Does Social Media Simply Mask Your Misery? – 3AW Melbourne Radio Segment

Social media speaker on 3AW radio Today I chatted with the lovely Peter Maher on 3AW Melbourne radio in his Drive with Peter Maher show (hoping to put the audio up soon). The topic was whether increasing computer/mobile phone/social media use is merely a way to mask our misery. The topic arose from a great article written by Pico Iver, entitled “The Joy of Quiet”. In it, Iver...

Brisbane City Council Wins Social Marketing Qld AMI Award

Social Media use in Brisbane Floods Wins Council AMI Award It was a very proud day today within the Digital Communication team at Brisbane City Council. We were the proud recipients of the Social Marketing Qld AMI Award for our work using social media during the Brisbane floods crisis in January this year. It was extremely exciting for all of us in the team who worked tirelessly during the...

Tracy Teaches Social Media at Cupcakes and Connections on the Gold Coast

Social media training and workshop on the Gold Coast – Cupcakes and Connections Today I had the joy of teaching a lovely bunch of ladies a little bit more about Facebook. My company Social Ignition held our Cupcakes and Connections morning and it was an absolute blast! With a total of 11 willing learners, it was fun to be able to share some tips and tricks on how to help Facebook work for...

Social Media at The Brisbane Institute

Social media speaker at the Brisbane Institute A few weeks ago I was honored to be one of the guest presenters at The Brisbane Institute’s Packed Lunch event. This event focused on using social media to power up your online presence and my presentation was on using social media to enhance your professional brand. Social media and recruitment The core aspect of my presentation centered...

Social Media in Crisis Communications – Brisbane Floods

Bond University Social Media Lecture on Crisis Communications This week I’ve been lucky enough to speak at Bond University about social media use in crisis communications. The Crisis Communications class are learning more about using various types of digital media combined with traditional media during a disaster and I spoke to both the undergrad and postgrad class on social media use...

Guest Lecturer Gig – QUT Master of Information Technology (Library and Information Science)

So, last night I was lucky enough to do a guest lecture for the lovely Master of Information Technology class at QUT. I was invited to do the lecture by Kate Davis, a fantastic lecturer there who had seen me talk at a Social Media Club event last year. The great thing about this lecture was that I was diong it remotely, via a system called Elluminate. It was the first time I’d used the...