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Last Friday night we were heading home from visiting some friends in Lanikai. We decided to pull over and walk down to the beach to look for Mars, which is very “close” to earth this month and shining bright in the sky. We were gone no more than 20 minutes, yet in that time the [...]
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Forget the 30,000’ view of the marketplace, I am going into space for some cosmic observations. I invite you to debate a few of these ideas – one person’s perspective is never enough to really get a complete sense of things! What is Brain Crack?As far as I know Ze Frank coined this term on [...]
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I interviewed Charlene Kauhane (of Kauhane Inc.) and Keliʻi Brown of the Maui Visitors Bureau over at the Ulupalakua Ranch on Maui. I had been hired to create, staff, and execute a Social Media Campaign for the Bureau, all in the span of less than six weeks. There are many discussion points in here:How speed [...]
When I am doing social web training these days, at least once or twice an hour I implement what I call “Rox’s 180 Rule.” It is very simple, though not always comfortable to implement. As people and companies are learning how to participate on social networks, deciding what sorts of content to create, or even [...]
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I am speaking tomorrow on The Tools of Change Panel at Envision Hawaii 2009. It has me thinking about what changes are happening right before our very eyes and how we can proactively embrace them to move this party forward with more intention. Barriers and Gate-Keepers Are Being Removed One of the most exciting accomplishments [...]
Continue Reading 14 comments Activism, Social Media, Strategy
Many thanks to the Pacific Business News and the Star Bulletin for covering the recent So Much More Hawaii fam tour with mainland bloggers. I started this writing as a comment on PBN, but I have a rule that when my comments exceed two paragraphs, I move the conversation over to my blog for clarity [...]
Continue Reading 15 comments Gossip 2.0, Money Matters, News, Social Media, Strategy
I sometimes chide my business audiences when I am speaking from the podium with this question: “Now, why don’t you have your own internet TV show/channel?” When you consider that only a few years ago it was impossible for anyone except the big media outlets to broadcast video content, and now you and I can [...]
October 5: Keynote on Social Media and Breakout Session on Internet Video at the Technology & Internet Expo
September 15: Moving to digital and knowledge based economies - supporting zero emissions initiatives Zero Emissions World Congress
August 26: Marketing with Twitter and Facebook at Hawaii Transportation Association Annual Leadership Conference
August 18: How to effectively use video & livestreaming at PRSA of Hawaii
August 7: Strategic Implications of Social Networks for NonProfit Organizations for the Weinberg Fellows (private)
June 27 - August 29: Spiritual Awakening Book Club In the Transition - Practical Spirituality
June 3: Strategic Implications of Social Networks - Even If You Are Not Participating! at the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset
May 28-30: Social Media Skills for Musicians: Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, & Podcasting at the Nā Hōkū O Hawaiʻi Music Festival
May 22: Using Social Networks for Personal and Business Promotion, annual conference of the Hawaii Court Reporters and Captioners Association
May 13: Introduction to Twitter & Facebook Strategies for NonProfits, presented to the Weinberg Fellows on Maui and supported by the Aloha United Way
April 30: Using Online Video as a Business Communication & Marketing Tool at the Next Level Hawaii Conference
April 1: Social Media Marketing in Tourism for the Maui Visitors Bureau Destination Partners
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