Social media and crisis communication – SOCAP Conference 2013

Presenting on Social Media at the Crisis and Consumer Response Conference – Sydney 2013 I was lucky enough to be invited to present at the SOCAP Crisis and Consumer Response Conference in Sydney on 21st March. The topic was on social media and crisis communications and I spent some time discussing my thesis which looks at social media and disaster management with a focus on the Brisbane...

Dreamforce 2012 conference San Francisco

Well today is the day! We are off on our journey to the US of A where I will be presenting at the upcoming Dreamforce conference! I can’t tell you how excited I am to be presenting at such an amazing international event. There are over 85,000 attendees on site and four full days of great keynote presentations, sessions and hands on training. If you happen to be at Dreamforce, please come...

Rebel Mouse social media tool – Get it now!

Heard of Rebel Mouse yet? No? Well prepare to be wowed by this new and awesome social media aggregation tool that turns your social channels into one page of content. I promise this isn’t an advert, I’m just completely in love with this tool. There are plenty of social media aggregation tools on the market at the moment, with some big hitters joining the field every week (Stackla...

Journal Article – Engaging with a Networked Public

So this week I’ve been focused on writing a journal article which is part of my PhD research. It’s a summary article looking at the process of engaging with a networked public during a disaster via social media. One of the key areas that I’ve uncovered in the process of writing the article is that there are some obvious differences between internal and external expectations and...

The 3 C’s of Social Media, Connecting, Collaborating & Communicating for Business

The 3 C’s of Social Media, Connecting, Collaborating & Communicating for Business… Thanks to the ladies at The Westside Business Women’s network I’ll be speaking about connecting, collaborating and communicating for business. The event will be held on Wednesday 25th July 2012 at the Springfield Lake Hotel, Ipswich, Qld. You can find more information about the event at the...

Reasons for people not following back on Twitter

Liz Borod Wright over at Mashable has a great little insight article into 8 reasons people don’t follow you back on Twitter. I liked this article and thought I’d link to it from here on my blog because I agree with the recommendations Liz makes. In summation those reasons people don’t follow back on Twitter may be, you don’t have a profile picture, something I always...