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We talk Lifestyle with Margrett Weldon, who is filling in for Jeff Ryman. Millions of Americans took to the skiesl ahead of Thanksgiving weekend despite warnings from public health officials. Was it worth the risk?. The “Almost Live” series of Described Theatre from Vocaleye invites you, for Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet, from the iconic stage of the Globe Theatre in London; Sylvi Fekete has the details. Bill Shackleton joins us for the Friday Buzz with Bill. We speak with author, Michelle Cederberg about her book, The Success-Energy Equation: How to Regain Focus, Recharge Your Life + Really Get Sh!t Done. We reach into the archives and listen back to an Artist Corner musical performance by Jay Moonah.

Welcome to episode #149 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. Here is another fascinating conversation with the Media Hacks. This is not just episode #149, but also episode #6 of Media Hacks. Tons of great discussion around how people are not scalable, the power of the data in Twitter and some of the cool new and fun ways business can better benefit from Facebook. Julien drops a few f-bombs and Hugh claims to not know that Demi Moore is married to Ashton Kutcher. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #149 - Host: Mitch Joel. Running time: 52:33. Audio comment line - please send in a comment and add your voice to the audio community: +1 206-666-6056. Please send in questions, comments, suggestions - mitch@twistimage.com. Hello from Beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the Blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on twitter. Facebook Group - Six Pixels of Separation Podcast Society. In a perfect world, connect with me, directly, through Facebook. BookCamp Toronto - June 6th, 2009 - MaRS Discovery District. The Road to Six Pixels of Separation - The Book - coming soon. Media Hacks #6 featuring:  C.C. Chapman - Managing The Gray - Advance Guard. Christopher S. Penn - The Financial Aid Podcast - Marketing Over Coffee. Hugh McGuire - LibriVox - The Book Oven. (joins in shortly after the beginning). Julien Smith - In Over Your Head - Co-author of Trust Agents. Not present (tsk, tsk): Chris Brogan - New Marketing Labs - Co-author of Trust Agents. New intro music courtesy of Jay Moonah. Are individuals scalable? Guy Kawasaki and ghost blogging (and tweeting). Guy's new book is great, Reality Check. Is Twitter making it even harder to be scalable because it is "always on"? Here's the Twitpic that Hugh claimed he didn't see: Ashton Tweets Demi. Don't forget Twitter is one of the best focus groups you could ever have. Google is Making Ads More Interesting. Facebook Marketing PDF: About Face - A Free Whitepaper on Facebook Pages. Music (in honour of Earth Hour): David Usher - 'Kill The Lights'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206-666-6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #149 - Host: Mitch Joel. Tags: about face advance guard advertising ashton kutcher blog blogging book oven bookcamp bookcamp toronto cc chapman chris brogan christopher s penn david usher demi moore digital marketing earth hour facebook facebook group financial aid podcast ghost blogging guy kawasaki hugh mcguire in over your head itunes jay moonah julien smith librivox managing the gray marketing marketing over coffee mars discovery district media hacks new marketing labs online social network podcast podcasting reality check six pixels of separation social media marketing trust agents twist image twitpic twitter web 20

Well here it is folks in all it's podcasting glory my journey to Podcamp Toronto '09 that took place at Ryerson University from Feb. 21 - 22.  Suffice to say things did not go completely as planned but you still get some great content.  I do eventuall catch up to Matt and Natt from the BSGcast.com and we discuss all things cyclon and get caught up on the soon to be departing Battlestar Galactica.  Then I have a rather colorful talk about video games and cult movies with Steve and Mike from This Week in Geek podcast that can be found at http://thisweekingeek.net.   Then I wrap things up with Jay Moonah and get his perspective on the event, that and skinned knee to boot.  You also get a rant on what I think of street art as I close the show.  Music for this week features the song Free Train Running by TJR  and Travelogue by George Woods , both can be found at www.podsafemusic.com along with the intro music of Lets Get Ramblin' by Dynamo Snackbar.  Other instrumental music is by the band Mr. Burns and they can be found at http://mrburns.homestead.com/index.html.  As always your comments and suggestions are welcome

