Some of the top bloggers and social-media practitioners in Vancouver and Canada will be speaking at Northern Voice on June 14 and 15 at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and Museum of Vancouver. Canada’s first, and still largest, grassroots social-media conference is in its ninth year of helping local bloggers connect and learn from each other. Northern Voice has helped build a thriving community of social-media practitioners in British Columbia. This year’s speakers include Dave Olsen, a co-founder of Hootsuite, and pioneering podcasters Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche. Some 20 other sessions and a Friday-night party round out the weekend. For more information and advance tickets, visit www.northernvoice.com.
Social Media Best In Class PresentationWonderGroup
Best In Class presentation given at the end of a summer internship at WonderGroup, a full-service, strategic 360 degree digital advertising agency. Presentation given by Mia Carosi and Chelsea Clements.
Social Media: Fueling Modern Movements in the Digital AgeSam Stern
This presentation given at the the Grade Level Reading (http://www.gradelevelreading.net) conference in Denver Colorado, July 1st 2012.
Session description:
When it comes to championing and gaining support for modern causes and movements, integrating strategic social media is no longer an option. Integrating digital strategies effectively into an overall communications plan can amplify support and empower advocates. This session provides tools and techniques drawn from successful, real life movements.
Dorset Fire & Rescue Service - Using Social Media 2013Key Multimedia Ltd
A presentation that explores some new and interesting avenues for social media use by Dorset Fire Rescue Service (DFRS). Used in a presentation to Silver and Gold Commanders this PPT highlights the use of social media by commercial and public sector companies and how that might translate into the roll out of a new social media strategy by DFRS.
Neighbors Online: Community Engagement for All Seattle WorkshopSteven Clift
For event details see: http://seattleneighbors.eventbrite.com
For post event SEATTLE exchange, join: http://www.facebook.com/groups/seattleneighbors/
For national exchange, join Locals Online: http://e-democracy.org/locals
We plan to share some video from the event.
Social Media Best In Class PresentationWonderGroup
Best In Class presentation given at the end of a summer internship at WonderGroup, a full-service, strategic 360 degree digital advertising agency. Presentation given by Mia Carosi and Chelsea Clements.
Social Media: Fueling Modern Movements in the Digital AgeSam Stern
This presentation given at the the Grade Level Reading (http://www.gradelevelreading.net) conference in Denver Colorado, July 1st 2012.
Session description:
When it comes to championing and gaining support for modern causes and movements, integrating strategic social media is no longer an option. Integrating digital strategies effectively into an overall communications plan can amplify support and empower advocates. This session provides tools and techniques drawn from successful, real life movements.
Dorset Fire & Rescue Service - Using Social Media 2013Key Multimedia Ltd
A presentation that explores some new and interesting avenues for social media use by Dorset Fire Rescue Service (DFRS). Used in a presentation to Silver and Gold Commanders this PPT highlights the use of social media by commercial and public sector companies and how that might translate into the roll out of a new social media strategy by DFRS.
Neighbors Online: Community Engagement for All Seattle WorkshopSteven Clift
For event details see: http://seattleneighbors.eventbrite.com
For post event SEATTLE exchange, join: http://www.facebook.com/groups/seattleneighbors/
For national exchange, join Locals Online: http://e-democracy.org/locals
We plan to share some video from the event.
Cell phones are inherently engaging -- people carry them everywhere and check them frequently, in all kinds of situations. Here's what some community funders and local nonprofits are learning through leveraging mobile technology to engage their communities.
Facebook: A Platform for Social ActivismAlex Gault
iThink is a powerful advocacy and campaign resource on Facebook that nonprofits use to engage new supporters and activists. With iThink, nonprofits can post opinions which declare their positions on specific causes. IThink users then agree or disagree on those opinions, share them with friends, and debate and comment upon them in open forums.
The New Startup Garage for Innovation? Libraries!Janie Hermann
Libraries as the epicenter of innovation, technology and economic recovery? You bet your assets they are!
By finding creative ways to bring together techies, entrepreneurs, makers, and sometimes even angel investors, today’s libraries are able to inspire real life action that jumps off the page and into startup success. Find out how Princeton Public Library (NJ) is leveraging community collaborations with groups such as the Princeton Tech Meetup, Python Users Group in Princeton, the Princeton Chamber of Commerce and many more to create unique opportunities for social good and local growth.
