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ARCHIVE: May 2010
BLOG POSTS FROM THE NMSOPHERE
Upgrade YOUR Social Media Presence with NMS at Digital Capital Week, June 18!
New Media Strategies is proud to be a sponsor of Digital Capital Week, and we are also excited to be hosting a workshop as part of DC Week’s “Digital Garage” on Friday, June 18th, where some of our top talent will be facilitating a hands-on workshop helping attendees upgrade their social media presences. Here’s a sneak peek at what to expect:
The Future is Now: Social, Mobile, PayPal, UGC + Tagged Outing at Nats vs. Cubs
While we are certainly a biased sampling of hyper tech, tweet and device users, I do believe our experience of the game is one that is, in some ways, the future of how we as humans experience collective events like baseball games, concerts and rallies.
Your Brand’s Social Media Infrastructure or How to Grow a Social Media Garden
This event was also where I debuted my "how does your garden grow?" analogy which is already catching fire. Want to know what it is? Ask me!
Tales from the MI6 Conference: Negroponte and OLPC
It's the vision of peace, that we find our tribal, pre-national connections to each other, only this is so much more sophisticated, unprecedented in human history. The biggest webs of social connectivity in human history.
Walking Through Congressional Districts… Via Google Maps
Street View is the latest product from Google that both amazes and alarms us. By taking millions of photos from the back of a Chevy Cobalt, Google has brought the images of far-flung neighborhoods to the comforts of our own laptops. It's also caught some pretty funny scenes on film, but perhaps the best use I've gotten out of this new feature is the ability to walk through congressional districts.
Ovechkin Learns Twitter
Alexander Ovechkin might be the best hockey player in the world, but learning to use Twitter was a challenge for the face of the Washington Capitals.
The Changing Role of Local News
Areas such as international news and government access are ones that it will be difficult/impossible for bloggers and citizen journalist to replace, and the larger papers will continue to grow their value based on that.
CONTRIBUTORS
The Challenge: Promote and generate online buzz for The Cheesecake Factory’s upcoming promotions; “Reunion of a Lifetime”, Stefanie’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake and National Cheesecake Day.
The Challenge: Promote and generate buzz online for JCPenney’s Diamond Jewelry Sales and “Beware of the Doghouse” campaign
