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Get Connected: Tapping Into the Zeitgeist

Posted by Karim Kanji on Tue, February 9, 2010 8:02 AM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Social Media · No Comments
  If 2009 was about creating awareness of social media communities, then 2010 should be about exploring how to meaningfully engage.  At a minimum, all marketers should be monitoring how their brands live online.  Do you have a solid grasp of the social media landscape where your product or service is... [more]

In Conversation with Chris Robbins of WIND Mobile

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sun, February 7, 2010 4:47 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Wireless, Events, Social Media, Mobile · 2 Comments
Soniya Monga, one of the organizers behind Social Media Week - Toronto (and a regular contributor here at Techvibes), recently caught up to Chris Robbins of WIND Mobile.  Chris is the Chief Customer Officer at WIND and was at a Conversuasion session.  Conversuasion was presented by Ad Lounge and bills... [more]

Social Media can help your cause

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sun, February 7, 2010 4:46 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Social Media · No Comments
On February 2nd, 2010, Artez Interactive presented a session called "How do you #raise money if you're not @BarackObama?" as part of Social Media Week in Toronto.  The third speaker of the evening was Alexandra (Alex) Brown.  Alex runs her own company giving advice to companies in the media, content... [more]

In Conversation with Dre Labre of Tribal DDB Canada

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sun, February 7, 2010 4:43 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Social Media · No Comments
Soniya Monga, one of the organizers behind Social Media Week - Toronto (and a regular contributor here at Techvibes), recently caught up to Dre Labre of Tribal DDB Canada.  Dre is the Creative Director with Tribal and was a keynote storyteller at a Conversuasion session.  Conversuasion was presented by Ad... [more]

1 Million Tweets to Remember - A Case Study

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sun, February 7, 2010 11:39 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Social Media · No Comments
  On February 2nd, 2010, Artez Interactive presented a session called "How do you #raise money if you're not @BarackObama?" as part of Social Media Week in Toronto.  The second speaker of the night was Jordan Banks.  Jordan is the founder of 1 Million Tweets to Remember which seeks... [more]

Saving animals with social media

Posted by Karim Kanji on Sun, February 7, 2010 10:54 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Social Media · No Comments
  On February 2nd, 2010, Artez Interactive presented a session called "How do you #raise money if you're not @BarackObama?" as part of Social Media Week in Toronto. The first speaker was Misty Meeks who is the Online Communications Manager for the World Society for the Protection of Animals. In 2007, Misty convinced... [more]

Facebook and Presumed Relevancy

Posted by Karim Kanji on Fri, February 5, 2010 1:22 PM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Events, Facebook, Social Media · 2 Comments
As part of his Social Media Week (Toronto) and Refresh Events presentation, Scott Stratten stressed the importance of social media in helping company's and people staying relevant to their audience.  One of the things Scott covered was that in order to be relevant one must first engage and make "social... [more]

The Future of Foursquare?

Posted by Karim Kanji on Fri, February 5, 2010 10:37 AM · Filed under Denver-Boulder, Portland, Seattle, Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, South-Florida, Atlantic-Canada , Wireless, Events, Gaming, Facebook, Social Media, Mobile, Twitter · 2 Comments
On Wednesday, February 4th, Scott Stratten (@Unmarketing) presented to a jam-packed Refresh Events session as part of Social Media Week in Toronto (#SMWTO). At Function 13, Scott gave a passionate and energized talk entitled "Social (UN)Media: Where do we go from here?"  Scott broke down his thoughts into... [more]

Discovery Channel to highlight Olympic technology

Posted by Karim Kanji on Thu, February 4, 2010 9:52 PM · Filed under Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Kitchener-Waterloo, Atlantic-Canada , Success Stories · No Comments
Daily Planet, the Discovery Channel show will be highlighting some of the latest and coolest technology that Canadian athletes have been training with and will be using during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. The show, Daily Planet Goes To Vancouver, will be a six-part program.  The plan is to give viewers... [more]

Camaraderie finds a home

Posted by Karim Kanji on Wed, February 3, 2010 9:44 PM · Filed under Toronto , Success Stories, Crowdsourcing · No Comments
  Early Wednesday morning the good folks at Camaraderie announced on their blog that they have finally secured the premises at 102 Adelaide Street East in the heart of downtown Toronto.  Camaraderie is as much an idea as it is a location:   Born from the feeling of collaboration and... [more]