This conversation will challenge you to rethink the role of the library in your community and encourage you to explore how libraries can be a focal point of insights, ideas and innovation. If you have been seeking a "real world” social platform that has the ability to bring together a mix of thinkers, tinkerers, coders and investors the library just might be your answer!
High Impact Programs on a Shoestring BudgetJanie Hermann
A presentation that discusses how a medium-sized single location library can create dynamic and successful programs on a minimal budget. Presented in August 2008 to the Nevada Library Association.
Skillful Digital Activism: Cultivating Media Ecologies for Transformative Soc...Vicki Callahan
“Skillful Digital Activism: Designing Strategies for Transformative Social Change”
This presentation explores the conceptual frameworks and practical strategies employed in social change campaigns that have utilized digital media as a crucial component of their organizing tool kit. Moving beyond the hazards of superficial social media engagement, or the justly maligned “clicktivism,” to transformative and long term impact, I examine a range of case studies that have worked to develop a “horizontal,” rather than top down, rich media ecology, which networks diverse groups, fosters community, and promotes real change. Whether using virtual reality, interactive documentaries, or DIY tools, projects such as Half the Sky, Lunch Love Community, Food Inc, Triangle Fire Archive, Through the Lens Darkly/Digital Diaspora, VozMob, and #BlackLivesMatter are all pioneering digital tools and strategies in the struggle for social justice. While their philosophies and strategies might be different each campaign mark a shift from a broadcast to a participant focused model where advocacy and engagement are connected. This work was presented at Dublin City University on November 10, 2015 and also an earlier version of this was at the Performance, Protest, and Politics Conference at University College Cork in August 2015. These presentations with part of my Fulbright Research award for 2015-2016.
Helen DeMichiel and Patricia Zimmerman, “Documentary as Open Space,” in Brian Winston’s The Documentary Film Book (Palgrave McMillan, 2013)
Sasha Constanza-Chock, Out of the Shadows and Into the Streets: Transmedia Organizing and the Immigrant Rights Movement (MIT Press, 2014)
Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green, Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in Networked Culture (NYU Press, 2013)
Deborah Willis (ed.), Picturing Us: African American Identity in Photography (The New Press, 1996).
Ten minute presentation discussing to role of community attachment in building loyalty to "host" of online communities.
Presented at the International Association of Business Communicaters, 2009
A full-day workshop given in Belle Vernon PA on May 1st, 2009. In addition to the formal presentation, there was a time for participants to explore and play with a variety of gadgets that they might want to have in their own libraries.
SMO and SMM implementations of Obama's election Campaign on the Internet. This PPT shows the powerful usage of search media optimization and social media marketing to reach millions of people accross the globe.
Social Media ROI - The Champagne Moment - my talk at NYU - July 2013Clay Hebert
My third annual "Social Media ROI - Champagne Moment" talk at NYU on the importance of setting SMART business objectives and a strategy to achieve them and not focusing on social vanity metrics like fans & followers.
Cell phones are inherently engaging -- people carry them everywhere and check them frequently, in all kinds of situations. Here's what some community funders and local nonprofits are learning through leveraging mobile technology to engage their communities.
Facebook: A Platform for Social ActivismAlex Gault
iThink is a powerful advocacy and campaign resource on Facebook that nonprofits use to engage new supporters and activists. With iThink, nonprofits can post opinions which declare their positions on specific causes. IThink users then agree or disagree on those opinions, share them with friends, and debate and comment upon them in open forums.
The New Startup Garage for Innovation? Libraries!Janie Hermann
Libraries as the epicenter of innovation, technology and economic recovery? You bet your assets they are!
By finding creative ways to bring together techies, entrepreneurs, makers, and sometimes even angel investors, today’s libraries are able to inspire real life action that jumps off the page and into startup success. Find out how Princeton Public Library (NJ) is leveraging community collaborations with groups such as the Princeton Tech Meetup, Python Users Group in Princeton, the Princeton Chamber of Commerce and many more to create unique opportunities for social good and local growth.
