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Come out to hear Michael Geist at Third Monday (err..Fourth Monday)

Quick note to let everyone know that we have a great guest for this month’s Third Monday meetup in Ottawa.  

The meetup will actually be on the fourth Monday of the month as those of us working for government have a full dance card on the 19th.

Here is where I shamelessly crib from Joe Thornley’s description.  All the info is there:

Do you own an MP3 player? Download music or video? Are you interested in the future of copyright? Digital Rights Management DRM)? Privacy on the Web? Are you concerned about maintaining free and open access to the Internet for all users - individuals as well as large businesses?

Michael GeistIf you answered yes to any of this questions, then you won’t want to miss the next Third Monday social media meetup. Because we’ve got Michael Geist as our guest speaker.

Dr. Geist is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He is a prolific and thought provoking blogger and a columnist on technology law issues in the Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and BBC. He is a must-read for opinion leaders, policy makers and others interested in evolving our copyright and legal regimes to promote innovation in the use of the Web.

Third MondayIn the past year, Michael was a keynote speakers at the first mesh conference in Toronto as well as delivering the Hart House Lecture.

We’re very lucky to be able to have Michael speak to Third Monday.

So, if you’re interested in an evening of great conversation with an outstanding, thought provoking speaker, register online to attend Third Monday on March 26 with Michael Geist.

 

2007 03 14

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Third Week - Wells, Williams and Wikinomics

Big week coming up next week in the Third “xDay” Meetups, the gatherings of folks interested in social media and public relations held in Toronto and Ottawa.
Third Monday  - We’ve got Paul Wells (the Macleans blogger) coming to speak at our Third Monday event on Monday after work here in Ottawa. There are 55 people signed up already, so it looks like it will be our biggest event yet. Come on out and join us at Fresco Cielo’s on Elgin Street on Monday at 6:00.  More info and register here

Third Tuesday  - I’m actually going to slide down the 401 for an evening with Anthony Williams, where we will learn about Wikinomics. This is the new, and very hot book that Anthony co-wrote with Don Tapscott.  We’re expecting close to 80 folks for this event, which (I believe) is also the biggest Third Tuesday. I haven’t yet met most of the Toronto gang, so I’m very excited to be a part of it. More info and register here
Great way to kick off the week.

2007 02 16

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Third Monday - Join us for a panel discussion on social media trends in 2007

Third Monday is back up and rolling in the New Year.  For those of you new to the concept, it is a free monthly meetup for Ottawa area PR, marketing and communications folks interested in learning/sharing more about the practical applications of social media in business and government.  

Joe Thornley, Brendan Hodgson, Colin McKay and I are the organizers of this event, and we are going to get things going this month, kicking things off with a discussion of where we see social media going in the next 12 months.

Here’s my two cents on 2007 trends, written back before the holidays.

Should be a bit of something for everybody, whether you work for government, in-house, or with an agency, it will give you a chance to meet up with like-minded folks from around town and hear what they are thinking.

Go here for all the details. 

2007 01 11

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Following-up to Third Monday with Jon Husband

We had a great discussion with Jon Husband at this month’s Third Monday Meetup. I’m not going to summarize it here, partly because I was too busy “hosting” to get down some coherent thoughts. But, more importantly because Joe Thornley and John Sobel have covered that ground quite nicely already.

I would emphasize some of the messages linking together Jon’s concept of Wirearchy, with the challenges blogs pose for command and control systems.

We talked a lot in Web 1.0 about new players like eBay and Amazon “disintermediating” marketplaces, cutting out the middleman with new business models.

This disintermediation continues, but it looks different in this iteration of web-driven change. On the one hand, we are seeing it hitting the world of PR, when firms are realizing that they can (and are being encouraged to) bypass the traditional messengers and use new and powerful tools for having conversations directly with their customers.

We are also seeing how blogs create cracks in command and control systems by making it ridiculously easy for the “controlees” to not only speak out, but to gain an audience.

Want Proof? Just ask Garth.

2006 10 18

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Third Monday’s October Meetup with Jon Husband

I’m really pleased that we’ve been able to get Jon Husband coming out for our next Third Monday event, on October 16th.
Jon is in this part of the country to speak at the Webcom conference in Montreal, and agreed to slide up the VIA line to Ottawa for our event.

I’ve bumped in to Jon quite a few times in the last six months or so, but I’ve never really had a chance to hear him give his view of the world. Should be a blast.

He’s one of those super-prolific bloggers — partly, I’m sure, because he uses Qumana (a company he co-founded) to blog from airplanes and other offline nooks.

Among his most recent observations:

We are just starting to come to grips with the ways that interconnected digital infrastructures will change the design of work and the power relationships in the workplace .. and there will be (IMO) polarizing effects. Much streamlining of work processes encoded in comprehensive integrated systems has taken place already, and of course more will follow.

Building on the base that Shel laid down last month, we’d like to make these events as much about conversation as we can.

So, for those of you who plan to attend: What are your thoughts? What topics should Jon riff on?

2006 10 04

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