RTDNA Afterward: News Leadership in a Social-Networked World (2010 version)

Thanks to all who attended the above-titled RTDNA session this morning.  Here’s the slide deck.  Below are the links we showed in the workshop.
RTDNA@NAB 2010 News Leadership in a Social-Networked World
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http://www.twitscoop.com/ – real-time chronicling of Twitter, including “trending topics”
http://www.tweetfeel.com/ – this site tries to characterize tweets around a positive or negative vibe
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RTDNA Afterward: Top Digital & Content Trends – What News Leaders Need to Know

This is the second session I taught today. The slide deck is posted here, and links are posted below. Thanks for coming to RTDNA! I’d love to hear your feedback on the presentation. Post a comment here, or send me an e-mail or a tweet.
RTDNA@NAB 2010 Tech & Content Trends for News Leaders
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Advice for journalists and realtors: something in common

Of all the posts I’ve read in the past 2 days (hundreds of them), this is my favorite:
If I were a realtor
Social media blogger Chris Brogan hits it right on the head, not just for realtors, but also for journalists.   Realtors and journalists share one thing in common – they should all be the experts of [...]

2 weeks off, 300+ newsletters, 24 best posts

I’m going back to work Monday, two weeks to the day I last stepped foot on the 29th floor at the Scripps Center. After 9 days of a long journey to Texas and back, I’m watching football and basketball, cleaning out e-mail and catching up with everything I’ve missed.
I subscribe to about 30 newsletters that [...]

2 of my New Years Goals

I’ve got a handful of New Years goals. Some deal with home and family improvements, and I’ll keep those at home. But there are two I’ll share here:

Run a marathon.  In early 2009, I started running.  In my first 44 years, I never stuck with any specific exercise routine for a long period of time.  Now [...]

Quoted

An enterprising Mizzou student, Dea Surjadi, called me this week to ask a few of my thoughts re social media and the news biz. She’s including my thoughts in her capstone paper in order to graduate this month. Good luck Dea – it’s a whole new world out there for all the [...]

My new friends and news warriors, courtesy of the Carole Kneeland Project

 
Spent the past 3 days in Dallas with the 2009 class of the Carole Kneeland Project’s Advanced Media Fellows.  I enjoyed sharing best practices for online news and social-network engagement with these very smart fellows and instructors, people and squirrels both.

How we got here … blog-wise

I’ve been a blogger for 6 or 7 years now, in one way or another.  Back when I was in TV, I used to blog a lot more than I do now.  Now that I’m working in online media, I have less appetite for blogging.  I spend so much time at work on the computer, [...]

Overheard on Twitter

From: @CincyRecruiter  85% of what we know has come to us through listening. We can listen at about 200 words per minute & think about 2000 per minute #execunet
Smart thinking.  I wonder if that’s why my mind gets bored when I’m just sitting there listening to someone, and thus why in certain situations, I instinctively [...]

Me at 12:34:56 on 7/8/9

What was I doing at 12:34:56 on 7/8/9?  Eating lunch at my desk – pretty much same as every day! I posted the photo to Twitter, Facebook and to WCPO.com. What were you doing at this magic moment? Hope it was good for you too.