Saving Hawaii’s beaches and open space is a widely shared commitment – not just among those of us who live here but even more so perhaps for the millions of visitors to Hawaii! Everyone is invited, as even those of you who may never visit have likely experienced calm and inspiration from looking a Maui [...]
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Social Media
Can Social Media Save Hawaii’s Beaches and Land?
by Roxanne Darling on January 23, 2012
Summary of New Media Artist-in-Residence Program
by Roxanne Darling on January 1, 2012
It is the last day of 2011 and I want to add an exclamation point of gratitude on each of my blogs – most of which suffer from neglect from me. It was my friend and Maui blogger Liza Pierce’s idea: let’s all write a blog post for January 1st! So, I’ve set this to [...]
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The Social Cost of Unpaid Tweetup Teams
by Roxanne Darling on November 23, 2011
As the founder of the Social Media Club Hawaii chapter and a very active social media consultant here in Hawaii, I am often invited to attend events and receive services for free in exchange for social media buzz – aka tweeting, facebooking, photographing, and videoing about my experiences. Though I thoroughly enjoy myself when I [...]
Managing Your Time, Attention, and Personas
by Roxanne Darling on October 4, 2011
This post title was crafted for me inadvertently by Mike McClure, in a tweet he posted with information about a conversation I will be leading this Thursday in Detroit. It is being hosted by the Social Media Club Detroit chapter and the #Tweetea community, with the venue provided by ePrize. As I am in the [...]
Social Media Is Growing Up: You Can Stop Copying the Cool Kids Now
by Roxanne Darling on August 31, 2011
My partner @Shane sent me a link today “Why They Stopped Using Foursquare” by David Berkowitz. It summarizes a number of my social media friends and peers who have weaned themselves off this geo-location social network also known as a check-in service. As Shane reminded me, he stopped using them almost a year ago: yet [...]
Video Testimonial from Montgomery Motors
by Roxanne Darling on August 16, 2011
Last week I collaborated with two of my Social Media Club colleagues, Philippe Tassin and Tara Coomans in a three-hour consultation with the very cool folks at Montgomery Motors. If you don’t know them, they are a sixty-plus year old, family-owned, and Hawaii-born and bred company that sells motorcycles and related cool gear. There are [...]
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Learning via the Social Media Game
by Roxanne Darling on July 25, 2011
Tomorrow I am working with an esteemed group of coral reef scientists here in Hawaii to illustrate various ways to use social media. I will be using a version of The Social Media Game, an interactive learning process originally developed by my darling colleague Beth Kantor a few years ago. I’ve updated it and added [...]


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