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Speaking

Upcoming:

Nov. 14: Women 2.0 PITCH NYC Conference & Competition, mentor

Nov. 27-27: Social Media World Forum: Day 1, Creating a social business – How can a company become truly social? Day 2, Communities, blogging and brand advocacy

Jan. 6-8: New Media Expo, Las Vegas: How to Build Your Blog Community

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May 15, 2012: Exploring the State of Now, #140Montreal, Ex-Centris, Montreal

Dragging Higher Education, Kicking and Screaming, into the Digital Era

Posted by on May 24, 2012 in DUNYC, Speaking engagements | 9 comments

Universities around the world are starting to use social media tools more in recruiting students. They’re not just using Facebook and Twitter, either. Foursquare, LinkedIn, YouTube, iTunes – all are being used with varying degrees of success. In fact, they’re using social media tools in greater numbers than the top 100 businesses around the world. The research I did to put together a presentation this week in London for a group of CMOs and Admissions Directors for some of the top business schools in Europe and the U.S. was...

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My Declaration of Interdependence (#140MTL)

Posted by on May 17, 2012 in 140MTL, Speaking engagements | 22 comments

I had the distinct pleasure of speaking at the #140Montreal this week. My topic? “A Declaration of Interdependence,” cribbed from Tiffany Shlain‘s film, “Connected.” We are more connected than ever before, and we are both able and, I believe, obligated to help each other out. Here’s what I had to say: Creative Commons image by Robert Hruzek on...

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Jan. 28, Social Media Weekend the Second

Posted by on Jan 28, 2012 in ColumbiaJourn Social Media Weekend, conferences, Speaking engagements | 0 comments

At the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism’s second Social Media Weekend, I moderated a panel on New Social Media Tools. Here’s my Storify of the event. [View the story "New Tools: #SMWKND" on Storify]

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Oct. 4, Social Media and Medicine

Posted by on Oct 4, 2011 in ASTRO | 0 comments

Social Media: What is it, anyway? View more presentations from Amy Vernon My presentation to the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Association of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), on social media and medicine. The conference was in Miami...

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@ColumbiaJourn’s Social Media Weekend begins

Posted by on May 13, 2011 in ColumbiaJourn Social Media Weekend, interviews | 0 comments

And Mo Krochmal (@Krochmal) asks me about why I think people attend.

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Aug. 25, talking about the New Digg

Posted by on Aug 25, 2010 in Affiliate Summit East, interviews, MediaTrust | 0 comments

After the panel I spoke on at Affiliate Summit East, the folks at Relevantly Speaking interviewed me for my thoughts on the new Digg. Here’s the Tumblr version. Good timing on posting it, as the new Digg finally launched mere hours later.

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