links for 2007-10-20
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Thanks DebRoy for pointing this great post our and introducing me to Christine – what a great person to know!
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Wow – check out this photo of Randy McMichael flying like superman over the NO Saints…
links for 2007-10-18
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Interesting point about “another tech exec doesn’t keep his promise”. Good reminder of accountability – would like to hear Steve Jobs’ real response before judging…
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If you have any interest in ensuring the freedom of the press and the checks and balances of the 4th estate – please email/call your congress person today and urge their support of this…
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Don’t let it happen again – if you hear of a VC buddy offering crazy cash for a silly idea – beat him/her across the face with a live fish – likewise if you hear an entrepreneur exaggerating their startup’s value…
Chris Heuer Speaks: CEA Industry Forum
Chris Heuer is sitting on the panel “How to Use Social Networking to Manage your Company and Reach your Customers” at the CEA Industry Forum. The October 16, 2007 panel focuses on “how you can position yourself in the stream with your customers by adopting a participation approach to marketing.”
Listen to the audio here.
Twitter Insights on Social Networks for CEA
Posted by cheuer in Uncategorized on October 16th, 2007
Before our panel this morning, taking a turn from the pages of NewMediaJim, I tweeted a question for my friends on Twitter to see what they would want to tell the crowd at the Consumer Electronics Association Industry Forum. We received some great responses.
My Question was: what do you want to tell the consumer electronics industry about social networking and social media? Further clarified after Doug Haslam asked what help I was looking for to include: looking for insights to share on social networking that will help the executives here understand what’s important – twitter too…
My quote for the panel was “you don’t USE social networks, you join them” – which is an oversimplification of course, but I want to be deliberate about the language and the shift to collaboration and community…
The responses were great (especially my wife’s 😉
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RichardatDELL @chrisheuer your quote, make it stronger! although not sure how yet |
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SocialTNT @chrisheuer it may be too late: you tell them to offer value (game hints, new skins, etc) and show your audience that you listen and und … … |
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extraface @chrisheuer “how can you use the conversation to better help predict demand and shape the specs to where the true demand is?” no more duds. |
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Mobasoft @chrisheuer If eBay is NOT considered a social network, then why not? Is it because it is focused on commerce? Does a purpose eliminate it? |
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Pistachio @chrisheuer social networks aren’t software, they’re people! |
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alexdc @chrisheuer consumer electronics are no longer about “solitary mobility” but about “mobile sociality” http://tinyurl.com/2f4qek |
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McClennan @chrisheuer those that don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it don’t make old mistakes of fake posts, censoring, etc.n |
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willpate @chrisheuer: spend more of your ad budgets on social media, a lot of talented people are doing great work and barely making a living |
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vanderwal @chrisheuer join? seems it is create them through expressing relationships |
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kristiewells @chrisheuer – here is an insight…’I <3 you’. |
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LPT @chrisheuer – I’d add “you get back as good as you give” |
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conniereece @chrisheuer – the tools exist simply to help you connect with people; companies are made up of people and need to reflect a human voice. |
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davidparmet @chrisheuer hi CEA |
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tiburon @chrisheuer Amen brother. I may steal that statement. |
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hardaway @chrisheuer. That all of their products have to become more interactive. Even my pedometer. |
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McClennan @chrisheuer respond intelligently and regularly |
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The Environment Matters – Blog Action Day
I wish I could write something poetic and inspirational that would make a difference in how our leaders think about the environment, but I don’t think I have that power or ability. I do, however, have a voice, a blog and an ability to do little things every day that may make our stay on this little planet we call earth last a few years longer. I know that if we don’t take action, if we don’t raise our voices, if we don’t do all we can each and every day, it will never change. So tonight, I lend my voice to thousands of others as part of Blog Action Day – knowing that alone I can make a small difference and together we can make a big impact.
