Month: July 2008

Another Free Social Media Event in Seattle July 12th

It seems there are some other cool “social media” happenings in Seattle so I thought I should also pass this one along – happening July 12th all day, plus a Mashable party in the evening. This one is SocialMediaCampSeattle:


SocialMediaCamp brings together the brightest minds in Social Media with people interested in learning more about the power of Community Based Marketing. It works like this – we find some of the top local names in Blogging, Podcasting, Live Streaming, and New Media and we give them the stage – BarCamp Style – to share what they know with the world.

We’re running at least 2 tracks at each event. A beginner track (think Blogging 101), and an advanced track (think What is Social Capital – and Why Should I Care?).

Perspectives on Social Media – Seattle July 8th

Are you in Seattle on July 8th? Then consider stopping by the Social Media Event at ZAAZ Seattle July 8th. I’m on the slate with what appears to be a very cool group of people and will be trying to unravel a bit more of the ball of string I’ve been calling “slow community.” (Caveat: I’m not the only one talking about this. So I’m not claiming the term, just referencing my recent use of it! Vanessa DeMauro had this thought in March)

Ryan Turner saw my blog post about slow community a few moons back and asked if I’d want to join in on the 8th. It is a good excuse to revisit the wonderful comments and think a bit more about the reasons for and consequences of slowing down some of our community activity – and what slowing down means. And is there an emerging “slow community” movement afoot? Are you part of it?

Because this event is aimed towards the interactive design/user experience communities, I’m going to have to figure out my bridge ideas, because I suspect I’m coming in from a different angle.

As to the rest of the evening, here is the run down! The Facebook event is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=66791410200.

By the way, check out the Zaaz/Ryan Turner blog posts on Social Media and Community Moderation from earlier in June.

4 Meetings, 6 Planes, and lots of amazing friends

Sao Miguel Island CalderaI’m back from over three weeks of travel in Europe and I realized that if I didn’t sit down and write at least one blog post, no matter how trite or incomplete, I will have gone nearly a month without a blog post and I’ve not done that since I started this blog (over on it’s original blogger home) in 2004. The fact that I missed my own blogaversary in May this year tells you that blogging has simply become part of the fabric of my work and life, and yet this gap… oi! I have tons of drafted posts and lots of things that I “planned” to blog about, but time has been tight.

I was in the UK and Portugal the last three weeks to facilitate one meeting, present at a conference and both support and participate in the KM4Dev annual gathering that happened this year in Almada, Portugal. I’ll write about all these events, plus the added treat of going on vacation with our friends Bev, Jess and Rory and an added bonus of helping with a meeting in Ponta Delgaga on the island of Sao Miguel in the astonishingly beautiful Azores islands. There are hundreds of pictures to be sorted, stories to be captured and lessons to be reflected upon. There are things coming up that I want to write about. So this little post is the toe back in the water!

As always, the highlight was the people, the community feeling and the learning.