Last night saw the second third annual London Twestival take place. We (that is to say myself and Shona) popped along to watch the madness unfold. The following is what we learned as a result…
1. It continues to be the case that nothing gets people in a room quite like the prospect of free stuff.
2. [...]
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Twestival (London)
March 26th, 2010 by Matt Rebeiro · 3 Comments
How to spontaneously activate your audience with a tweet or two
November 26th, 2009 by simonlp · 1 Comment
A few months ago I blogged about a favourite charity of mine, Learn as One, that’s been making some great use of social media to drive awareness of the charity, the causes they support, and encouraging donations. Anyway, it felt like high time for a quick update, and there’s good news to report – Learn [...]
Obama might be the toast of web 2.0 - but what about McCain?
February 20th, 2009 by Matt Rebeiro · 1 Comment
For even the most casual of R*M blog reader you’ll know that we have more than a passing interest in how Barack Obama used social media to help him get elected. Dan’s blogged on it, as has Jeremy and Leo even gave a presentation about it. But what about McCain? Y’see all too quickly we [...]
Having Created a Monster, Obama Now Has to Feed It
November 12th, 2008 by Jezza · 3 Comments
At this point it doesn’t really need saying that Barack Obama’s online campaign gave him a handy advantage over John McCain, that his social networking strategy allowed him to recruit and organize hundreds of thousands of volunteers in a state-of-the-art get-out-the-vote exercise. His rather nifty iPhone application even went through supporters’ contacts and prioritized by [...]
‘Swarm of Angels’; crowdsourcing movie production
October 8th, 2008 by Matt Rebeiro · No Comments
In the annals of the R*M blog you’ll see that Iain once blogged about the advent of MyFootballClub. Its been a happy source to reference when discussing crowdsourcing but its about to make way for the new pretender: A Swarm of Angels.
Just as with MyFootballClub, A Swarm of Angels brings together 1000 people who have [...]