Tag: social media
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…LinkedIn. In the last week, I’ve gone on a Connections binge because I finally realized how important this platform is — something I’ve never done on any other social network. I already jettisoned my original Facebook account and access it only via browser (and not via mobile app because I don’t trust it on my…
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After the 2008 election, I hosted a conversation called “The First Digital President.” Barack Obama’s win was partially attributable to his online engagement and fundraising — primarily via a still-novel Facebook platform. But as a German news organization reported today: There are now ten times as many Facebook users and five times as many Twitter…
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This is the second year that I’m co-teaching our foundational “Narratives & Networks in Digital Media.” graduate class with Mac Parks and Shay Colson. At its core (and also the premise to the MCDM/”Storyteller Uprising”): Successful communication depends on the creation of compelling content and sustained multi-platform engagement by distributing this content through relevant networks. This…
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A fascinating development today: advocacy group Invisible Children just released an update to its KONY 2012 viral video. The new film, “Move” calls on supporters to march on Washington D.C. on November 17th to lobby politicians to keep searching for the Ugandan warlord, Joseph Kony. Frankly, it’s a courageous move by a group whose remarkable…