Back in February, I started a series of conversations with people who participate in the operation of social media programs for a variety of different brands. Today, I’ll continue with thoughts from the spectacular Lauren Vargas. Lauren Vargas, Director of Community at Radian6, is a Boston-based communications professional with a decade of experience in community relations, [...]
Throughout high school and into college, I skateboarded almost daily. I was never terribly good — there’s no way I could have found a career with it — but those days rolling around, annoying my suburban neighbors, and taking trips into Boston (Copley Fountain!) once we had licenses, are among my best memories of growing [...]
Renting an apartment seems to be a pretty straightforward service business: space for money. Of course, anyone that’s ever rented to or from someone knows it’s not as simple as that. Whether it’s a maintenance issue, or a noisy party, or an impending home improvement project, there’s a need for additional communication between landlord and [...]
Have you ever experienced the dramatic effect of the right song playing at just the right point? Something like that happened to me yesterday afternoon. I had a conversation with a friend I know through social media about an available position at their company. One of the first things (s)he said was, “I had no [...]
Earlier this week, Jeff Cutler and I met with people from the Greater Boston Food Bank and brainstormed ideas to help them better use social media. It was a great conversation, and one that I have with many nonprofits that I work with. In an effort to help more organizations, I’ve listed below five quick [...]
I didn’t want to write about my panels from PodCamp Boston 4 right after the event. I wanted to let energy from the weekend ebb a bit, fold into the flow of the day-to-day, before reflecting on the small part I played in the event. (I’m separating the two discussions I participated in into two [...]
