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Interested in learning more about how to promote your brand on Facebook? Want to understand how to leverage Facebook as part of a social media strategy? Or are you a developer looking to build the next great application? This day-long workshop, led by some of the most talented and well-known names in the Facebook community, are coming together to show you how Facebook and it’s components can be used to create engaging experiences on the world’s most popular social networking…

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This past Wednesday, we had the opportunity to attend Wired Wednesdays, a monthly meetup for entrepreneurs. This meetup was organized by the fine folks at Red Wire, a social network for entrepreneurs whose HQ is based in Toronto. The purpose of their social network is to “facilitate networking between entrepreneurs and members of the global business community” and “provide users with a platform for collaboration and knowledge sharing.” It’s an interesting and relevant concept in that you can promote your…

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Last weekend, I attended DigitalMediaCamp, a one-day unconference organized by the Canadian Digital Media Network and facilitated by Mark Kuznicki. Toronto’s digital media geeks, freaks and elites gathered to answer this question: How can we work together to propel Toronto’s technology, content and design communities into the future and make Toronto a globally competitive hub of digital media entrepreneurship and innovation? As the day wore on, a number of interesting initiatives, including the creation of legacy projects (wifi in community…

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Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Community Events Guide for the week of Dec 14th, 2009. Each and every Monday, we list upcoming events in the web, technology, marketing, social media, public relations and communications space in Toronto and bring them to you. Event details are provided by the simply awesome YouSayYeah Calendar and Eventbrite. Don’t see your event listed here? Get in touch with your event details. So without any further ado, here’s what’s happening in Toronto this…

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It’s that time of year again; eggnog, Hanukkah bushes, Christmas trees, presents, unruly in-laws and screaming kids, and of course: #hohoto! How could we forget to add in the hottest holiday geekfest known to man? But with tickets now sold out, getting one is going to be pretty hard if you don’t know where to look. In the spirit of giving (cause hey, isn’t that what this whole season is about?), we’re throwing up this blog post to help you…

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Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Community Events Guide for the week of Nov 2nd, 2009. Each and every Monday, we list upcoming events in the web, technology, marketing, social media, public relations and communications space in Toronto and bring them to you. Event details are provided by the simply awesome YouSayYeah Calendar and Eventbrite. Don’t see your event listed here? Get in touch with your event details. So without any further ado, here’s what’s happening in Toronto this…

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Yesterday evening, about 150 of Toronto’s social media elite gathered at the Berkeley Church for the latest Third Tuesday Toronto event with Julien Smith, author of “Trust Agents“. Trust Agents (if you haven’t heard of it) is a New York Times best-seller that has been singled out on Amazon.com as one of the top 10 business and investing books of 2009. Julien delivered a rousing talk on tribes, community, and social capital. Among one of my favorite quotes from yesterday…

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Yesterday evening, we held the 15th installment of our monthly gatherings at The Drake Hotel. The topical focus of the event was using Twitter as a customer engagement platform. From l-r: Brad Ross (TTC); Jenn Godbout (The Drake Hotel); Shabnam Weber (The Tea Emporium); and Mary Pretotto (Rogers Communications Inc.) Each of the panelists brought with them great insights and valuable advice, most of which was captured by a few of our live-tweeters: I couldn’t agree more. May I suggest…

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Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Community Events Guide for the week of Nov 9th, 2009. Each and every Monday, we list upcoming events in the web, technology, marketing, social media, public relations and communications space in Toronto and bring them to you. Event details are provided by the simply awesome YouSayYeah Calendar and Eventbrite. Don’t see your event listed here? Get in touch with your event details. So without any further ado, here’s what’s happening in Toronto this…

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Yesterday evening, about 150 of Toronto’s social media elite gathered at the Berkeley Church for the latest Third Tuesday Toronto event with Julien Smith, author of “Trust Agents“. Trust Agents (if you haven’t heard of it) is a New York Times best-seller that has been singled out on Amazon.com as one of the top 10 business and investing books of 2009. Julien delivered a rousing talk on tribes, community, and social capital. Among one of my favorite quotes from yesterday…

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