Business and Blogging

June 23rd, 2007

Frank Arrigo at AMP Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival

Good to see Microsoft Aussie blogger Frank Arrigo on the speaker list for the AMP Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival in Sydney next week.
Frank’s topic is “To blog or not to blog; that is the corporate question…”.
Some time ago I had the pleasure of presenting at another event in Sydney where Frank was also a […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

June 21st, 2007

Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival in Sydney Next Week

This time next week I’ll be mingling with some top thought leaders, futurists, innovative thinkers, and technology experts from around the world and with staff of the AMP finance and investment company. The occasion is AMP’s week-long Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival 2007.
The Festival is for employees and decision-makers of AMP from all departments […]

By Des Walsh -- 3 comments

June 11th, 2007

Social Media Workshop on Streaming Video

Today, June 11, from 9am to 3.30pm, anyone, anywhere in the world, who has access to the internet at a reasonable speed will be able to observe live a Palo Alto workshop on social media.
It’s the Social Media Club Workshop, “Starting the Conversation”. It’s described as
a day-long, hands-on, interactive workshop to help professional communicators ‘get’ […]

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June 8th, 2007

Keep Up with Your RSS Feeds or Miss the Drinks

Here’s a reason for making sure you set up - and read regularly - RSS feeds for blogs you are interested in: so you don’t miss the drinks.
The thought was prompted by a throwaway by Ross Dawson, speaking at his very successful event in Sydney during the week - Web 2.0 in Australia - when […]

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May 30th, 2007

Women Blogger Events Span the Atlantic

The third annual womens blogging conference, BlogHer 07, is scheduled for July 27-29 in Chicago.
And it’s not just for geeks or experienced bloggers, nor is it focused on business blogging:
BlogHer is open to anyone and everyone who considers themselves part of the blogosphere, and is particularly focused on serving women who blog. All ages, ethnicities, […]

By Des Walsh -- 2 comments

May 24th, 2007

Business Blogging in China

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of being on a panel about blogging, at the ad:tech interactive marketing conference in Sydney. The audience was mixed, ranging from the large proportion who indicated they did not have blogs to pro blogger Darren Rowse, who included some comments on the session in his report […]

By Des Walsh -- 3 comments

May 9th, 2007

When You Call Me a SOB, Smile

One person who is an outstanding encourager of other bloggers is ME “Liz” Strauss, a colleague here on the b5media business channel, whose Successful Blog site features the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers award - the acronym for which is of course S.O.B.
I was thrilled to find I had received the award and am now proud […]

By Des Walsh -- 3 comments

May 5th, 2007

SOBCon07, Chicago, May 10-11

One place I’ve never been and would really like to be a week from now is Chicago, Illinois.
Not just because of the architecture, although that would be something to look forward to. Rather, and more immediately, because that’s where the SOBCon07 is to be held, from the evening of Friday May 11 through Saturday May 12.
SOBCon07 […]

By Des Walsh -- 3 comments

April 30th, 2007

More Blogs from the b5media Business Channel

What if a business person could have a place on the Web where there was a collection of blogs which were:

- focused consistently on business issues
- informative and even entertaining
- written professionally
- by bloggers respected by their peers
- updated regularly and at least several times a week?

You’ve read my mind.
It’s here, at the business channel […]

By Des Walsh -- 1 comment

April 24th, 2007

Interactive Webinar on Search with John Battelle

My post yesterday on feeds was triggered by an invitation I had received to a webinar with John Battelle.
The event is billed as: Search as the next interface - a conversation with John Battelle.
John Battelle is an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, author and currently founder and chairman of Federated Media Publishing. He writes lucidly, […]

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