+ we are not strangers, after all (so fax me) +
Here we are, clicking things to prove our affection for one another on another platform yet again, haven’t we done […]
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Festival Express Redux: a cross-Canada train trip exploring art, culture, media and business
originally published in “Uncle Weed’s Dossier in Vancouver Observer, Feb 2011 – link broken – retrieved from Wayback Machine Dave
“Listen Everywhere, part 2” – Social Marketing Kung-fu / workshop & spiel
Dave presents part 2 the invite-only workshop series “Social Marketing Kung Fu” (May 2013) with this session titled “Listening Everywhere,” which covers the mechanics of efficient listening and its benefits & emphasizing the importance of listening in social marketing to an audience of entrepreneurs from various sectors, including breweries, bike builders, and software developers – especially highlighting common mistake of focusing solely on output without considering the response from the audience. Let’s listen and enjoy!
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Lists + Awards + Profiles, Movieset
Media: Fan-centric filming (MovieSet) / Vancouver Sun, June 10, 2009
Gillian Shaw of the Vancouver Sun newspaper shared the MovieSet story with her readers in an article called “Online and on the set” on
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“Starting Your Story, part 1” – Social Marketing Kung-fu / workshop & spiel
Dave shares “What to do on day one of any new start-up project” – whether for business, nonprofit profit, campaign
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Social / Startup / Cmty
Note: Social Media “Revolution” (On many fronts, the revolution has waned…)
A note to someone re: social media’s “potential” and loss (or dilution thereof): On many fronts, the revolution has waned,
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Social / Startup / Cmty
Social Marketing Kung fu: Choose a topic card, a story or spiel may follow
These note cards are residual evidence of a “lunch ‘n learn” and/or other spiel presented in some context or another.
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Notes to Future Self
Riff: Dr. J. Jones re: social into the void
Dr. Jennifer Jones (my pal in Scotland) said this in a podcast i can’t recall the name or date of
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Social / Startup / Cmty
The Internet is personal
The Internet is personal, not professional, not corporate, not to be controlled by self-professed “gurus”. Fck stats, make art.
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Kinfolk + Pals
My pal Jaime Stein left Hootsuite… he said this and i said that
I’ve got some news… Goodbye Hootsuite! Jaime Stein, 13, January 2018 This week was my final week at Hootsuite. I
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True North Media + Olympics
Opinion: IOC, sponsors have hijacked social media via Vancouver Sun
NOTE: Former VANOC communications chief Graeme Menzies shared his opinions about IOC’s constantly changing policy of controlling social media content
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“Internet Has a Short Memory” / collage slides and notes (Social Media Camp 2016)
Official Blurb: “Don’t miss this “Fireside Chat” with Dave Olson, an experienced public presenter who informs and entertains with a
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Social + Cmty + Start-up
Internet Has a Short Memory – Artifacts from #SMCamp 2016
What follows is a roundup of media, reactions, comments and so on from my talk “Internet Has a Short Memory”
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Community Feasthouse, Social + Cmty + Start-up
Creative Social Publicity and Promotion preso – SFU, 2016
From time to time, I visit various classes associated with B.C.’s Simon Fraser University’s fine publishing program under the stewardship of Suzanne
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Community Feasthouse, Social + Cmty + Start-up
Keynote Aboard a Boat with Dave Olson and Greg Gunn – Experience Tectoria (2012)
On a private yacht with special access to the Victoria naval base, respective VP’s of Community and Business Development at
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