The Strategic Peacock

On Friday, April 27 I’ll be presenting at the Social Media Club Knoxville’s Social Slam 2012. This year, Social Slam aims to showcase the brightest new voices in the field by offering several innovative panels and “slams” that will put a spotlight on up and coming thinkers in social media marketing. I am honored to be a part of one these panels – 50 Huge New Ideas in 50 Minutes – at which I’ll be discussing 10 big ideas on Community Management in 10 minutes.  Read more…

The other day I was a guest speaker at a meeting of the National Association of Professional Women’s Fairfax County chapter. I was there to discuss the role of the community manager. Though we were in a private room in Bertucci’s restaurant, I had to speak over the din of the lunchtime crowd to a group of self-employed women covering a wide variety of industries and skills sets. It was safe to assume that while most were active in social media in one way or another, they all found it to be a chore and perceived it as something they had to do in order to stay relevant in the marketplace. Read more…

In 15 days the United States Congress will vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PROTECT-IP). Both are a threat to anyone who makes a living on the Internet. I’ve added my name to I Work for the Internet and contacted my congressman to voice my concerns about this dangerous legislation. I’ve also written an article outlining the ways in which SOPA and PROTECT-IP will severely limit the future of the Internet.  Read more…