I guess I’ll be spending the holidays stitching little leather patches on my tweed jackets* cause come January, I’ll be joining the faculty of Algonquin College as an instructor in their social media certificate program.
Well, I’ll be joining the ranks of their contract facilitators, anyway. Specifically, I’ll be teaching the online offerings of COM0015: Applied Social Media in Business.
First and foremost, the largest of props and maddest of love to the organizers of the first annual(?) Social Capital Conference in Ottawa. Wi-fi and room access snags aside (snags that were totally out of their control), the event went off swimmingly. I took advantage of the opportunity to pop in and out of sessions and roundtables, paying as much attention to the attendees as the presenters (sorry presenters) and it was clear that people were being challenged, inspired and educated. Which is kinda the point.
So good show all around. Now, what comes next? Read more
I wrote my last post when I was a bit down on the whole social media community. This post? A lot more optimistic.
I’m stoked to have been asked to speak at an upcoming day-long social media / digital communications conference this summer in Ottawa. I think this is going to be a really good opportunity to “take a deep dive,” as we douchey consultants like to say and get beyond platitudes and tautologies.
I’ll be talking about internal collaboration and the importance of connection people behind firewalls along with my good friend Nick Charney as part of the business stream but the organizers have ambitiously tried to create an event for everyone, from the earnest but nervous beginners to those looking to move beyond the fundamentals.
If you’re close to Ottawa this July 23, you should really come out. It’s going to be a good opportunity to connect with a wide range of people and have deep, meaningful conversations about a bunch of different social-type topics.
I sometimes ask myself why I’m not blogging more. The answers are many, of course. I have a 15 month old daughter at home that saps my attention and energy. I’m also deeply engaged in a project at work (and have been since January) that is exciting, daunting, inspiring and monotonous all at the same time. I’m adjusting to a new routine of daycare drop offs and dinner duty. The list goes on and on.
But on a larger level, I think I’m tired of blogging about online communications. Moreover, I’m tired of reading about online communications. I feel like we’re at a point where the actors outnumber the audience (to borrow from my friend Ryan‘s trusted metaphor) and I’m wary of contributing to the intellectual onslaught. Read more
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