A few thoughts that have arisen today as I thought about this post:
- Carbon offsets are a great way to buy a cleaner conscience, but not a great way to reduce carbon emissions – while it is probably from some very well meaning people, I am afraid it has been exploited by marketing people to simply separate people from their money. That said, it does raise awareness, so it has some really good impact, but I am unsure why everyone is so excited about it…
- I saw this artist Chris Jordan on the Colbert Report who does some amazing things helping people visualize the sheer size of our waste problem. He creates art that demonstrates how much trash we really generate in a given period of time. BIG ART. His images actually include the real number of ‘things’ we use or throw away in a given period of time (such as a massive image with two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes).
- Forget the global warming or global cooling debate – let’s talk about the fact that the earth is a living system – an ecosystem, in some ways very much like our own bodies. Plain common sense says that if we keep putting poisons into the system, or taking out huge numbers of natural resources, we are bound to be damaging it somehow. So let’s just all be considerate of our mother earth as we go about our day, and be a little more conscious of how we treat her….
Chris Heuer’s Upcoming Speaking / Travel
Posted by cheuer in Personal, Social Media Club, Speaking, The Conversation Group on October 15th, 2007
Wow – can’t believe how long this has been in draft mode – I am all over the place over the coming months – hopefully we can catch up at some point in person and chat over some chai tea perhaps?
Today and Tomorrow, I am in San Diego on a social networking panel with Geoff Livingston, author of Now is Gone. We are doing a podcast from my room overlooking the ocean very shortly… the panel is tomorrow morning for the CEA Industry Forum.
Next week I am in New York City from October 22-24. On Tuesday night (October 23) I am doing a Social Media Club talk on “Business is Personal (Again)” with Howard Greenstein and on Wednesday I am doing a short interactive session at the Social Media Summit. This is going to be one heckuva trip east. I will also be heading out to New York again the following week for a little networking shindig we are doing on Monday October 29 and will be available in the afternoon/evening for some quick meetings on Tuesday October 30.
I am also going to be down in Austin on November 5 & 6. We will be hosting a Social Media Club conversation on Monday November 5 and then hosting a paid Social Media Workshop all day on Tuesday November 6 sponsored by the great folks from Dell. If you are interested in attending the workshop, use my promo code CHRIS so that I can prove to the other great workshop leaders (Shel Israel, Connie Reece and Kami Huyse) that people actually read my blog! From Austin, I need to leave a few minutes early and head to the airport for an early morning speech with Marshall Kirkpatrick at BlogWorld & New Media Expo on November 7.
I am then attending the Society for New Communications Research Annual Symposium in Boston on December 5-6… Heading into next year, thanks to a recommendation from our good friend Shel Israel, I am speaking at Frost & Sullivan’s Sales and Marketing Mind Exchange.
links for 2007-10-15
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We were married on this beautiful beach in the Mexican Riviera on July 7, 2007 – now we can finally
links for 2007-10-14
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This is the presentation I put together to help companies understand how Business is Personal (again
Chris Heuer @ BlogOrlando 2007
Posted by in Uncategorized on October 13th, 2007
This is the presentation I put together to help companies understand how Business is Personal (again) and what it means to be a human organization….
It was seemingly well received, though I did have one person contact me afterwards and say it was a great idea that would be a long time coming… Personally, I already see it happening. The most important slide from my perspective was about
"Social Media is tearing down the walls that keep us apart and changing the rules that have kept us from being human inside our companies."
Tim O’Reilly Interview @ Graphing Social Patterns
Posted by in Uncategorized on October 13th, 2007
Tim was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy day to chat with me about his report on the Facebook Application Platform. You can read about his thoughts on it over on his blog.
The good news from my perspective is that he feels that many of the key technologies for enabling the open social graph will be appearing in the next 6-12 months. This means a great new time of excitement and game changing possibility is shortly to be upon us, despite the several people who are already claiming to be tired of hearing about this topic.
For those of you who don't know about the social graph, it is another way of looking at social networks, with some nuanced details. I will be writing more on this soon…