This Month's posts: March 2012
Relevanza invited to White House Summit in Orlando
March 28, 2012
In a follow-up to a session for Florida community leaders last summer at the White House, Relevanza co-founder Steve Hart will be participating March 30 in a White House Community Partnership Summit in Orlando.
The Orlando Summit will feature a keynote address by Hilda Solis, Secretary of the Department of Labor, as well as remarks by Dr. John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Jon Carson, Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
We support ThinkUp, innovation in social media
March 27, 2012
We support wholeheartedly the efforts of Gina Trapani & Anil Dash to apply for a Knight Foundation grant through the Knight News Challenge to continue working on the open-source project of ThinkUp software.
Attention Beginning Bloggers: It really doesn't have to be that hard.
March 26, 2012
We will soon publish here a more in-depth look at various blogging platforms but in the meantime, Relevanza co-founder Birgit Pauli-Haack led a class last week at the Naples (Florida) Free-Net for beginners using one of the most popular blogging platforms, WordPress.
Twitter turns 6
March 22, 2012
The Twitterverse now includes 500 million people and the 140-character mini-blog celebrated its 6th birthday, yesterday.
Why should online conduct be any different than offline conduct?
March 21, 2012
This headline in the local newspaper caught my eye (online, of course):
“Would you surrender your Facebook password for a job?
We all know privacy issues have long been a source of debate in, around and among the social space of the Interwebs. And those of us who work in the social space recognized quite some time ago there is little – if any – real privacy once one takes one’s musings, observations, photos and adventures online.
Social media: Just do it.
March 20, 2012
“Stop talking about social media and just do it…”
No, these are not the tag line for the latest Nike campaign featuring sneakers with a built-in Tweetdeck.
These are words – strong suggestions, really, if not outright imperatives – written by Nilofer Merchant in the Harvard Business Review and on her own blog, as a way to sum up her five-part series on how social media has changed the way business is conducted in the 21st Century.
Google+...the yin yang of it?
March 19, 2012
We wrapped up the third of our three-session social media boot camp on Saturday with a robust discussion about Google Plus.
Tell your story on the InterWebs? What...a concept.
March 16, 2012
What’s now called, “content marketing,” has been all the rage at the South-by-Southwest Festival this week.
Pinterest to release new profile pages.
March 15, 2012
will introduce redesigned profile pages some time over the next few days
Health care at your fingertips: more access, more information, better outcomes
March 14, 2012
Social media technology may help to transform the lives of patients and provide a stronger partnership with health care providers.
Relevanza Ebooks about Facebook, GooglePlaces & Twitter
March 13, 2012
Relevanza co-founder, Birgit Pauli-Haack, has three ebooks that might interest you, particularly if you're a beginner in the world of social media. Perhaps you've found your way around the social space and just want to gain a greater insight.
Social Media in the Government Workplace...
March 09, 2012
The federal employees online networking group, GovLoop, has a pretty interesting list this morning of suggested best practices for government employees using social media.
It may soon be time to ride the Wavii...
March 08, 2012
Wavii is about the hit the scene. Described by its Seattle founders as an attempt to "make Facebook out of Google," Wavii promises to make news aggregation as simple as scrolling down one's Facebook feed.
Questions about Social Media? Ask away...
March 07, 2012
The explosive growth of social media has changed forever the way organizations communicate with customers or constituents, allowing people to build social and business connections , share information and collaborate online.
Florida Technology Journal: life is more than just a beach in the Sunshine State
March 06, 2012
Miami is ranked 14th in the nation for social media jobs
Boot Camp: social media in action
March 05, 2012
We started Saturday a new session of our Social Media Boot Camp, a phenomenal start and very interesting discussion with a diverse group of business owners.
Foursquare throws Google Maps in the ditch, gets streetwise with OpenStreetMap movement
March 02, 2012
Foursquare is charting a new course, navigating from Google Maps as cartography choice to OpenStreetMaps, according to Mashable, quoting a Foursquare blog post from earlier in the week.
