Event: FITT & Influencers

 blogs, Event, Media, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks  11 Responses »
Jun 122009
 

How to become an influencer online through blogs, wikis, online communities and social networks…

Becoming An Influencer

… give presentations offline? :P influencer To FITT  luncheon (Females in IT&T) about 65 females in Sydney.

I chatted about working at Private Lines at Telecom Australia in 1983 (became Multimedia and then BigPond for Telstra). Going to Saudi Arabia  (interview with Shel Israel) to teach Arabic women how to have a Voice online.

The importance of owning your reputation (personal) online, the coming social economy that is based on Trust and Reputation for jobs and banking.

A bit more personal than my usual educational stuff.  But a good audience. They laughed at my jokes! o.O

WotNews 2008: Our most important stories

 Media, press, social media, Social Media Australia  1 Response »
Dec 092008
 

WotNews wanted to put together stories of significance – not just reporting the main news from 2008 but asking a bunch of us what was most relevant to us personally. The list of people are:• David Liddy CEO, Bank of Queensland• Nicola Roxon, MP Federal Health Minister Ministerial page• Laurel Papworth, Social Network Strategist, World Communities• Stephen Mayne, Journalist, shareholder activist, crikey.com.au founder. The Mayne Report• Simon Bond, Partner, Newport Office, New South Wales, ABN AMRO Morgans• Christine Christian, CEO, Dun & Bradstreet• Peter Lewis, Executive Producer Landline, ABC TV• Renai LeMay, News Editor, ZDNet Australia – published by CBS Continue Reading…

Twitter: Social StoryTelling

 Featured, Featured Articles, Online Communities, social media, social networks, Twitter  19 Responses »
Aug 132008
 

Twitter is The Human Narrative in real time. And yes the Capitalisation is important. Twitter is not just a marketing tool, nor a place to get cool links to awesome videos and blog posts. It’s not even simply a place to organise a bbq or be introduced to a potential client. It’s primary purpose is to tell the Human Story, in 140 character paragraphs Surprises abound on Twitter. When @johnt tweets (updates) that they are on a train that has been involved in an accident, you don’t think “how do I market this”, or even “how do I become engaged” Continue Reading…

Social Currency: What am I worth?

 blogs, Featured, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks, statistics  8 Responses »
Jul 262008
 

EDIT: Add 215 FriendFeed subs… can’t believe I forgot FF! Why don’t bloggers tell their statistics – visitor, comments, rss feed subscribers, email subs etc – more often, and more publicly? Is it that we think our friends/competitors (often the same in this social media industry, heh) will giggle at our inadequate tools? Is it that though we live by the mantra, niche not broadcast, we feel humbled by The Sydney Morning Herald having (either 350,000 circulation or 1,118,000 readers) on a Saturday, even though they are spread out over Domain, Drive, Spectrum and so on. By the way is Continue Reading…

Ripple not Broadcast, WOMMA, Social Media Club

 blogs, Marketing, Online Communities, social media, social networks  7 Responses »
Jul 152008
 

From David Armano – his diagram can explain a ton of different things. In this case, for me, distributing content through blogs not broadcast. I teach “Ripple Distribution” as part of social media marketing campaign courses. We (Chris Saad, Trib (Stephen Collins), badgergravling, jed white, were just having a discussion on Twitter broadcast and symbiotic relationships with the press so I thought I’d go into more detail here, in case you were interested. The challenge with blogs and social media content is building distribution, gaining an audience. This diagram can also been seen as a blogger ripple diagram. #1′s are Continue Reading…

The Australian: Balanced reporting?

 Facebook, Online Communities, Politics, Social Media Australia, social networks  No Responses »
Jun 262008
 

From today in The Australian: Net activism rattles ArabsFacebook, a site that offers a platform for the advancement of causes, political or otherwise, is quickly turning into a hotbed of activism: a cause for alarm to many autocratic regimes in the Middle East that attempt to curtail its reach by blocking it.(and) In Syria, the Government banned Facebook after an anti-regime email spam campaign was channelled through the site last year. But savvy Syrians, assisted by cyber colleagues abroad, succeeded in breaking through the censorship. Indeed, last November, when Facebook was blocked, it had 28,000 registered Syrian members. Five months Continue Reading…

Event: Freelance Journalists and Blogging

 Citizen Journalism, consumer gen. media, Media, Online Communities, Social Media Australia, social networks, user generated content  8 Responses »
Jun 022008
 

Hi I’m speaking on Tuesday 17th June to a bunch of freelance journalists: INVITATION Facebook, blogging and freelance journalism The Sydney Freelance Journalists Group (MEAA) invites you to find out why social media sites like Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and Blogger could be vital to your future as a freelancer. Join fellow freelance journalists at a historic venue at The Rocks and stay on for free snacks and networking. When: Tuesday 17 June 2008, arrive 6 p.m. for a 6.30 pm. start Where: Orient Hotel, 89 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney Topic: Facebook, blogging and freelance journalism Speaker: Laurel Papworth, leading Continue Reading…

Self obsessed journalists?

