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Sorted by Month: February 2010
The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games
Many Canadians will recognize the photo below. It was taken at the Closing Ceremony of the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Italy, and captures the moment then-mayor Sam Sullivan accepted the Olympic flag on behalf of the citizens of …Read Post
Social Media Response Ignites Discrimination Investigation in Australia
Arguably Australia’s most prominent television channel and primary broadcaster of the Vancouver Winter Olympic games, Channel 9 has been hit with a blizzard of complaints over homophobic comments made by former CEO and Winter Olympic host Eddie McGuire. McGuire’s comments …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 25
The national winter sport of Canada is hockey, and its Olympic athletes have taken to the rink this year and shown us why. The Canadian women’s team hit the ice in full force last night, beating out the U.S. 2-0 …Read Post
Magic Moments Eclipse Criticism in Vancouver
One of the great lessons of crisis communications is that what you actually do matters just as much as what you say. Being proactive sometimes speaks louder than words. Positive events, positive stories and positive feelings can go a long …Read Post
Crossover
Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, and Japan’s women’s teams carefully crossover in the 3000 meter short track relay.
Olympic Games Create Opportunity for BC to Boast About its Digital Talent Globally
Vancouver’s New Media and Digital sectors are rapidly growing. In October 2009, the Wireless Innovation Network BC (WIN BC) and New Media BC banded together to form the Digital Media and Wireless Association of BC (DigiBC). Today at the Games, …Read Post
Reporting on the Reporter – An interview with Global News Online’s Randi Druzin
Randi Druzin has had a long career in sports journalism and is currently national producer at Global News Online. Randi and I have been friends for almost four decades (sorry to disclose that, Randi) and I thought that it would …Read Post
The Olympics on Twitter – February 24
Women took the gold as yesterday’s Olympics, at least in terms of Twitter mentions. Of yesterday’s 39,445 Olympic tweets pulled into the evolve24 system, 1,067 mentioned the term “women.” The majority of these tweets were original, personal opinion posts discussing …Read Post
FH’ers and Colbert
Danica Wolfe and Jen Torney with Stephen Colbert at the House of Switerzerland Canada 2010.
Talking About Twitter
Michael von Herff and podcast host Mark Blevis talk about social media, MPs, the federal politics and Mark’s white paper, “House of Tweets: Twitter and the House of Commons.”
Click here to read more and download your own copy of the white paper.Read Post