Welcome to episode eleven!Run time: 23:32Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode: - Eden interviews Ali de Bold from ChickAdvisor- We talk about Podcamp Halifax- Introducing the Twitter Song by Michelle Yogis - We have an addition to the community calendarAli de Bold is a third-generation entrepreneur. In 2006, she and her husband Alex launched ChickAdvisor as a solution for Ali’s constant search for the perfect hair salon. Since then it has become a thriving online community where women share reviews about their favourite stores, products and services. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah.00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby.00:15 Summary of this episode. 00:26 Eden introduces Ali de Bold00:51 Eden welcomes Ali de Bold to Community Divas01:00 Ali explains what ChickAdvisor is and how it got started01:45 Ali and her husband Alex de Bold created ChickAdvisor01:50 Ali explains her role now. Mentioned: ChickChat TV video series, their Product Review Club and local events such as shop crawls and movie nights03:05 Bridging on-line and off-line communities03:31 Plans to expland off-line events to places outside of Toronto04:21 Online community tends to take place in the forums and also the face to face events04:59 Ali speaks about the geographic location of ChickAdvisor members05:48 The product review club started when Ali started receiving a lot of products to review07:02 How the product reviews are conducted07:36 Eden and Ali discuss how advertisers feel about honest reviews by ChickAdvisor members, and how this builds credibility08:24 Eden has been part of the product review club08:44 How is ChickChat TV enhancing ChickAdvisor? Mentioned: Where'd You Get That, Slice, Rogers Media10:23 Have community members been featured on ChickChat TV? 10:52 Are people watching episodes directly from the website? Mentioned: Rogers Pizza Pizza network; see also press release July 8, 200811:19 Has ChickChat TV been driving traffic to the website?11:39 Eden asks what the relationship is between the blog and the main site12:41 Recently launched re-design of ChickAdvisor to give it a more sophisticated look to better suit its demographic and make some things more user-friendly13:24 Thoughts on building a community for women14:09 How many people are using the site - currently just over 100,000 unique visits a month14:35 Are site visitors staying loyal?14:50 Keeping visitors on the site - all about the content Mentioned: Google Analytics15:38 ChickAdvisor plans for the future - movie night in February to see Shopaholic and shop crawl in April featuring Canadian designers    16:35 Eden wraps up the interview16:38 Eden and Connie discuss Podcamp Halifax mentioned: Third Wednesday in Halifax (see also @thirdwednesday on Twitter), Halifax Public Library17:45 Connie was interested in how the sessions were held in the library18:38 Michelle Yogis is someone who we met 19:05 The Twitter Song by Michelle Yogis (thanks, Michelle!!)21:12 Community Calendar - Podcamp London has been added to the list21:42 Eden wraps us up22:00 Podcamp Toronto promo by John Meadows Community Calendar: Podcamp Toronto  - http://podcamptoronto.org/ - February 21 & 22, 2009 Mesh University (meshu) - http://www.meshu.ca/ April 6, 2009 Mesh conference; - http://www.meshconference.com April 7 & 8, 2009 Podcamp London, London, ON, - http://podcamplondon.com/ April 25, 2009 Podcasters Across Borders - Kingston, ON http://www.podcastersacrossborders.com/ June 19-21, 2009 Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.

