2013 media relations summer camp at the hamilton spectatorJay Robb
Here's the media relations 101 primer that will lead off the 2013 Media Relations Summer Camp at The Hamilton Spectator for 22 nonprofits & community groups from Hamilton, Ontario. PR pros will help campers polish, practice & then pitch story ideas to a panel of editors and reporters. The best pitches from past camps have wound up in print. Launched in 2008, the camp is offered free of charge as a thank you to dedicated community builders.
Stuart Crawford from Bulletproof InfoTech in Calgary presented to the Calgary Entrepreneur Meetup group on why it matters to network effectively and why we need to change the way we network in Calgary.
Check out Stuart's firm Bulletproof InfoTech at http://www.bulletproofIT.ca and his blog at http://stuart.calgarybloggers.ca
2013 media relations summer camp at the hamilton spectatorJay Robb
Here's the media relations 101 primer that will lead off the 2013 Media Relations Summer Camp at The Hamilton Spectator for 22 nonprofits & community groups from Hamilton, Ontario. PR pros will help campers polish, practice & then pitch story ideas to a panel of editors and reporters. The best pitches from past camps have wound up in print. Launched in 2008, the camp is offered free of charge as a thank you to dedicated community builders.
Stuart Crawford from Bulletproof InfoTech in Calgary presented to the Calgary Entrepreneur Meetup group on why it matters to network effectively and why we need to change the way we network in Calgary.
Check out Stuart's firm Bulletproof InfoTech at http://www.bulletproofIT.ca and his blog at http://stuart.calgarybloggers.ca
How to Gather, Write and Publish Your Donor StoriesLeah Eustace
We all know how effective and inspiring a good story can be, but how do you go about actually gathering and preparing a donor story for publication? In this webinar, you’ll learn how to identify a good story, conduct an interview and write an impactful piece… all while nurturing the donor relationship. Leah will share practical tips that will apply whether you’re a big or small shop.
Originally broadcast February 27, 2013
We all want interfaces that feel human—where the content is friendly and everything flows right along. But being human isn’t just about being breezy.
Every user who interacts with your site comes there with personal histories—with pain and problems, with past traumas or present crises. How can we take our users’ vulnerabilities, triggers, and touchy subjects into account when we don’t even know what they are? What would it mean to optimize not just for seamlessness, but for kindness? This talk discusses how clear intentions and compassionate communication can strengthen everything from form questions to headlines to site structures.
This is a presentation that I asked my HR Director if I could develop and present to our supervisor as I thought there was a need a Quorum Review. I was given the green light and the presentation was well received and given to a large audience. This presentation is the property of Quorum Review. Joni Caggiano
If you are looking for advice on how to start a podcast, what type of show you want, how to find guests, how to pitch yourself as a guest, what to do and what not to do.
5 critical ingredients to massive twitch success author lakeAmelia Heidenreich
So who want's more Twitch success in their life? A lot of times we think about what we want before we think about what our audience wants…and this post has a lot to do with shifting that mentality.
Now I've studied hundreds of Twitch.TV live streamers and content creators. And I find the truly successful are unique from one another, there are some commonalities I keep seeing.
In an attempt to reverse-engineer the success of successful Twitch streamers I've gathered the 5 most important components to growing a channel and having real Twitch success.
An origin story is the story we tell others about how we came to be the superheroes we are today, and YES, we all have superpowers! Learn why your origin story matters, questions to help you craft yours, how to emotionally connect with your audience, and a step-by-step guide for writing your origin story. Within the presentation, there's a link to collect a worksheet to help you capture your origin story following the six-step plan. Good luck with your origin story! Make it matter.
A Guide to the Social Media Cocktail Party by Erica Ehm.Social Media Camp
Erica Ehm is the Founder and Editor-in-chief of YummyMummyClub.ca – the online destination for modern moms looking for adult stimulation.
Erica is one of Canada’s most recognized personalities, having started her career in the mid-80’s as the voice of her generation on MuchMusic. Her multimedia resume includes acting, award winning songwriter, playwright, author, journalist and most importantly, YummyMummyClub.ca.
