Facebook Insights from Social Media Club Hawaii

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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 … [Read more...]

Hawaii Tsunami Proves Social Media Power Again: Information is a Tonic

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How do you explain the calm and cooperation that was everywhere in evidence during the wind up to the Hawaii tsunami alert? Social media has earned a spot alongside our government planners and traditional news media. The user-generated messages supported both of those organizations on a second by … [Read more...]

Nonprofits Getting Started with Social Media

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I participated in a panel on social media for nonprofits today, hosted by the Hawaii Community Foundation. It was held at the beautiful Hawaii Convention Center, and I was joined by colleagues Christine Lu, Chris Noble, and Olin Lagon. Local newscaster Dan Cooke was our social media-savvy … [Read more...]

The U.S. Navy is Using Social Media

Here is a brief late night interview with Public Affairs Officer Jason Salata (who manages the @USS_Nimitz twitter account) talking about how the U.S. Navy has jumped into social media in the past several months. Shane and I filmed this while on board the USS Nimitz, over "Mid Rats" aka midnight … [Read more...]

Hawaii Restaurant Association Links and Resources

The Hawaii Restaurant Association is holding a 90-minute seminar today (at 9 am and repeated at 2 pm) on "Social Networks: What it's all about" to help its members and other businesses here in Honolulu understand about Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks. I will be speaking, along with Mark … [Read more...]

Hawaii Officially Dips Toes in the Waters of Social Media

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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 … [Read more...]

Death, Social Media, Personal Branding

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Two weeks ago my father died. Like many people, his stature or what we call personal brand, has improved since he passed away. That is an interesting topic to me - however suffice it to say that I think it is evidence of the predominance of goodness and optimism in humanity at large. We do have … [Read more...]