Lufthansa epic win in communications, beer, life, the universe and everything

Beer O'Clock Uploaded by Ben Harris-Roxas on 24 Feb 06, 4.44PM BST

Stan Schroeder reports over on Mashable that the poor bloke who lost that iPhone has been offered a free trip by Lufthansa. (Original story on CBS news)

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Social Media and government. A note on communications.

Jump on the social media bandwagon Uploaded by Matt Hamm on 15 Oct 08, 10.07PM GMT.

We had this discussion the other day with Stavros Kontaksis (blog in Greek) - @stakon on Twitter – the fact that . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Google real time search and why it’s good news for comms people

Google

After nagging endlessly about the abysmal search facility on twitter I can’t resist being very enthusiastic about Google Real Time Search.

Now, immediately after conducting a search, you can see live updates from people on popular sites like Twitter and FriendFeed, as well as . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Twitter and Members of Parliament – it’s all in the detail

Westminster at Sunset Uploaded by DMoutray on 29 Dec 08, 2.34PM GMT.

I cannot find it in my heart to truly sympathise with Members of the UK Parliament (MPs) who might now hit a spot of bother with their twitter account – but . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

The question that comes BEFORE social media. Who are you and what do you want to do?

Anti-Social Media? Uploaded by Intersection Consulting on 23 Apr 09, 6.48PM BST.

I don’t know why but as comms people we frequently get over-excited by the latest shiny thing. In that respect I think we are a little bit like academic researchers – go crazy . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

Don't underestimate the need for social media

Let's talk about it

I recently heard from a newspaper man that Twitter is definitely a fad but one which cannot be ignored. It kind of reminded me the old Nielsen study (back in April) which was much touted as a ‘twitter is a fad’ research (even though it . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

The one with the swearing

Again, another amazing piece of content – this time a presentation – which I ‘d love to incorporate into my Intro to Social Media work.

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Social Media Revolution

I know a lot of people have published/ blogged/ tweeted/ shared about this video already.

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I was just thinking that next time I present an Intro to Social Media I might use this before Brian Solis’ <a href="http:/

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Tophost.gr & Papaki.gr: Engagement wins from 2 Greek companies

Customer Service Hero Originally uploaded by lepriveconcierge

And now for something completely different: Two companies that actually helped me online and engaged with me and responded to me via social media.

You know how we all nag ALL THE TIME about companies who don’t get it? It’s . . . → Read the rest of this entry…

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