Twitter: A Guide to the Social Media Cocktail PartyErica Ehm
There is an art to connecting on Twitter. Erica Ehm, aka @YummyMummyClub, has a unique perspective on how to engage on Twitter and other social platforms effectively.
How to Gather, Write and Publish Your Donor StoriesLeah Eustace
We all know how effective and inspiring a good story can be, but how do you go about actually gathering and preparing a donor story for publication? In this webinar, you’ll learn how to identify a good story, conduct an interview and write an impactful piece… all while nurturing the donor relationship. Leah will share practical tips that will apply whether you’re a big or small shop.
Originally broadcast February 27, 2013
We all want interfaces that feel human—where the content is friendly and everything flows right along. But being human isn’t just about being breezy.
Every user who interacts with your site comes there with personal histories—with pain and problems, with past traumas or present crises. How can we take our users’ vulnerabilities, triggers, and touchy subjects into account when we don’t even know what they are? What would it mean to optimize not just for seamlessness, but for kindness? This talk discusses how clear intentions and compassionate communication can strengthen everything from form questions to headlines to site structures.
This is a presentation that I asked my HR Director if I could develop and present to our supervisor as I thought there was a need a Quorum Review. I was given the green light and the presentation was well received and given to a large audience. This presentation is the property of Quorum Review. Joni Caggiano
If you are looking for advice on how to start a podcast, what type of show you want, how to find guests, how to pitch yourself as a guest, what to do and what not to do.
5 critical ingredients to massive twitch success author lakeAmelia Heidenreich
So who want's more Twitch success in their life? A lot of times we think about what we want before we think about what our audience wants…and this post has a lot to do with shifting that mentality.
Now I've studied hundreds of Twitch.TV live streamers and content creators. And I find the truly successful are unique from one another, there are some commonalities I keep seeing.
In an attempt to reverse-engineer the success of successful Twitch streamers I've gathered the 5 most important components to growing a channel and having real Twitch success.
An origin story is the story we tell others about how we came to be the superheroes we are today, and YES, we all have superpowers! Learn why your origin story matters, questions to help you craft yours, how to emotionally connect with your audience, and a step-by-step guide for writing your origin story. Within the presentation, there's a link to collect a worksheet to help you capture your origin story following the six-step plan. Good luck with your origin story! Make it matter.
A Guide to the Social Media Cocktail Party by Erica Ehm.Social Media Camp
Erica Ehm is the Founder and Editor-in-chief of YummyMummyClub.ca – the online destination for modern moms looking for adult stimulation.
Erica is one of Canada’s most recognized personalities, having started her career in the mid-80’s as the voice of her generation on MuchMusic. Her multimedia resume includes acting, award winning songwriter, playwright, author, journalist and most importantly, YummyMummyClub.ca.
Twitter: A Guide to the Social Media Cocktail PartyErica Ehm
There is an art to connecting on Twitter. Erica Ehm, aka @YummyMummyClub, has a unique perspective on how to engage on Twitter and other social platforms effectively.
There is indeed a long list of "basics" you need in place have a strong Twitter presence. Things such as a good profile photo, an interesting bio, your location, and a link to your website. However, to really accelerate the growth of your social community, have a look at my Top 5 Keys to Success on Twitter.
NAGW Webinar: Social Media - The Good, the Bad, and the WOW!emfluence
Social Media best practices, presented by Jessica Best on the August 2014 NAGW webinar. In 2014, social media is no longer optional. At the very least, business leaders have to understand its impact and how it works. At its best, it's an impactful part of an integrated marketing strategy. This session is perfect for marketers who are already trying a social media channel or two or who are just dipping their toes into the social media water.
Learn 10 things you should always do in social media and and 10 things you should never do, plus see great ideas from those who are innovative in social media and do it well.
Social Selling with Ice Breakers, how to fill your funnel and pipeline with new opportunities. Learn how to leverage linkedin and twitter in the b2b sales space. You can find a recording of this presentation on YouTube MaverickMethod channel. Please connect with me on linkedin and twitter.