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Happy New Year & welcome to episode ten!Run time: 24:02Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode: - Connie interviews Dave Brodbeck about his podcasts - Eden has a question about community builders receiving swag for blogging - We update the community calendar We know Dave Brodbeck as a podcaster, but he is also Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Algoma is considered to be one of Canada's northern universities. Dave podcasts at: www.thunderbirdsix.org, www.brocasarea.ca, people.auc.ca/brodbeck/blog, tangentialconvergence.blogspot.com, and whysciencepodcast.blogspot.com. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah.00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby.00:19 Summary of this rockin' episode. 00:45 Connie welcomes Dave Brodbeck to Community Divas. 00:58 Dave talks about his podcasts: Broca's Area which he does with his wife Isabelle (hi, Isabelle!). He also does Tangential Convergence with his buddy, Algoma librarian Ken Hernden. Why is a science podcast for kids. Thunderbird Six is an interview show which he does for the university, and he podcasts his psychology classes at people.auc.ca/brodbeck/blog. 02:31 Dave talks about how he got started podcasting his psych classes, who are listening to his classes, what the university's reaction is to his podcast. He mentions: East Meets West podcast. 06:40 Reaction of his students to having the lectures podcasted. 07:30 Dave talks about his science podcast for kids, Why.  He mentions: K7 numbers, Scholastic Magazine. 10:24 Who have been inspired by Dave's podcasts? He mentions: Podcastra (now defunct), his presentation at Podcasters Across Borders 2008 (a must-listen!) 12:27 Dave riffs on the benefits of the podcaster community. He mentions: Scarborough Dude who does the dicksnjanes podcast, Tom Merritt of CNet, Real Deal podcast. 14:10  Eden has a question about community builders receiving swag for blogging. The question arises following Chris Brogan's recent blogging on Dad-o-matic in which he received money to spend at K-Mart (that blog post is here). Should someone known for community building be accepting gifts for the purposes of blogging? Eden has done similar things to try out products for her personal blog Bargainista.ca. Connie has only received books that people have hoped she would blog about on her law librarian blog http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com. Where is the line? How does one maintain balance? How do you maintain the trust of your readership? Eden and Connie mention: Ford Flex posts, Bargainista post on post on TaB energy drinks, a Molson beer tasting event.  We are interested in your opinion!  See also Chris Brogan's blog post Advertising and Trust. 22:26 Community calendar. Please feel free to send us your events to add to the calendar! 23:10 Eden winds up the episode.Community calendar: Podcamp Halifax -  http://podcamphalifax.ca/ - Halifax, NS, January 25, 2009 Podcamp Toronto - http://podcamptoronto.org/ - Toronto, ON, February 21 & 22, 2009 Mesh conference Apr 7 &8  - http://www.meshconference.com - Toronto, ON, April 7 & 8, 2009Podcasters Across Borders - http://www.podcastersacrossborders.com/ - Kingston, ON, June 19-21, 2009 Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.Photo credit: Bob Goyetche (made available under Creative Commons).

Welcome to episode nine!Run time: 16:02Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode: - Eden interviews Amrita Chandra of tinku gallery - We talk about community building events - Have a bit of a community calendar Amrita Chandra is the Founder of tinku gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Toronto, representing emerging and mid-career artists from across Canada and the U.S.Her website is http://www.tinkugallery.com/ and she blogs at http://tinkutales.blogspot.com/.00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby00:15 Summary of today’s episode00:36 Eden welcomes Amrita Chandra.00:44 Where did the idea of tinku gallery in Toronto came from?01:31 Why is community building important to the success of an art gallery?02:19 Building relationships with customers and artists. Amrita talks about the blog she created to start.03:08 Other online tools she is using: Twitter and Facebook. She has found that Twitter and the blog have been the best tools for buildingcommunity.04:00 On Facebook she started with ads and a page.04:45 How long did it take to build awareness for the gallery?05:22 Word of mouth has been important to her.05:35 Comparing on-line and off-line community building, she has found them to be similar. With on-line she has been able to reach people further afield geographically.06:24 She has not seen a lot of commercial art galleries doing this kind of community building yet.06:57 She has learned from the past that you need to be yourself, you need to be authentic.  You also need to be a very good listener. People who are listened to and given a voice tend to have the most engagement.07:53 Her plans for the future: using the gallery to still make art accessible to those who would like to purchase it; holding more salon type events at the gallery in which people can talk, making it a focal point for the neighbourhood.08:48 Eden winds up the interview08:59 Eden and Connie discuss using face-to-face events to reinforce online communities.  Eden uses HoHoTO, a party created by the mesh guys which is also being used as a fundraiser for the Daily Bread Foodbank, as an example (see the HoHoTO Facebook page).  Eden mentions Viigo as one office using it as their annual seasonal party. Connie talks about a question that came up at Sustainability Camp, whether on-line social networking tools can replace in-person interaction. 14:13 Community calendar15:07 We would like to hear how you are keeping connected between events.15:17 Eden winds up the episode.Community calendar: HoHoTo - Toronto - Dec. 15 , The Mod Club 7 p.m. Podcamp Halifax -  http://podcamphalifax.ca/ - January 25, 2009 Podcamp Toronto - http://podcamptoronto.org/ - February 21 & 22, 2009 Mesh conference Apr 7 &8  - http://www.meshconference.com - April 7 & 8, 2009. Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.

