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...

Social Media Presentation for ACELG Canberra

Guest speaker for social media at Australian Centre of Excellence in Local Government, Canberra At the beginning of December I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the Social Media Roundtable at the Australian Centre of Excellence in Local Government, being held at the University of Canberra. For those of you who don’t know what the ACELG do, they’re doing some great work with...

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...

Social Media and the Brisbane Floods

Social media use during the Brisbane floods The Brisbane floods that occurred in January 2011 devastated the lives of many people throughout Brisbane, the Lockyer Valley and Toowoomba were some of the most harrowing images I’ve been directly affected by in my life. Thankfully, my home, business and family were all safe, however, seeing others struggle in the city and state that I love was...