. I was there for nearly two years. And even back then, their adoption of technology was impressive. If I rang for a taxi, the automated system would ask me if I was 1. calling from home 2. calling from work, or 3. calling from elsewhere. Then it would ask me the same questions about where I wanted to go (home, work or elsewhere). If I was a work and wanted to taxi home, it would auto-give me the plate registration of the pickup cab. I heard that the GPS/LBS services now are such Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 7:39 pm Tagged with: 2.0 technology, AOL, blog search engine, broadband, cellular telephone, Google, GPS, Michael Arrington, Microsoft, mobile, New Zealand, Online Communities, Richard MacManus, Russell Crowe, search engine, search engines, Singapore, Social Media Australia, social networking events, social networks, things Web, trial site, vibrant Web, web 2.0, Yahoo!
Jun 132007
I get confused when PR people launch a service ignore niche communities online. But it’s addles my poor brain even more when it’s a Web 2.0 service provider ignoring We Media. Sooooo, I found this a little mind-boggling: traditional media > than bloggers when promoting social networking sites? I may have missed one of you, but I went through blogs from Ad:Tech (february) onwards and didn’t see any of you lot talking up Bebo. : PR Case study – Bebo 7 June 2007 Posted by Catriona Pollard in case studies. trackback Bebo is a global social networking website which aims Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:09 pm Tagged with: Bebo Global Communications Director, business media, Canada, Ireland, Manager, Media coverage, media releases, New Zealand, NZ Herald, online advertising media agencies, Online Communities, Sarah Gavin, Social Media Australia, social network, social networking website, social networks, sydney morning herald, the age, The Dominion Post, the NZ Herald, United Kingdom, United States, web 2.0
May 272007
I spoke at a conference last year about Gonzo Marketing and the move towards underwriting online communities rather than online advertising to static portals as branding model. Here’s a community around supporting people with diabetes in New Zealand. Renima Malhotra and Dr Rosemary Stockdale. Online support for diabetes sufferers The thousands of New Zealanders with diabetes may soon be able to join an online community to seek information and support from others with the condition. On line communities dedicated to people with a wide range of conditions are springing up all over the world. Now researchers based in the Institute Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 2:53 pm Tagged with: Auckland campus, Diabetes, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, mobile, mobile computing, mobile computing group, mobile phones, New Zealand, Online Communities, online community, project supervisor, Renima Malhotra, Rosemary Stockdale, Social Media Australia, social networks, virtual community
Apr 232007
Update: Michelle’s new site.My friend from Massey University in New Zealand is Michelle Mars. Today she was interviewed by Kate O’Toole at Triple J’s hack program about, of all things, designer vaginas. Have a listen to her recorded interview – it’s an intriguing phenomenon. If you’re a major fan of the Brazillian… you’ll wanna know about this! 2 academics at MASSEY University in New Zealand reckon that the designer vagina has inflitrated pop culture – so much so – that there’s not alot of room for full bush anymore. Are we really such sheep? It reminds me of Snow Crash Continue Reading…
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Posted by Laurel Papworth at 11:14 pm Tagged with: Kate O'Toole, Massey University in New Zealand, Michelle Mars, New Zealand
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