Sun, 23 November 2008Episode 8: Simon Chen and Melany Gallant of Ramius Corporation discuss Ramius' web-based community platform: Sixent.Welcome to episode eight!Run time: 15:29Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode:- Connie interviews Simon Chen and Melany Gallant about Ramius Corporation’s web-based community platform: Sixent.- We talk about Sustainability Camp- Community calendarSimon Chen is a consultant and Melany Gallant is the director of marketing for Ramius Corporation, a firm based in Ottawa, Ontario. Ramius designs and develops online social technologies and is perhaps best known for CommunityZero, an online community platform. Most recently, they launched an beta test for Sixent, a social networking platform.00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby00:15 Summary of today’s episode00:50 Connie welcomes Simon and Melany and asks them to explain their roles at Ramius Corporation.01:04 Simon explains his role at Ramius and how it’s grown over the past six years. The current focus is helping clients build online communities.01:47 Melany explains how she helps market Ramius’ web applications and expertise to consumer side and on the enterprise side. The current focus is similar to Simon’s with respect to Sixent and building relationships.02:16 What does Ramius Corporation do? Simon and Melany explain that Ramius is a developer of online community platforms including CommunityZero and Sixent. They go on to describe Sixent.05:30 Simon explains how they are using feedback from the community of Sixent’s beta users to help them bring Sixent to market.05:59 What is a white-label network? Simon explains how companies can customize and brand Sixent social networks for use inside their organizations and behind their firewalls. He compares it to brining features from Facebook and MySpace inside the organization.07:21 What types of organizations are interested in bringing these types of features inside? Some organizations want to freshen up their existing use of technology. Others are looking to see what they can do with these systems to improve current processes. Simon shares examples of how companies, associations, colleges and universities might use online communities to engage with stakeholders and members. 11:43 How does Sixent compete with other white-label community applications and what makes it distinct? The hope is that Sixent and white-label communities will overlap in the future. 12:59 Wrapping up the interview.13:10 Community Divas presentation at Sustainability Camp, November 16, 2008, organized by Tamera Kremer, listeners are invited to visit our presentation wiki13:34 Community calendar:Podcamp Halifax, January, 25, 2009 - Craig and Ryan - interview on Canadian Podcast Buffet Podcamp Toronto, Feb. 21 & 22, 2009Mesh conference, Apr . 7 &8, 200914:44 Connie and Eden wrap up the episode.Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.

Welcome to  episode seven!Run time: 22:19Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode:- An interview with Cameron MacLean and Josh Freeman about their Online Journalism course- Discussion by Eden and Connie about a comment from Keith Burtis of Magic Woodworks.Cameron MacLean and Josh Freeman are students in the Master of Arts in Journalism program at the University of Western Ontario. We interviewed them about the Online Journalism course they are currently taking with instructor and social media consultant Wayne MacPhail. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby00:15 Summary of today’s episode00:27 Introducing this week's guests Cameron MacLean and Josh Freeman00:58 The Divas welcome Cameron and Josh01:10 What does community mean to them? Cameron and Josh talk about both online and in-person communities.02:38 Building rapport between class members and people from outside the class, for example Bill Deys and Picard102 (John Leschinski). Some are auditing the class via the web. Wayne MacPhail uses livestreaming video to include others in the class.04:39 Other tools used successfully in the class:  Ning and Twitter05:48 Ning is being used exclusively for this class. Other classes use Web CT for chat and file sharing.06:24 How online community tools have allowed the students to get to know each other. In addition to Ning and Twitter, the students first got to know each other using Facebook to talk before they met in person. UWO Journalism 2008-09 Facebook group (Facebook registration may be required to view).08:24 Other tools they have discussed in class: Seesmic, Ustream.tv, Delicious, the onlinewestern tag on Delicious.09:44 How do they learn to apply these tools to journalism? The tools can be used to gather information. Twitter feed regarding Hurricane Gustav with updates from people in New Orleans acting as citizen journalists.  They also discuss use of Twitter by people attending a political rally for Stephen Harper. 12:40 Use of blogs by newspapers13:59 Does the use of blogs help newspapers build readership and community? Maclean's magazine - Andrew Potter's blog versus Rabble.ca's election blog.  BBC.com  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/default.stm16:48 Wrapping up the interview.16:59 Comment from Keith Burtis from http://www.magicwoodworks.com/blog/: how can he use social networking tools to bring experienced woodturners who are inside a "walled garden" to interact with younger woodturners not inside that social networking space. He mentions Seth Godin's latest book Tribes. Eden and Connie discuss Keith's comment and Eden has a suggestion for Keith. 21:29 Connie and Eden wrap up the episode.Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.

