Category: Social Media
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Blogging 101
I found these videos helpful in orientating myself online. They’re what I’d call enablers :)
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>Twitter 101
>There are many secrets to Twitter but the only chance of understanding them is by ‘doing’. Someone can ‘point’ you in the right direction across the various sites, show you ‘how to’ and explain the ‘lingo’, but like anything in life you have to get your hands dirty in order to really understand. Could you…
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>Be yourself online
>There is no room for old-style PR message moulding online. I don’t know what it is exactly, but there’s something about cyberspace that makes it easy to spot a fake. That’s someone whose still ‘crafting’ their message (or worse still – someone elses!) Sage advice for everyone – no matter who, what or how high…
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>Exploring the Ecosystem
>I have spent the past six months or so (among other things) researching the global online ecosystem. Not playing games and creating false personas, but scanning, RSS’ing, tweeting, direct messaging and discovering the infinite possibilities the world wide web enables for not only learning, but engagement. I am now directly connected with people I have…
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>Social change through social media
>Got an idea? Take a position. Got a computer or telephone with internet access?Blog it, Post it, Tweet it. Sharing is the first step in creating positive social change.
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This Business Called Sport
It has been a long-time since I played phone-tag with an athlete for an interview, and yet I remain tied to this business called sport. By birth (and not through any exceptional athletic prowess of my own) I am intimately woven into the fabric of professional sport. Not only the public performance part, but the…