Archive : Appearances

Free Social Media Workshop on November 16th


Downtown at City Hall on the 16th of November from 6-8pm, I’m leading a Foursquare free-for-all. Sponsored by the kind folks at Dixieland and the Downtown Lakeland Partnership.

Did I mention “free?”

We’ll spend an hour on Foursquare and other business related social media. Then bring your questions and concerns for the hour open Q&A.

Professional Development Workshops with Lakeland Local’s Chuck Welch

Note: I’ve offered to lead a pair of workshops for the Dick pope/Polk County Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association. Here’s the info…

AFP

Later this morning, I’m speaking to the regional Association of Fundraising Professionals. Of course, the topic is Social Media.

This entry will grow after the program. I’ll add information I consider relevant to the questions they have during and after.

You can follow me on Twitter @chuckwelch or email me any questions AFP@chuckwelch.com.

Creative Class

Today, I’m presenting some information about the “creative class” to students in Lakeland’s SLP2009. Here are some links I might point them to…

20 Thoughts on Using Twitter and Other Social Media

Tamara Sakagawa claims I made the follow points during a workshop on social media. I’ll take her word for it as I don’t remember the workshop at all. I think I was channeling someone else. Anyway, the workshop was for Dixieland Community Redevelopment Area and USFPoly was nice enough to loan a lab. Not that I was there, mind you.

Where else?

You can find me at a few other sites. The photo at left is from my Flickr account. I had an idea for unique reading lists a couple of years ago. Thanks again Andrew. I did contribute a chapter to the the audio book, Free Culture. And in case you’re wondering — I still believe [...]

The Illuminated Crowd

“Schmap’s series of digital travel guides integrates dynamic maps with useful background reading, suggested tours, photos from the traveling public and reviews by local correspondents (for sights and attractions, hotels, restaurants, bars, parks, theaters, galleries, museums and more) to profile 200 destinations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.”

They also cleverly use photos from Flickr users to illustrate their maps. They chose this one of mine for La Foule Illuminee (The Illuminated Crowd) in downtown Montreal.