Women Talking Tech

Women Talking Tech – Episode 7

Bonnie Sainsbury — Sat, 04 May 2013 20:33:03 +0000

Bonnie Sainsbury and Margaret Reynolds welcome Danielle Turner, the chick in charge at Velvet Pumpkin Productions and Judy Doduk of Judy D Beauty and Paula White at Whiteway Media to the webcast.

Congratulations to Bonnie for being named to Forbes Top 20 Women Social Media Power Influencers and the Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers.

Show Notes

AP twitter site is hacked – Wall Street reacts
Boston Marathon tragedy and social media vigilantism
Danielle explains Google Glass – creepy or not?
using voxer instead of sms messages
Vine awards at Tribecca Film Festival
Coke is using Social Media instead of Television
Judy tells us about being an online newbie
Paula talks about Simon Fraser University’s Social Media certificate course
Bosco Anthony’s Internet Marketing Think Tank Meetup
event spamming
Shark Club Langley #FAIL on Yelp

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Women Talking Tech Episode 6

Bonnie Sainsbury — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:27:52 +0000

Customer Service – Shark Club Style Royal Bank planned to outsource teams – didn’t they realize people would be upset and talk about it? Think they might have learned a lesson.

Row The Pacific is a project by two local women rowers that will set off in June 2014.

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Episode 5 Women Talking Tech

Bonnie Sainsbury — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:52:59 +0000

We’re joined by Tracy McEvoy from Maple Leaf Storage, a local self-storage company that uses social media channels successfuly.

We talk about RSS and the end of Google Reader, comment spam, dongle-gate, a woman who moderates I Love Science and Ford advertising using women bound and gagged to demonstrate the size of the trunk.

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Episode 4 Women Talking Tech

Bonnie Sainsbury — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:55:46 +0000

Margaret Reynolds and Bonnie Sainsbury discuss what’s happening in tech. Bonnie is on location at McDonalds – did you know they have wi-fi? The end of free facebook? I don’t think so, Margaret explains why. Facebook now has paid ads in your news feed. Bonnie rants about facebook spam. Twitter autresponses – how United Airlines failed yet again. Apple executive slams Samsung the day before a the announcement of the new Galaxy. hmmm. Are you a second-screener when you watch tv? It’s getting more popular. Do you tweet in response to a tv show?

Bonnie gets accosted by a fellow customer .. keep it down .. the perils of hanging out from a public spot.

Thanks to Ken McGrath who designed our lower thirds. His podcast is iKamcast.

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unpopular

Bonnie Sainsbury — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:38:00 +0000

Erika Napoletano’s talk at TEDxBoulder2012. Is there a difference between unpopular and unlikeable? Avoiding comes naturally, or we learn very young. Do you have the courage to be unpopular? Is this a courageous move or just selfish? Well worth watching to the end.

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Best Reads This Week – March 10th 2013

Bonnie Sainsbury — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:57:08 +0000

Here’s my favourite stories this week. Productivity is always a priority for me, and LifeHacker is my main source. Jeff Bullas provides practical Social Media advice and how-to articles, Fast Company understands trends. Social Caffeine is new, but I’ve added it to my watch list. 5 Consumer-Driven Technologies That Will Reshape Society - Fast Company - ”Technology consumers, not companies, are driving nothing less than revolutions based on demand for alternatives to expensive dinosaur institutions. Seth Priebatsch of LevelUp predicts which will be the next titans to fall.” 10 Hacks That Can Change Your Day Immediately - Lifehack - “As human beings, we have an amazing ability to overestimate what we can do in the next year and totally underestimate what we can do in the next 15 minutes. In these early days of 2013, it’s more important than ever to emphasize just how much of a difference the next 15 minutes can make in your day.” 20 Bad Social Media Habits to Shatter Before They Ruin Your Reputation (FOREVER) - social caffeine - ”bad habits can easily be picked up along the way, and the sooner you banish them from your routine, the better. Here are 20 bad social media habits to avoid:” 8 Essential Habits for Effective Writing – Jeff Bullas – “When it comes to blogging we all know that content is king and keeping things updated is the number one priority. But how do you do that when you (at times literally) have a monkey on your back?”

Here’s what else happened on my Twitter stream this week:

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Women Talking Tech – Are You the Product?

Bonnie Sainsbury — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:48:20 +0000

If you’re using a free service, maybe you’re the product? Is Social Media really free?

We talk about paying for promoted tweets and events. Would you pay to have your event promoted to folks who don’t follow you?

Bonnie’s technology failed her and Margaret finishes alone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xS9nZTyY4Y

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Red Thread Thinking – Solving Problems

Bonnie Sainsbury — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:29:09 +0000

Have an idea or product but you’re having issues with marketing? Watch this video I found by Debra Kaye .. probably the best explanation I’ve seen on how to get to your why quickly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1bAJeyrJOY

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Are You Ready to Try Google+ Hangouts? Here’s How

Bonnie Sainsbury — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:52:10 +0000

Google+ Hangouts are one of the features that sets Google+ ahead of the other social media channels. At it’s simplest. it’s live, multi-person video chat. Did I mention you can simultaneously broadcast the live feed on YouTube? You can also record the entire event and post it to YouTube. Just like any other video, you can edit it before you post it to YouTube. For very little production costs, you have publish your event to YouTube.

Here’s 3 videos to get you using Google+ Hangouts like a pro.

OMG – We’ve Been Featured in the Georgia Straight!!

Bonnie Sainsbury — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:55:38 +0000

After our first episode of Women Talking Tech, we’ve been featured in the Georgia Straight Geek Speaks column. Thanks to Stephen Hui.

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