May 1st is RSS Awareness Day

By leelefever on April 30, 2008 - 8:59pm.

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Apparently, May 1st is RSS Awareness Day!

VizThink in Review

By leelefever on January 31, 2008 - 12:37pm.

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Text and bullet points - they are dead, or at least used inappropriately.  That was one of the overwhelming messages from VizThink, a two day conference on Visual Thinking.  We agree.

VizThink Conference - Jan. 27-29, San Francisco

By leelefever on October 19, 2007 - 9:41am.

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VizThink is a conference about visual thinking.  We'll be there leading a yet-to-named session that will focus on our story and the role of video and simplicity in communicating ideas with clarity. 

New Friends from Bar Camp Vancouver 2007

By leelefever on August 19, 2007 - 4:20pm.

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Pink shirts - that may be the one thing that will stick out years from now - the pink, er, fuchsia, shirts of BarCamp Vancouver 2007. This is not to say that the content and people weren't amazing - they were. But the shirts were unforgettable.

BarCamp Vancouver Session - Feedback?

By leelefever on August 16, 2007 - 10:05am.

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BarCamp Vancouver is about to lift off and I'm so excited. Vancouver is easily one of my most favorite cities in the world and happens to have a load of great people - many of which are planners of the event.

New Friends (and some old ones) from Gnomedex

By leelefever on August 13, 2007 - 9:49pm.

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I had high expectations for Gnomedex - a conference run by Chris Pirillo in Seattle. The only other one I went to was in 2005 and it was an amazing experience. There was this feeling of changing the world - people were hyped up and it was palpable.

Unfortunately, this time around, I didn't feel the same. I didn't leave the event with an uplifted feeling - if anything, I left a bit of cynicism.

Vocus Webinar: Maximizing PR Impact With Online Video (I'm a Panelist)

By leelefever on August 5, 2007 - 9:16am.

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I'll be a panelist in an upcoming webinar that is being put on by Vocus, the parent company of PRWeb.

Online Community as Party

By leelefever on June 17, 2007 - 8:08pm.

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A while back I posted an entry called Your Community is a Party Waiting to Happen that outlined a number of common sense ways that hosting a party is like managing an online community. I really believe the metaphor is useful and I've developed a talk on the subject.

Here are the slides from the talk...

Big Ups to Kris Krug

By leelefever on June 15, 2007 - 1:19pm.

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Just recently I was hanging out with Anthony, a great friend who has helped with the Common Craft designs over the years. He mentioned, quite candidly, that he wasn't a big fan of my buddy icon for this site. Being a designer and friend, I took his advice to heart and started the search for a new one.

Online Community Planning - Getting the Party Started

By leelefever on June 7, 2007 - 10:00am.

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One of the mantras of the Online Community Unconference became "keeping the party rolling" - not because we partied all day in night, but because many attendees were already in the community business, but looking for ways to improve the experience and value on an ongoing basis. Indeed, the group was a mix of the very experienced and those just getting started.