How to make your shit pop on the internet, for non-profits, activists, and organizers.
Some stuff clearly copped from the good people at Upworthy.
Also, I'm sorry that Slideshare broke my typography and my GIFs. You'll have to see it in person one day.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
2. • Features on Twitter:
• Post updates of 140 characters or less
• See who is tweeting about your brand or store
• ‘Follow’ customers, fans or other stores to see
what they are talking about
4. “Advanced Search” allows you to break the search
down by specific words, locations, hashtags and more.
5. A search for ‘Kobe’ within 15 miles of Philadelphia
returns thousands of results. ‘Kobe’ is in bold.
6. • Get comfortable searching your business
name once a day to see what people are
saying. If anyone is talking about you reply to
them. You want to use these social networks
so people can better relate to the human side
of your business and build stronger, more
loyal bonds. Another option is to search for
your product in your area and engage in
conversation about the need rather than the
experience.
7. Make sure all the information is filled in for your profile
and you have a relevant background. As you can see,
we have many many owls.
8. The Rock was voted #1 best person to follow on twitter. Why?
Look at his feed. He’s not pushing anything. He has 1 honest
tweet at the bottom and responses to the top. He’s engaging.
9. Although he’s a great actor, Leonardo DiCaprio shows businesses
what not to do on Twitter. Push Push Push. Barring fans that
would follow him into the bathroom, not many people enjoy
Leonardo’s tweets.
11. • Rules for Tweeting:
• 1) Engage: First listen, then respond.
• 2) Know your followers: Some companies have
gotten into trouble for tweeting with some bad
taste. If you aren’t funny, please don’t try to be.
• 3) Tweet often enough to be worth following: If
you’re not going to use the account, don’t sign
up. People won’t follow you if you don’t talk.
12. • Example
• Stacy: “Just went to Stanley’s on my way to
Drake concert nowww”
• Stanley’s: “Thanks for stopping in Stacy, have
fun tonight!”
• Dark Magic? Nope. Stanley’s searched
‘Stanley’s’ within 15 miles of their area and
saw she tweeted it a few hours earlier. Yes, old
people, this is now possible.
13. • Example 2
• Stacy: “Just went to Stanley’s. Terrible. Rather put my
head through a wall than try that chicken salad again.”
• Stanley’s: “Stacy, we are so sorry, please don’t put your
head through a wall. Come back free, meal’s on us.
Bring a friend.”
• You don’t have to give away free meals, or any discount
for that matter. A simple “We’re so sorry you feel that
way hopefully we can make it up to you” would do. Just
be aware, if this goes unaddressed Stacy is NOT going
to treat your company nicely in recreational
conversations.
14. • The customer service opportunities alone are
worth the time on Twitter. Imagine how much
time on the phones you could save if
somebody could contact you on twitter with:
• “When do you close?”
• “Having problems with order.”
• “Need flowers for mother’s day help!”
Really, expect just about everything on here.
15. This is your Interactions board. It will tell you whenever
somebody ‘Retweets’ you, ‘Mentions’ you, ‘Follows’ you or
‘Favorites’ a tweet.
16. Retweets are when somebody finds what you has to say either
significant or blatantly disrespectful to humanity and they want
to share it with all of their followers.
17. When somebody favorites a tweet they really like what you have
to say. Favorites are less common than Retweets, so it’s a good
idea for you to favorite the tweets of customers. They will be
happy when they look at their interaction board and it’s a good
way for you to get their attention.
18. • How often should I check my Twitter?
Everyday.
19. • Listen, listen, listen. Don’t’ be too creepy, but
keep an eye on what customers like and
dislike.
20. • People have lower standards for a business
tweeting than a friend (you know, since it’s
not human and all). A good response on
twitter will often get you a Retweet from the
customer. A poor tweet will get you a “Ohhh
thaaanksss.”
21. • Ask questions. Talk about what’s popular
among your customer base. Shoot for the
star(response)s
22. • If you’d like some help getting setup or
building some strategies for your social
marketing please don’t be afraid to e-mail me.
Bmcbride2302@gmail.com
• Good luck!