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Cam Conversation: Business Travel to Hawaii, NextLevelHI, Facebook Privacy

6 May 2010

roxanne darling live streaming from hawaii

Here is the next installment in my web cam conversations with you. I am experimenting with the new uStream Producer “desktop application.” It allows me to record and live stream at the same time, while mixing in graphics, etc. You’ll see a small attempt at that at the end. Over time you will see many [...]

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Rox Talks Video Ads & Next Level Hawaii

20 April 2010

I am launching web cam conversations with you this week. It’s the one form of video I have not done very much though the idea of it appeals to me a lot. It’s short, just under 6 minutes, and here’s what you’ll find inside: Rox makes a confession Shout out to NYTimes.com Opinion: Pre-roll ads [...]

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Pledge Your Weight Loss, Feed Others

21 March 2010

Polly Kauahi, Development Director of the Hawaii Food Bank, has been a regular at our free Social Media Club Hawaii meetings for the past several months. She has taken social media by the horns! Polly created a community fundraising event that all of us can support with very little effort while generating a high return [...]

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Facebook Insights from Social Media Club Hawaii

20 March 2010

We had an open forum on Facebook at the March meeting of Social Media Club Hawaii, held free of charge courtesy of ING Direct Cafe in Waikīkī. People were invited to submit questions and tips in advance. We shared these at the meeting, while my colleague Rob Bertholf and I moderated the meeting and added [...]

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Beware of Social Media: It Does Create Change, Like It or Not

19 March 2010

The social media flap du jour is about the Nestlé fan page on Facebook being slammed with comments about their use of unsustainable farming in Indonesia for palm oil. It’s perfect timing as I held a webinar training this morning with a new client who shared concerns about the possibility of negative comments and inappropriate [...]

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Upcoming Presentations

April 30: Using Online Video as a Business Communication & Marketing Tool at the Next Level Hawaii Conference

May 13: Introduction to Twitter & Facebook Strategies for NonProfits, presented to the Weinberg Fellows on Maui and supported by the Aloha United Way

May 22: Using Social Networks for Personal and Business Promotion, annual conference of the Hawaii Court Reporters and Captioners Association

May 28-30: Social Media Skills for Musicians: Twitter, Facebook, Blogging, & Podcasting at the Nā Hōkū O Hawaiʻi Music Festival

June 3: Strategic Implications of Social Networks - Even If You Are Not Participating! at the Rotary Club of Honolulu Sunset

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