Archive for July, 2008

Selling My House the Social Media Way – Part Eight

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

So right now my house is being painted. And you know how that happened? Not using the yellowpages for sure. Here’s the scoop on the Social Media aspect of painitng.  I know Michell Greer (@michellegreer) in fact I helped organize a tweet up blood drive with her (social media for social good and all that). [...]

501 Tech Talks

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Do you live in Austin? Do you work at a non-profit? Then you should join the 501 Tech Club and come to our free meetings once a month. The third Monday of every month. Here is some video from our last meeting.

What is the difference in Web Site?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

So as you may of noticed the American Cancer Society has a few Web Site floating around. So what’s the difference between them? In this funny video Jeff Montegutt explains what’s what.

Whither the media?

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Thanks to to the FIC, I attended a conference a couple of weeks ago titled the Future of Media Summit 2008. Here’s my report about it.

The Future of Media 2008 from David Collin on Vimeo.

The CIA explains Wiki’s

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Just wanted to post the last bit of video I took at the Social Media for Govt Conference. Let me know what you think.

Selling my House the Social Media Way – Part Seven

Monday, July 21st, 2008

::Editor’s Note: This is part of my ongoing series of posts as I try and sell my house "The Social Media Way"::

Can Social Media Sell my House? – Part Six

Friday, July 18th, 2008

::Editor’s Note: This is part of my ongoing series of posts as I try and sell my house "The Social Media Way"::
So my house is now officially on a couple of Social Networks. Think of me a Social Media Scientist and this is my grand experiment. To help reach a conclusion to this experiment can [...]

Set Up An Idea Budget

Friday, July 18th, 2008

If you’re interested in futuring and innovation, then chances are, you come up with good ideas every so often. Sometimes you may have several good ideas in a short period of time and they suffer because you’re unable to allocate sufficeint time and other resources to them.
Over at Copyblogger, James Chartrand authored a post called, [...]

Social Media for Goverment 2008 – Recap

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Just got back from Washington D.C. where I spoke at the Social Media for Government Conference. I have to say I was a bit worried when I saw all the speakers were from CIA, DOD, Homeland Security, etc. I thought that this would be an audience that would be behind the times for sure. But [...]

Social Media for Govt and Non-profits Conference

Monday, July 14th, 2008

want to let you know that I will be speaking at the "SOCIAL MEDIA For GOVERNMENT: How To Engage Your
Employees And Citizens By Using Social Media," July 14 – 17, 2008, in
Washington, DC. My session topic will be “How To Spread Your Message
And Harness The Power Of Social Media While Being Cost-Effective.” Of course [...]