Moldovan Protests Leverage Social Media

by admin on April 8, 2009

As protests broke out in Moldova protesting the country’s Communist leadership, news agencies such as the Telegraph (’Students use Twitter to storm presidency in Moldov‘) and New York Times (‘Protests in Moldova Explode, With Help of Twitter’) emphasized the popular Twitter service as a key tool for organizing the movement. However, the Frontline Club, a [...]

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Social Media and Perception Management Challenges

by admin on April 5, 2009

I was browsing Jeff Bentley’s twitterstream the other day and his tweet below inspired some thoughts on perception management and military conflict. Jeff ended up writing a post about Perception Management and Internet Marketing, but for me his tweet inspired some thinking about the challenges of social media and perception management.

jeffbentley: reading: The Challenges of [...]

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Admiral Thad Allen – Leadership by Example on the Social Web

by admin on April 2, 2009

Taking a shot out of the Apple advertising series, Adm Allen demonstrates the effect of the Social Web on US Coast Guard communications. In a well written and succinct article of Coast Guard Magazine (Issue 4, 2008 Community), PA2 Dan Bender outlines the reasoning behind the Coast Guard’s embrace of the Social Web. Every command [...]

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