Welcome to  episode six!Run time: 18:49Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode:- An interview with Adele McAlear about video tools- Discussion by Eden and Connie about the interview with Adele- Community NewsAdele McAlear is the principal at McAlear Marketing and she blogs at Marketing Monster - http://www.adelemcalear.com/. Adele was in town recently and organized a Tweet-up, a real-life get together for some of her twitter friends. After the tweet-up, the three of us went to a nearby restaurant  and recorded the interview so please excuse the background noise.00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby00:15 Summary of today’s episode00:21 Introducing this week's guest, Adele McAlear01:08 Introducing Adele01:24 What video tools Adele is using?01:41 Seesmic has just hit the 100,000 user mark with 5,000 active users currently02:14 Seesmic going through a "belt-tightening" period02:24 They are about to release a new version. Currently they have a "black version" http://seesmic.com which is a flash-based site and a "white version" http://seesmic.com/home which is easier to run but has less functionality.04:03 She is also using 12seconds.tv; what can you say in 12 seconds?04:49 She is using 12seconds to tell stories from her life05:20 Phreadz.com is in closed beta - see also podcamp.phreadz.com - only 200 people in the community so far 07:20 Phreadz is distinguished from other video tools because you can have channels by topic, or your own branded channel.07:50 What is the barrier to entry in using Phreadz? How difficult is it to use?08:47 Is it the same group of earlier adopters across the various platforms?10:05 Are these tools being used to build community above and beyond the community of early adopters?11:40 Would these tools be useful to libraries?12:41 Adele discusses Utterli and YouTube.13:48 Wrapping up the talk with Adele.14:03 Eden and Connie discuss the communities that have sprung up around the video tools.17:19 We would like to hear from listeners about using video tools for building community.17:30 Community News: Podcamp Toronto - Feb. 21 & 22 at Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson University, sign up on the wiki at http://podcamptoronto.org18:05 Connie wraps up the episode.Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.

