Just for those who didn't see this, my colleague Pablo Perez flagged me this beautiful tweet @OPCW Please contact us @Nobelprize_org we are trying get through to your office. — Nobelprize_org (@Nobelprize_org) October 11, 2013 The Nobel Peace Prize 2013 has been given to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) "for its … Continue reading The Nobel peace prize tweet that says it all…
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You want to get retweets? use images
Follow @marcoRecorder Are you looking for retweets? Than add a picture to your tweets. Social media expert from HubSpot Dan Zarrella has carried out a study based on over 400.00 tweets which proves that tweets with pics have twice the chances to attracts tweeps' attention and get retweeted. Be careful though, the study also points … Continue reading You want to get retweets? use images
Is labelling yourself a “Twitterer” an excuse not to have a blog?
Follow @marcoRecorder Today I feel like asking you readers what you think about this. I see more and more people labelling themselves as "twitterers" or "twitteratis", meaning a sort of "Twitter bloggers" or "bloggers using only Twitter." On a related matter, there have been lately loads of debates about blogging and using Google Plus as … Continue reading Is labelling yourself a “Twitterer” an excuse not to have a blog?
Keep it simple stupid: the double S paradigm in communicating research
Follow @marcoRecorder One of the best pieces of advice I have been given in my career in communication and PR was fair and square: "When talking about complicated research you have to keep it simple stupid". This double S adjective (Simple-Stupid) is absolutely the best way to express how a communication strategist must be while … Continue reading Keep it simple stupid: the double S paradigm in communicating research
Easy reading is damn hard writing
Follow @marcoRecorder Easy reading is damn hard writing. Nathaniel Hawthorne Editing is the toughest part of content creation. You can come up with the idea quickly, brainstorm all thoughts about it and pile up all things you could lay out quite frenziedly. The real skills of writing are about making your content readable, digestible and … Continue reading Easy reading is damn hard writing
Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life
Follow @marcoRecorder “Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life.” I often hear that social media and digitalization are ruining our lives and worsening the quality of human interactions. I think there's a semantic issue here. Social media is not ruining anything, what can be … Continue reading Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life
Twitto.be: Belgians on #Twitter ranked by influence
Follow @marcoRecorder Twitto.be is a directory referencing Belgian users of twitter. It was launched in June 2013, and features are progressively rolled out. It was created by Mango Information Systems SPRL, a Belgian company active in social media analysis and monitoring. According to their website, Twitto are currently working on the following features: ranking by … Continue reading Twitto.be: Belgians on #Twitter ranked by influence
Does social networking make us less social?
Follow @marcoRecorder Mike Elgan raised an interesting issue on his Google Plus account recently. See below:Our waiter at a side walk restaurant in Florence last night (I don't recall his name, sadly), believes that social networks are making us all less social. He said that over his years as a waiter, people have become more obsessed … Continue reading Does social networking make us less social?
Think tanks and communication
On 23rdof May I attended an event in the Brussels-based foundation Madariaga entitled "Les Think Tank Européens et la crise" Apportent ils des solutions à l'UE? . Many promiment academics and managers from the most prestigious and renouned think tanks in Brussels were invited including Guntram B. Wolff, Pierre Defraigne, Benoît Lechat and Martine Royo … Continue reading Think tanks and communication
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