Paul Gillin just tagged me, following Kami Watson Huyse’s Thanksgiving meme. This one struck a chord so I took a crack at it. I’m taggng Karen Christensen of Berkshire Publishing fame; she’s currently in Shanghai;  Karen Wickre, the force behind Google’s corporate blog and Shel Israel, co-author of Naked Conversations. I bet they’ve got great stories.

The teacher who most inspired me

His name was Wilmott Ragsdale and he taught in the

I just got back from lunch with Washington's PR and social media impresario, Geoff Livingston, who's a pretty funny guy. He is also author of the newly-published Now Is Gone. He twittered constantly as we talked; I laughed; I told him to stop; he twittered my request. We laughed some more. You get the picture.*

We were planning BlogPotomac (blog site will be up soon!), an advanced-level Unconference on social media to be held in Washington

I don't normally write about awards but can't resist pointing out that Mitch Joel and his team at Twist Image last night won an award  for Digital Innovation from the Canadian Marketing Association.

I hung out with Mitch and other bloggerati in Montréal [my new favorite city] this week, where I gave a keynote on corporate blogging ("It's a revolution") at Webcom Montréal.

Huge congrats to Mitch! And merci encore to the bloggerati I met,

I don't normally write about awards but can't resist pointing out that Mitch Joel and his team at Twist Image last night won an award  for Digital Innovation from the Canadian Marketing Association.

I hung out with Mitch and other bloggerati in Montréal [my new favorite city] this week, where I gave a keynote on corporate blogging ("It's a revolution") at Webcom Montréal.

Huge congrats to Mitch! And merci encore to the bloggerati I met, especially Michel Leblanc, for their hospitality and warmth.

Below I chat with Mitch after his presentation at Webcom.

I'm heading to Montreal to give the keynote at Webcom Montréal on Wednesday morning (Nov. 14, 2007). If you're in Montreal, give me a holler. Title of my speech: Corporate Blogging in a Web 2.0 World. I'll post a summary later.

Blogger Meet-up in Montreal

My hosts, including Claude Malaison, have put together a blogger gathering tomorrow evening (Tuesday Nov. 13th) at the cool-sounding Café MÉLIÈS. Details here. I believe this is an open

I'm heading to Montreal to give the keynote at Webcom Montréal on Wednesday morning (Nov. 14, 2007). If you're in Montreal, give me a holler. Title of my speech: Corporate Blogging in a Web 2.0 World. I'll post a summary later.

Blogger Meet-up in Montreal

My hosts, including Claude Malaison, have put together a blogger gathering tomorrow evening (Tuesday Nov. 13th) at the cool-sounding Café MÉLIÈS. Details here. I believe this is an open event - join us!

Café MÉLIÈS
3540 ST-Laurent Montreal
Québec h2x 2v1

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Got a bit enthusiastic with my Flip video recorder at BlogWorld Expo. Here's another clip starring power women bloggers (see the W List) Toby Bloomberg, Liz Strauss and Robyn Tippins. Along with Steve Broback and his Flip.

Got a bit enthusiastic with my Flip video recorder at BlogWorld Expo. Here's another clip starring power women bloggers (see the W List) Toby Bloomberg, Liz Strauss and Robyn Tippins. Along with Steve Broback and his Flip.

A useful tidbit that came out of our well-attended session on Corporate & CEO blogging at BlogWorld Expo last week was this: one of two top execs at Southwest Airlines (in PR and communications) reviews each entry before it goes live on the popular Nuts About Southwest blog.

Inside the underbelly of corporate blogging

Southwest's Brian Lusk (Blog Boy) says they can get turnaround in a matter of hours if it's urgent. Otherwise, explained

A useful tidbit that came out of our well-attended session on Corporate & CEO blogging at BlogWorld Expo last week was this: one of two top execs at Southwest Airlines (in PR and communications) reviews each entry before it goes live on the popular Nuts About Southwest blog.

Inside the underbelly of corporate blogging

Southwest's Brian Lusk (Blog Boy) says they can get turnaround in a matter of hours if it's urgent. Otherwise, explained Paula Berg (Southwest's Blog Girl), they maintain an editorial calendar and try and have a bunch of posts lined up in advance - to give the execs more time for review. 

From my experience, this isn't an unusual system. Just goes to…