June was another extremely busy month with lots of people visiting this blog. The big news this month is that more people have already visited in 2012 than over the full year in 2011. To me that means that I am succeeding in becoming a thought leader for social profits looking for communications and social… Continue Reading
Innovative homeless advocate heads to England
I had left a cup full of pens on the sidewalk as I loaded my car. A guy came along and asked for a pen. He looked hard on his luck and he quite possibly had no home so I said yes. Admittedly, it was a small thing. But Mark Horvath taught me that small… Continue Reading
A framework for social media metrics by K. Craft
For today’s Social Media Breakfast: Waterloo Region, I organized a session about social media and measurement presented by Kelly Craft. There was a packed house in a great room provided by Quarry Integrated Communications. Here’s an overview of the session’s highlights. Working the front door @Quarry, so many smiling faces, they must be excited to… Continue Reading
Take advantage of Google Grants
Why my view on Google adwords evolved My first experience with Google Adwords was several years ago as Director of Communications for the YMCAs of Cambridge & Kitchener-Waterloo. I received an incentive to try Google Adwords. I decided to try it because I liked that it was pay per click (PPC). I blew through the… Continue Reading
Waterloo Region - A Symphony of Design
I feature an interesting website, blog, Twitter feed, Facebook page or other online destination related to Waterloo Region on CKWR with Randolph J. Johnston called #WRawesome Online, Mondays at about 12:30. I hope by doing so that I’ll help people find places online that help them to connect to their community-online and in the real world. By doing so, I… Continue Reading
My look at: ‘Five essential rules for a new website’ from #MCC12
Here’s another example of my event tweeting from My Charity Connects 2012. MyCharityConnects - Home MyCharityConnects helps charities learn about social media, online fundraising and new technology. The main components of MyCharityConnec… Share on Google Communicateandhowe 0 likes · 0 comments… Continue Reading