This conversation will challenge you to rethink the role of the library in your community and encourage you to explore how libraries can be a focal point of insights, ideas and innovation. If you have been seeking a "real world” social platform that has the ability to bring together a mix of thinkers, tinkerers, coders and investors the library just might be your answer!
High Impact Programs on a Shoestring BudgetJanie Hermann
A presentation that discusses how a medium-sized single location library can create dynamic and successful programs on a minimal budget. Presented in August 2008 to the Nevada Library Association.
Skillful Digital Activism: Cultivating Media Ecologies for Transformative Soc...Vicki Callahan
“Skillful Digital Activism: Designing Strategies for Transformative Social Change”
This presentation explores the conceptual frameworks and practical strategies employed in social change campaigns that have utilized digital media as a crucial component of their organizing tool kit. Moving beyond the hazards of superficial social media engagement, or the justly maligned “clicktivism,” to transformative and long term impact, I examine a range of case studies that have worked to develop a “horizontal,” rather than top down, rich media ecology, which networks diverse groups, fosters community, and promotes real change. Whether using virtual reality, interactive documentaries, or DIY tools, projects such as Half the Sky, Lunch Love Community, Food Inc, Triangle Fire Archive, Through the Lens Darkly/Digital Diaspora, VozMob, and #BlackLivesMatter are all pioneering digital tools and strategies in the struggle for social justice. While their philosophies and strategies might be different each campaign mark a shift from a broadcast to a participant focused model where advocacy and engagement are connected. This work was presented at Dublin City University on November 10, 2015 and also an earlier version of this was at the Performance, Protest, and Politics Conference at University College Cork in August 2015. These presentations with part of my Fulbright Research award for 2015-2016.
Helen DeMichiel and Patricia Zimmerman, “Documentary as Open Space,” in Brian Winston’s The Documentary Film Book (Palgrave McMillan, 2013)
Sasha Constanza-Chock, Out of the Shadows and Into the Streets: Transmedia Organizing and the Immigrant Rights Movement (MIT Press, 2014)
Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, and Joshua Green, Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in Networked Culture (NYU Press, 2013)
Deborah Willis (ed.), Picturing Us: African American Identity in Photography (The New Press, 1996).
Ten minute presentation discussing to role of community attachment in building loyalty to "host" of online communities.
Presented at the International Association of Business Communicaters, 2009
A full-day workshop given in Belle Vernon PA on May 1st, 2009. In addition to the formal presentation, there was a time for participants to explore and play with a variety of gadgets that they might want to have in their own libraries.
SMO and SMM implementations of Obama's election Campaign on the Internet. This PPT shows the powerful usage of search media optimization and social media marketing to reach millions of people accross the globe.
Social Media ROI - The Champagne Moment - my talk at NYU - July 2013Clay Hebert
My third annual "Social Media ROI - Champagne Moment" talk at NYU on the importance of setting SMART business objectives and a strategy to achieve them and not focusing on social vanity metrics like fans & followers.
Building Engaging Communities on a Hyper-Local Scale: An Experiment in Commun...Kate Hamilton
Presented at Social Media Week Chicago 2014, Kate Hamilton reviews how blending quality content, digital technologies and social media can help create long-lasting, engaged communities, and shares key observations from her experiment with hyper-local community organization LoganSquarist that digital marketers, brands and storytellers can apply to their own strategies and tactics to full effect. She pairs these learnings with her experience as director of digital strategy and social media at Chicago-based precision content marketing agency IntraLink Global.
In the last decade, hyper-local journalism has grown exponentially nationwide as media companies have merged and coverage has become more homogenized in the top-tier outlets, which fail to report news of relevance and significance to local communities. This has led to the growth of, and a new appreciation for, local news reporting, which is evident in two ways: “block to block” coverage in community outlets, and citizen reporting through community blogs such as EveryBlock.
LoganSquarist, a hyperlocal news website serving Chicago’s Logan Square, was founded by Kate Hamilton in 2011, partly as an experiment in using social media to build community. Since its inception, LoganSquarist has grown from a Twitter handle to an influencer in its local community with a full-fledged weekly news publication and a 30-person volunteer staff organization.
Dream. Build. Connect. How to use new and traditional media to build a strategic communications plan and campaign A front-page newspaper article about a cause you support is great. An engaged Facebook community can do wonders. But bridge those two communications together, sprinkle in the powerful story of your organization, and you have the potential to enact real change.
