Archive for the ‘Communications’ Category

4 Ways to Get a Politician’s Attention

From Dakshana Bascaramurty at The Globe:

1. Get personal

2. Be civil

3. Don’t underestimate e-mail

4. Follow up

But keep in mind:

92.2% said an online campaign has never changed their mind on an issue

55.4% said their written communication is mostly handled by administrative staff

94.3% said they save contact information and communications they receive from people

54.5% said they have profiles on MySpace and/or Facebook




Government Lobbying 101

Interesting video from H&K.

h/t David Jones




Why Online Reputation Management is Important

Amit Agarwal of Digital Inspiration shares:

Around 70% of hiring managers in in US have rejected candidate just because of their online reputation.

Why Companies Reject Candidates

See the full presentation here.




Careers in Communications

A networking event hosted by The University Students’ Council, The Career Centre at Western and Alumni Western in partnership with IABC London, allowed students to explore jobs in the communications field.

The event was held at Moxie’s Classic Grill in London, ON.

Attendees of the event included:

Anne Baxter,Kris Dundas, Heather Faulkner, Shawn Gibson, Laura Kolstein, Audrey Korol, Laurie Lashbrook, Julia Michienzi, Alexander Paterson, Terry Rice, and Liisa Sheldrick.




Nearly 9,000 Views on Slideshare for 2009

The number of views on Omar Ha-Redeye’s Slideshare account for 2009 was 8985, an average of 817 views per presentation.

Participating and experimenting in multiple social networks can help expand the reach of your message to a broader audience.




What Type of Social Media User are You?

Are you a Creator, Conversationalist, Critic, Collector, Joiner, Spectator, or are you just Inactive?

Read more on Mashable.




Guidelines for Communications in Disasters

PSYCHOSOCIAL GUIDELINES FOR CRISIS MANAGERS AND JOURNALISTS – HELP IN LARGE SCALE DISASTERS




Michael Ignatieff at UTM

Michael Ignatieff spoke to students at the University of Toronto – Mississauga today on a number of issues, including racial profiling and discrimination, and the use of social media in politics.




Do or Die – With 79b Views

This video has 79,441,058,538 views. That’s about a dozen views per person on Earth.

You don’t recall watching it before?  That’s probably because the numbers don’t go up, even with the number of views.

Nice hack. Either that, or a nice YouTube bug.

h/t Mashable




Facebook is Taking Over the World

Not only is Facebook the most popular social network in Canada, it is slowly taking over the rest of the world.

via the Law Librarian Blog




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