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Amanda Congon, Katie Couric and The Diminishing Value of Celebrity in Media

September 26, 2007

“It’s been a great year with Amanda — a great experiment for both of us. We thank her for her many contributions and know that she’s about to embark on new endeavors and expect there will be times in the future that we can again work together.” ABCNews.com statement I wonder if the news that [...]

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Fast Company: “The Next E-mail” Twitter and Others as New Business Communications

August 18, 2007

yours truly… multitasking What’s in your business communications toolkit? Hi, I’m Jim and I’m a Twitterholic. My addiction to the very popular, multi-platform SMS tool is mentioned with a quick quote from me, tech evangelist Betsy Weber, and consultant Cathryn Hrudicka  in a smart piece by Podtech rock star, Twitter Hall of Famer, FastCompany.com contributor, [...]

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Newmediajim In an Old Media Role, Traveling to the Middle East With the Secretary of State

July 30, 2007

boarding the Secretary of State’s plane Today I embark on a decidedly old-media journey. I’m heading to the Middle East with the Secretary of State, that will include stops in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, and the West Bank. Once again NBC is VIP pool for this trip, which means we represent all of the US [...]

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Creating a Community for Crafters, Ideas Become Action As We Launch CraftyNation.Com

July 25, 2007

Capricorn, Community, and Craft Just before boarding a flight to the Craft Hobby Association show this past Friday, I gave one last check on Twitter. Twitter friend and resident astrologist @KrazyKritter had just posted Capricorn. Now look, I’m not normally superstitious, but the outlook for Capricorn resonated with me. “Today is finally the right time [...]

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Social Networks As the “New Television”

July 16, 2007

The real value proposition of social media is that it connects people on a deeply human level with hundreds, thousands, even millions of networked people across time and geography. Social networks, empowering core constituencies of passionate users around targeted, niche market content, are emerging as a powerful media marketforce. As I googled around looking for [...]

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Twitter vs. Pownce and the Value Proposition of Social Media

July 5, 2007

Today the Newseum sent a crew and producer to interview me as part of a much larger interactive video exhibit about new media. Some of my Twitter friends suggested I video blog the goings on. I’ll let the Newseum team introduce themselves (cameraman Tom Haller and I go WAY back and his wife is an [...]

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Embedded With the Candidates, NBC News Videoblogging the Campaign

June 25, 2007

video blogging tools of the trade So is this your idea of fun? Are you a political junkie? Are you good at multi-tasking? Do you work well with liltte or no sleep? If the answer to ALL of these questions is “yes”, I suggest you look into a once-in-a-lifetime (or once every four years at [...]

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