This daylong seminar is designed for organizational leaders and leads participants through lessons on how to develop your message, where to tell your story and how to pull it all together into a strategic communications plan and campaign. We’ll discuss how to build an annual communications strategy, how and when to layer in social media, mass media and strategic partnerships.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Define strategic communications campaign. 2. Developing core brand messages. 3. Developing a strategic messaging calendar. 4. Developing campaigns to promote an organization throughout the year, to include various public relations and communications methods.
This is a presentation I put together on social media in January of 2009. I found it recently and was surprised that a lot of the concepts and strategies still hold true today. The content is old, but it's interesting and even somewhat funny to see what was going on with social media almost five years ago. The landscape has changed dramatically in a very short period of time.
How to use social media to engage independent school audiences like prospective students, parents and alumni. Delivered as a workshop for the Association of Independent Schools of New England.
Cultivating Zombies or Activating Community : Non-Profit Challenges Competing...Mila Araujo
Presented at Pod Camp East 2012, This is not the original slide deck. Over 25 slides have been added and some altered to include the discussion points (text) which occurred during the presentation.
Text is being included now so that those following online who did not have the benefit of the presentation and discussion can get a better idea of the context (which would be left out with only the original visual slides uploaded). This deck also doubles as "notes" for the presentation for those who were present.
Two versions of the Youtube video are also available. The first is the shorter version (30 seconds shown at the presentation) the second is the full story version, which gives a bit more of the background of what was actually discussed.
Non-Profits must use social media technology to deliver shorter more engaging and appealing bursts of information for greater impact, particularly effective with video (under 2 minutes) and photos.
Additional links have also been added to references which were mentioned during the presentation for participants reference and further research or learning. This was a 40 minute presentation.
Social Media introduction document i wrote 3 years ago, still very relevant for most clients, specifically for the brands who are just focusing on marketing opportunity and missing the real opportunity of strengthening workforce and culture, customer support services.
An insight into the digital communication age of today. Social networking sites are embodied by several technological applications that shape them. See why social networking has become such a major part of our lives.
Whenever I get asked what my favorite book is, I always reply The Pirates Dilemma.
The book tells the story of punk, disco, hip-hop, graffiti, and how modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time.
It’s truly fascinating.
And when you look back, you can see the origins of the current social media revolution can be traced as far back as the 70’s (if not even further).
Back in the 70’s punk was the start of a revolution. Now, the only things that have changed are the platforms and the ease at which we can connect and create.
Here’s the history of social media: how it all started, why Facebook rose to #1 (and why it might not stay that way) and some bold predictions on where it’s all heading.
Social Media Branding 2.0 presentation created by Grace Rodriguez (President, AYN Brand) for Diverseworks Creative Capital DW2 "Public Relations and Marketing Workshop" held at Spacetaker in Houston, TX (January 2009)
Alan Weinkrantz's presentation on the opportunity for people who in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to disrupt the geo-location boundaries of the physical world.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2013
NORTHERN VOICE CONTACT:
Duncan McHugh, president
Email: duncanmm@gmail.com
Phone: 604-376-1139
Twitter: @duncanmm
Northern Voice already creating #engagedcity
Blogger’s conference trains people to build community online and reduce feelings
of isolation being studied by mayor’s task force
Vancouver can already boast a head-start in building community and reducing
isolation—its many bloggers—say the organizers of Vancouver-based Northern Voice,
the country’s first, and still largest, grassroots blogging and social-media conference.
They congratulate Mayor Gregor Robertson for his Engaged City Task Force, whose first
report outlined the importance of reducing the feelings of isolation that recent studies
identified as a problem in Vancouver.
Local bloggers like Miss 604 and Vancouver Is Awesome are already helping people
connect and find community, says Duncan McHugh, president of Northern Voice, which is holding
its annual conference June 14 and 15. “People who blog or use social-media help build the sorts
of communities that fit the wired world we’re all now living in. The meaning of community has
changed since the 1950s—it’s even changed since the 1990s—and many people now seek
others online who share their interests and ideas.”
