A number of our workshop students have requested a quick demo of how to get videos, blog posts, yelp reviews, and photos at Flikr to post to your Facebook profile and newsfeed.
This can be done effortlessly from these sites (and many more including Pandora, Last.fm and your Google Reader) with a few quick settings on your facebook profile (demonstrated in the video).
Note: there are more advanced tools that accomplish this and send your posts to more places than just Facebook. This gets it done to give your Facebook friends access to your activity elsewhere in an easy way.
Searching the web for ideas and cool stuff I can share in our upcoming online classes, I came across this video interview on CNN. It’s a brief discussion with Linkedin co-founder Reid Hoffman about how the networking site was created to build upon existing relationships.
Bringing Social Media Path to life has come with some interesting challenges – like my plugin breaking on the “classes” page in Internet Explorer. Despite the challenges in ramping up to site launch, much of my thinking has been focused around what and how to teach in our upcoming webinars. The bit-more-than-basic-how-to class “Social Media Fast Start” is an opportunity to enable beginners on a path of knowing their customers better. As the desire of business to market through connecting and sharing online grows, likewise does the confusion and feeling of being overwhelmed.
So, my mantra through course development continues to be, “How can I make online marketing and community development easier to do and to manage?”
I developed this model, which I’ll be discussing in detail in class. I’m interested in any comments. I realize there can be an unlimited number of complex interactions between tools, platforms and technologies. That’s what makes it the web right? I left widgets and applications off the model in consideration of my prospective class audience. I’m sure there are more tools that are not occurring to me. Care to add something?
Yesterday the Sacramento Chapter of Social Media Club held an exception panel discussion on Government 2.0. There were many insights around what government at the Federal and State levels are doing to embrace and manage initiatives. The move from use of the web as an archive and distribution medium to one of communication and listening is enormously impactful.
Who we are as a governed people, and what kind of government we have has the potential to be back in our hands. Caution: Beware those that will attempt to manipulate law and policy to get in the way of this happening.
The Social Media Club’s panel discussion was recorded live.
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