Media

Walter Schwabe has written many articles about social media, as well as having done podcasts and video about social media. You’ll find the PDFs, links, audio and video here.

If you have an idea for an article, or would like to be interviewed by Walter, let us know.

Video

CTV on The Food Bank Challenge (Sept 30)
Global on Future Edmonton (Sept 29)

Articles

Alberta Venture - Why social media has moved from niche to normal for business (June 28)

Metro Calgary on Future Calgary (Sept 30)

(click on image to read article – opens as PDF in new window – or right click to download)

January 2009 – Edmontonians – Social Media 101

Walter discusses social media and reputation. The speed and power of social media can quickly create public relations disasters, as John Favreau, Barack Obama’s head speech writer discovered recently. Fusedlogic also teamed up with Edmonton’s Food Bank in a social media initiative to get one million pictures of one million food bank donations in one year.

 

 

December 2008 – Edmontonians – Social Media 101

The Edmonton social media scene is the topic of the month. Edmonton has an active social media and tech community with recent events like Democamp 4, a great place to view recent software and hardware creations. Other social media events include Tweetups and Meetups. There’s no shortage of social media get-togethers in Edmonton.

 

 

 

November 2008 – Edmontonians – Social Media 101

In this article, there are a few tips on blogging. Walter talks about his interview with Miss Rogue (Tara Hunt), an Alberta social media expert who’s made her way to San Francisco. Tara also has a few tips for those who’d like to blog.

 

 

 

 

 

October 2008 – Edmontonians – Social Media 101

The first article in a series about social media. Walter talks about the importance of social media, having a social media strategy for businesses and some of the common social media software. More importantly, the idea of how to enter into social media is also delved into.