A strategy to build community and reduce people’s sense of isolation needs to include
sincere efforts to further encourage online communities and social media, says McHugh. “This is
the ninth year that our conference has taught and encouraged people to share their stories with
an authentic voice and build communities around their interests. We’re proud to help build the
leaders and participants of an #engagedcity. And Vancouver has become a centre of both
personal and business participation in social-media.”
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NEW LOCATION & SPEAKERS
This year’s Northern Voice conference is moving to the futuristic H.R. MacMillan Space
Centre and Museum of Vancouver.
“The space centre is a perfect venue for a conference celebrating the advances in
communication and community building brought about by the web and new media,” says
McHugh. “We think the space centre will inspire people to try new things and make new friends at
the conference. And we’re inviting everyone at the conference to join us for a photo-walk or
podcast-walk in beautiful Vanier Park around the space centre and museum.”
THIS YEAR’S LINEUP
Other social-media conferences focus on corporate communication. Northern Voice has
built its reputation on helping average bloggers and social-media users explore the personal side
of online expression. “We’re not about how to make money with a blog but rather how to share
ideas and create community,” says Treasurer Allyson McGrane (contact: 604-873-6373 or
amcgrane@leftrightminds.com).
This year’s lineup includes some of the leading bloggers and social media experts in B.C.
and Canada exploring online storytelling and digital publishing. Mike Vardy (@mikevardy), the
face behind renowned blog Productivityist will discuss how blogging changed his life journey from
retail middle management to full-time online writer and published author. Technologist Darren
Barefoot (@dbarefoot) explores quantification of modern life—why we track our lives through
compulsively counting calories, pennies, hours of sleep and nearly every facet of our daily
existence.
Two politicians—Kamloops city councillor Arjun Singh (@arjunsingh) and Seattle’s Brad
Meacham (@bradmeacham)—will share how they use digital media to reach supporters and
constituents. Meacham ran for city council in 2011 using a digital strategy.
Keynote speakers this year are internationally known Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche
(@markblevis & @bobgoyetche). The Ottawa duo were among Canada’s first podcasters and the
founders of Podcasters Across Borders. Dave Olson (@daveohoots), one of the minds behind
Vancouver’s very successful tech start-up Hootsuite, will also give a keynote.
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For more information from Northern Voice, please contact:
Duncan McHugh, president
Email: duncanmm@gmail.com
Phone: 604-376-1139
Twitter: @duncanmm
Ben Abel, marketing and communications
Email: info@vancouvergadgets.ca
Phone: 778-223-8555
Photos available through Ben
FOR INFORMATION ON #engagedcity
http://www.scribd.com/doc/143015026/Engaged-City-Task-Force-First-Report
http://www.mayorofvancouver.ca/engaged
BACKGROUND ON NORTHERN VOICE
Founded in 2005, Northern Voice was Canada's first web blogging and social media
conference, and it remains the largest grassroots conference of its kind in Western
Canada. As web blogging has evolved, Northern Voice has kept up with an increasing
emphasis on microblogging (Twitter) and other social media developments. Last year,
conference sessions included explorations of Pinterest and self-publishing e-books. But
whatever the communication channel, Northern Voice’s focus is been about aficionados
sharing their knowledge with other blogging and social-media practitioners. Key to
success for Northern Voice has been an ongoing series of talks helping bloggers find
their authentic voice and build a community through sharing experiences.
Organizers keep the cost accessible to average people through sponsorships
and a volunteer structure. The annual event is inexpensive, informal, and accessible to
techies and newbies alike. Each conference brings together a diverse group of new
bloggers, social media experts and those who are curious about online personal
expression.
In 2012, session topics ranged from free speech to copyright, from crowd-
sourcing to building online communities, from lean publishing to the blogger's brain, and
from WordPress to Pinterest. Keynote speakers spoke of their work creating Twitter,
keeping the Internet free of censorship, and finding their personal voice.
Northern Voice is Western Canada's grassroots social-media camp, with good
content, good fun—and is less than half the cost of others.