 Featured, Media, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks  12 Responses »
May 252008
 

I’ve come in for a hammering from News.com.au lately. Fun Fun Fun. First we have Sandra Lee quoting me in the Sunday Telegraph: Self-obsessed bloggers caught up in the Net NOW here’s a surprise. People who update their Facebook or MySpace profiles every five minutes are egocentric narcissists who happen to double as attention-seeking extroverts. Well, doh! Of course they are. That’s what social networking is all about: worshipping at the Altar of Self. “The extrovert, they are always going to be updating because the world revolves around them and one can assume that means the world needs to know Continue Reading…

Interviewed by Shel Israel

 Citizen Journalism, Online Communities, social media, Social Media Australia, social networks, web 2.0  5 Responses »
Apr 282008
 

iMatter social network for Arabic Women Shel Israel (co-author, with Robert Scoble, of Naked Converations) interviewed me about my Saudi Arabia trip. Here are the questions he asked me: SAP Global Survey: Australia’s Laurel Papworth Building a Social Network for Arab Women 1. You have two blogs. One shows an almost stern-looking corporate sort of woman. The other portrays a free-wheelin’ Aussie with pink hair. How do you reconcile these multiple personalities?2. How did you come to be invited to Saudi Arabia? Why did you decide to go? What scared you about going and can you talk about your problems Continue Reading…

Jouney to Jeddah: Homeward Bound

 Event, Personal  1 Response »
Mar 202008
 

Last night: The Sun sinking into the Red Sea Just a quick post – last hour in the hotel here at Jeddah. Then heading to the airport – women aren’t meant to be travelling alone, so this could be interesting. I overnight in Dubai (should be at my hotel after 9 I guess) and leave first thing in the morning for the last leg home to Sydney. I will try to Twitter from my mobile phone but don’t worry if you don’t hear from me for a few days. Thanks to everyone who had taken such an interest in this Continue Reading…

Women in Business: Behind the Veil

 Online Communities, social networks  4 Responses »
Mar 182008
 

Sitting in my hotel room in Jeddah, trying to resist the lure of waffles with strawberries. Found this article in Gulf Business magazine: Behind the VeilTo the average observer in the West, women in the Middle East are a repressed gender, confined to their homes by the ‘conservative’ male. The truth is a bit different. There has been a dramatic shift in Arab attitudes over the past decade, with women in the Middle East now charging up the corporate ladder and finding success on their own terms. The article then goes on to talk about women entrepreneurs in the region, Continue Reading…

Journey to Jeddah – Day Three and Four

 Online Communities, social media, social networks  1 Response »
Mar 182008
 

Four stories of chandelier anyone? First of all, 2webcrew live podcast with comments channel is about to start. I’m usually on there, but all this travelling has meant I’ve not been able to do it for 3 weeks, but still, they are doing a fabbo job! Duncan Riley from TechCrunch, Cameron Reilly from The Podcast Network and Bronwen Clune of Norg Newspapers. And the usually assorted wierdos and geeks. Background first, then Day One. And day two is about Women and Identity in Saudi Arabia. Day Three and Four have been similar to each other. You might like to know: Continue Reading…

Journey to Jeddah – Day Two – Women and Identity

 web 2.0  5 Responses »
Mar 172008
 

Background first, then Day One. Oh and thanks to Shel Israel for writing about and understanding the importance of this project. And Stilgherrian (hmmm, I think) So Sunday is a working day in Saudi – the weekend is Thursday and Friday. I had concerns about travelling from the Hilton Hotel to the Effat College (private woman’s University) as we were two women being driven by a male taxi driver. But it was ok – except there is bedlam on the roads here and one really big smash- up. The press conference was held in the main auditorium. All women except Continue Reading…

Journey to Jeddah – Day One

 blogs, web 2.0  9 Responses »
Mar 152008
 

(Background to the “New Arab Woman’s” project) Well two things happened. One was before I even got to Saudi Arabia. I arrived in Dubai airport and realised my Nokia 95 wasn’t picking up a service provider. Somehow international roaming had got switched off. I had it on when I went to New Zealand a while ago, but since then I had upgraded – certainly a new SIM card cos the Optus guys told me it was better to have U-Sim or whatever it was called. I was told – promised actually – that the settings would be the same, but Continue Reading…

Turning Google back to English from Arabic

 Online Communities, web 2.0  3 Responses »
Mar 152008
 

I was trying to navigate my way around my blog – which had turned to Arabic menus at the top – and accidentally flagged it as having “objectionable content”. Now, I’m not the best blogger in the world, but I doubt I shoulda flagged my own blog as bad ‘un. I’ve since turned the blog back into english – see below- but it won’t unflag. Annoying… So I thought I’d write a post in case anyone gets stuck overseas and their settings for ‘English’ don’t hold. Ummm Google? dear? Just because I am in Saudi Arabia doesn’t mean I suddenly Continue Reading…

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