Colin Browning : Developing Community Solutions

One Small Step

There was some powerful news last week. After thinking about it, I wanted to recap and connect some dots:

• 39 years ago, on July 20th, man first walked on the moon with the success of the Apollo 11 mission.  The journey began at the height of the cold war with the challenge issued by John F. Kennedy.  Not only was ... read more
  Fri, Aug 01 2008

The Benefits of Live Events

I love the way live event chats can feed and build communities.  Used properly, they can create that regular drumbeat that calls an audience back to a site and engages them.  Live events are quick and easy for an organization to launch and have tremendous business benefits.  I wanted to summarize what I view as the four key benefits of live events.

• For the 30 to 60 minutes ... read more
  Thu, Jul 24 2008

Social Media Analytics, Part 1

The first Commuting with Colin episode! The first topic is Mzinga's thoughts on the three dimensions of social media measurement and analytics.  In the spirit of transparency, I have included the hysterical interruption and flub at the end of this clip!  Due to this interruption, this is part one of two.

Enjoy!

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Fri, Apr 18 2008

Social Media Advice: Move Fast

I wanted to share a recent conversation with Zeev Neumberger, the CTO at one of the interactive agencies that we partner with. Zeev and I spoke about two weeks ago to go over all the wonderful news about Mzinga and Prospero and all the great things we are adding to the partner program.

While we were talking, the conversation turned to the implementation of projects, keeping to schedules, ... read more
Thu, Mar 27 2008

"What was your favorite part of SXSW?"

It is easy to tell when an event is stunning to all participants; you ask each other, "What was your favorite part?". I asked this and was asked by many on my recent trip to Antarctica and now it has happened again in Austin at SXSW.

If you peel back this great onion of SXSW, it is amazing th ... read more
Wed, Mar 12 2008

SXSW: Quick Observations

SXSW is incredible and overwelming in the amount of great people that are here and the information at the sessions.  Later I will post more interesting, or at least more well thought out comments.  For now, here are my first few impressions of this incredible event:

• Meeting fellow attendees is as valuable (or more) than listening to the presentations
• Presenters that value ... read more
  Mon, Mar 10 2008

Social Media: Working Behind The Scenes

I feel like a kid on Christmas morning! Today's announcement of the merger between Prospero and Mzinga is something that many of us at both organizations have been anticipating and working on for weeks now.  I thought it would be fun to give you some insight into how we leveraged an array of social media to get to know each other, spread the news, and manage integration projects.  The following ... read more
Mon, Mar 03 2008

NY Offender Law

As a parent, coach, and board member of the local youth soccer league, even the remote possibility of an incident with a sex offender is one of my worst nightmares. Like many, there are precautions that we take as a family, team and a soccer board to eliminate this possibility as much as possible. That is why I am pleased to see that New York State is attempting to ensure that read more
Wed, Feb 20 2008

Lessons from Antarctica

My recent vacation to Antarctica was an incredible trip that I will keep with me forever. Recently, I have been reflecting on the trip and the clear analogies between the world of social media and the world of ice and penguins. Her ... read more
Tue, Feb 12 2008

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