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BACKGROUND ON 2013 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
BOB GOYETCHE
http://bobgoyetche.com
One of the pioneers of Canadian podcasting back in 2004, Bob’s been credited with
helping create and develop the Canadian podcast community. The Bob and AJ show as
well as theCatFishShow are still preferred content for listeners worldwide. As well as
hosting and producing several shows, Bob founded ROGIC (www.rogic.com), one of
Canada’s first podcast networks, and co-founded Canada’s premier podcasting
conference, Podcasters Across Borders (www.podcastersacrossborders.com) which
drew podcasters and podcasters-to-be from all over North America during its seven-year
run.
The creation of the weekly podcast Canadian Podcast Buffet
(www.canadianpodcastbuffet.ca) in 2005 gave Bob and co-host Mark Blevis an
opportunity to share information with Canadian podcasters and listeners, as well as keep
listeners up-to-date on all aspects of podcasting and social media in Canada ranging
from legal issues to tips and techniques. This podcast has been referred to as a “must-
listen” for anyone wanting to be involved in the Canadian podcast space. In 2006 Bob
took over CanadaPodcasts.ca (www.canadapodcasts.ca), the leading directory of
Canadian-produced podcasts. Thousands of visitors each month use this website to not
only promote their efforts but to find the uniquely Canadian podcasting voices on the
internet. His presence and actions in the space have led to several print and radio
interviews, and Bob is a regular speaker at podcasting and social-media conferences
and meet-ups.
MARK BLEVIS
http://markblevis.com
Mark was finally able to unleash his inner radio-host when he learned about podcasting
in the spring of 2005. He launched his first podcast, Electric Sky (electricsky.net) a few
weeks later, joining a growing field of Canadian podcasters. In June 2005, Mark saw an
opportunity to build a Canadian podcast community, helping to put a train on the tracks
Tod Maffin was laying during his Canadian travels. That train would be driven together
with pioneering podcaster Bob Goyetche. The two produced the weekly Canadian
Podcast Buffet and co-curated the annual Podcasters Across Borders conference for
seven years.
At his more prolific, Mark produced five weekly podcasts. Of those, the Just One More
Book (justonemorebook.com) children’s book podcast which he co-produced with his
wife Andrea was the most popular, serving more than two million downloads during its
three-year run. He has viewed each of his podcasting efforts as an opportunity to
inform, entertain and connect like-minded individuals into a community. This is
evidenced in other podcasting efforts, including We Can Rebuild Her
(wecanrebuildher.com), a podcast which Andrea and Mark co-produced to document
Andrea’s cancer treatment and return to good health. Mark harnessed his experience
with online communication and community-building to build Full Duplex (fullduplex.ca), a
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public affairs consultancy which specializes in digital communication and online
reputation management. In addition to consulting work, Full Duplex conducts ongoing
research on the role of digital in politics, public engagement, advocacy and activism.
DAVE OLSON
http://www.uncleweed.net/
Dave Olson is a mixed media storymaker who explore topics around culture, history,
technology and creativity. He frequently presents at events – including SXSW and
Northern Voice – and shares his opinions on social and traditional media channels.
A graduate of Evergreen College (BA Interdisciplinary Studies, 2004), Dave's work is
published in magazines and journals and in his own documentary podcasts.
After traveling to 30+ far-flung countries, working dozens of jobs from mushroom farmer
in Japan to submarine tour guide in Guam to grape picker in Germany, Dave now enjoys
listening to old vinyl albums on the back porch whilst gazing at North Vancouver’s
mountains and trees.
Dave is also the VP Community for HootSuite.
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NORTHERN VOICE CONFERENCE MOVES TO
H.R. MACMILLAN SPACE CENTRE JUN 14-15
Conference known for educating people how to blog
and participate in social media
Some of the top bloggers and social-media practitioners in Vancouver and Canada will
be speaking at Northern Voice on June 14 and 15 at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
and Museum of Vancouver. Canada’s first, and still largest, grassroots social-media
conference is in its ninth year of helping local bloggers connect and learn from each
other. Northern Voice has helped build a thriving community of social-media
practitioners in British Columbia. This year’s speakers include Dave Olsen, a co-founder
of Hootsuite, and pioneering podcasters Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche. Some 20 other
sessions and a Friday-night party round out the weekend. For more information and
advance tickets, visit www.northernvoice.com .
Media Contact:
Duncan McHugh, president
Email: duncanmm@gmail.com
Phone: 604-376-1139
Twitter: @duncanmm
