Work, work, work, and some play

June 17, 2008 · Posted in Uncategorized 

The various working groups in the IIA are keeping busy and keeping me busy too! Our most recent addition to our Working Group Stable is the Social Media Working Group which, naturally, has been receiving some love from some of our blogging members.

Keith Shirley of Shercom is one of our members who has volunteered to participate in the Social Media Working Group. He has been writing about our upcoming meeting and I think he encapsulates the attitudes of business to social media in his post on the topic:

“During the startup phase it can seem impossible for a new business owner to manage to get everything done. Social media can be really helpful at this stage – not only does it provide a mechanism for people to get their name publicised but it can provide a great support community during what is often a very lonely time.

“Of course the other side of the coin are the costs to a business when people spend hours on social media sites.”

Keith also invites all comers to share their views about Social Media with him so that he can feed, funnel and filter these memes into the SMWG’s work.

Krishna De, another member of the IIA, has also not only been blogging about the SMWG but microblogging too which is where I first noticed her posts. She has also established a room on FriendFeed devoted to Social Media in Ireland. FriendFeed is among the new web apps which allows lifestreaming of user-generated content from registered users. This is mine. Would it be too much for me to describe Krishna De as a social media evangelist?

Chairman of the Working Group, NoNonsense.ie‘s Brendan Hughes flattered me into participation commenting on my blogging. Well I get in on longevity if nothing else!

On Thursday I’m going to be attending the IIA Search Engine Optimisation course which I am really looking forward to in order to get to grips with AdWords in particular. I look forward to meeting some of you there. If you are not already a member of the IIA this will be a great chance for you to talk to me about the benefits of changing that situation right now!

And some play, I will no doubt be seeing some of you at the Firefox 3 Launch party on Thursday evening. Registrations closed today so contrary to what my friends and family think I am not the only nerd in Dublin! Those nerds though any excuse for a party!

Next week I’m hoping to make it along to one or two of the Darklight symposia. More about that next week though!

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4 Responses to “Work, work, work, and some play”

  1. Krishna De on June 17th, 2008 12:23 pm

    Roseanne – thanks so much for mentioning the FriendFeed for Social Media in Ireland which I hope will provide a useful place online for those of us interested in social media to share information and ask questions.

    I think this is an interesting approach with FriendFeed and their rooms – this is such a moving space at the moment who knows what the future will bring and the tools and platforms people will find the most applicable in their communications and marketing plans.

    Looking forward to seeing you at the SMWG meeting and thanks for all that you are doing to support the IIA for us as members.

  2. Roseanne Smith on June 18th, 2008 11:50 am

    All in a day’s work, Krishna! Thanks!

    I agree about FriendFeed being a useful tool for those using a variety of social media. I read Mashable.com and I am constantly amazed about the new social media offers that are available EVERY day. Many are, of course, aimed at very niche audiences but as they all use Web 2.0 technologies it’s easy to gather all those golden eggs we generate in the one basket.

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  4. Darragh on June 20th, 2008 1:32 pm

    Roseanne, great to catch up with you (albeit briefly) last night and looking forward to seeing you next week at Darklight also :)

    Darragh

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