public speaking

There are three ‘Lee’s you need to take note of in this Business Communication end of the Social Media universe:

Lee LeFever and his wife Sachi — creators of the ever-brilliant ‘CommonCraft‘ series of videos that explain Social Media tools and philosophies in such an effective way
Lee Potts — creator of VisualBeing, a very [...]

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Well, Day One of my two day Melcrum workshop has finished. I’m back at the hotel and after having had a fabulous meal and even having indulged in an hour of tv (an unheard-of luxury for me), it is back to work.
Today was fraught with technological meltdowns whose warning rumblings started yesterday evening.
Last night [...]

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My fellow Adelaidian — she’s also a septic but we forgive her for that — Kerry raises a really good point about how presenters at education conferences around the topic of IT consider it highly rude if you blog or tweet during their pontification.
This is despite the much-spoken-of desire and "talkfests" being about [...]

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At which point I roll off my chair laughing and think immediately of discussions Laurel, I and others have had about the “it’s good for your business, think of the networking opportunities” crap that is always spun out at speakers when organisers are trying to maximise their profits.

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When Mitch Joel (the legendary ‘Man in Black’ of Canadian social media) emails me and a bunch of my colleagues and says, "Pay attention to this video, and pass it on" then indeed I do.
Jay Rosen is a whip-crackingly smart chappy from PressThink.com and, if one can be so bold, the journalist that all journalists [...]

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Last night I and Lindy McKeown presented at the CPA Congress here in Australia.
But rather than fly to Melbourne, Sydney or the Gold Coast we presented in-world, at a venue built especially for the event.
To say they (the CPA organisers) were nervous would be a MASSIVE understatement! I could see their avatars shaking from the [...]

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“The only blogger in the top 10 with his own press kit, Lee Hopkins is an internal and web-based external communication business consultant who shares his views via a blog, which offers visitors a whole heap of content around better understanding of social media”

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