Welcome to  episode five!Run time: 15:03Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode:- Eden interviews Kathryn Lagden about community building at PTO Today, we discuss one of the issues raised in the interview and we have some community news.- We discuss Kathryn's concern about managing multiple tools within one community website.- Community News: Podcamp Toronto - Feb. 21 & 22 at Rogers Communications Centre at Ryerson University, sign up on the wiki at http://podcamptoronto.org~~~The Avon Breast Cancer CrusadeIn support of breast cancer research, Avon Canada begins the ‘Call for the Cure,’ a grassroots awareness campaign raising funds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance.A call to 1-900-561-PINK will automatically donate $2 to breast cancer research (land line phones only). For more information on this and other related Avon crusades: Canada - http://avoncrusade.ca/U.S. - http://www.avoncompany.com/women/avoncrusade/U.K. - http://www.avoncrusade.co.uk/~~~Kathryn Lagden is Director of Web Operations for School Family Media. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with her about community building at PTO Today . She also blogs at That Kathryn Girl. ~~~ 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby00:15 Summary of today’s episode00:27 Eden introduces Kathryn Lagden00:43 Kathryn explains what  PTO Today is - School Family Media is the umbrella organization, and  PTO Today is a main media property. Help parent group leaders of parent groups (PTO or PTA).01:22 She discusses her role in community development.02:36 How do subject matter experts know when to jump into the conversations when there is no designated community manager to suggest they do so?03:38  PTO Today has had an active community for a very long time, starting with a message board. Kathryn discusses the different ways the community interact with the community website.04:30 How the different tools are similar and overlap in content. It is difficult for someone new to see where all the content resides. Kathryn talks about how they redirect people to other parts of the site so they can find the rest of the discussion.05:54 Getting members to move to another tool by directing traffic over.06:51 The PTO File Exchange is a feature created to allow parent groups to share documents and hopefully therefore solve similar issues.08:04 They are tracking usage of the File Exchange with two metrics: number of page views and number of downloads on each document. They have incredible usage on some of their documents; these are very popular.09:20  File Exchange includes a rating feature. Kathryn explains how this works.09:58 Has  PTO Today been successful in moving free community members into paid level members? They have a lot of free content on the site including their magazine which brings a lot of people into the site. They have some programs and tools that are paid services and link to them from the appropriate places on the free site.11:24 Eden thanks Kathryn for joining us.11:39 Eden asks Connie about Kathryn's challenge of  migrating community members from one tool to another when the conversation is suited for another area. 12:57 Eden invites our listeners to give your suggestions.13:10 Community news13:18 Podcamp Toronto 2009 announced13:45 Avon Breast Cancer Crusade announced14:16 Eden wraps up the episode.Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.

Welcome to our fourth episode! Run time: 20:47Community Divas on iTunesA podcast about communities and social media toolsIn this episode:- Daniele Rossi talks about his podcasts, particularly building a niche community for his Stuttering is Cool podcast. - We discuss Jane Rowe’s question about building a community in the business-to-business area where one doesn't (quite) yet exist.Daniele Rossi is a website designer, brilliant artist and illustrator,  and podcaster. Daniele blogs at DanieleRossi.ca and SuperSpud.com. He podcasts at Stuttering is Cool, SpudCast and The Laughing Podcast. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:10 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby00:15 Summary of today’s episode00:23 Eden introduces our interview with Daniele Rossi, apparently having listened to The Laughing Podcast beforehand. Also mentioned: Podcamp, PAB (Podcasters Across Borders) and Podcamp Montreal.00:48 Interview with Daniele Rossi.00:56 Daniele talks about how he first got into podcasting.01:22 His original podcast is  SpudCast, about creativity.02:24 He has just launched The Laughing Podcast.03:20 Daniele tells us about the Stuttering is Cool podcast, how and why he started it. 07:10 Daniele tells us he also meets others through a stutterers' Toastmasters group.08:15 He has started a social meet-up group called Stutter Night which met recently for the first time.09:17 He finds many people don't understand the concept of a podcast, thinking it is a radio show that runs at a certain time on the website. They don't understand the concept of an RSS feed. 09:57 How Daniele finds Facebook useful for finding other stutterers.10:48 What the Stuttering is Cool podcast has given him.11:38 Being part of the podcaster community has brought him opportunities he previously wouldn't have had. 13:15 Social media tools such as webcams, Utterli, Skype, Seesmic and ooVoo have helped to change the stuttering experience.15:00  Eden and Connie thank Daniele for the interview.15:34 Question from Jane Rowe (http://movingstationery.wordpress.com) about less-developed groups in the B2B industry and using social media to bring them together. How can she engage their customers? How can they test and learn?16:50 Connie draws a parallel with work by people in her industry, librarians. She suggests reading the book and working through the website Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Rather than starting with Twitter and Ning as mentioned by Jane, Connie suggests using Facebook instead to start.18:39 Eden mentions Jane's interview on the For Immediate Release podcast, and applauds the idea of a contest (or was it an event?) for getting customers involved in creating content.19:18 Connie also suggest having people rate products, and Eden chimes in with the example of Threadless having people rate T-shirt designs.19:51 Connie wraps up the episode.Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.See you next time!

Days 5, 4 & 3 Still working on the rough cut, focusing on story pacing, removing things that take you out of the story. I'm reflecting a lot on the meaning of craft, the subject of my film, and being as tired as I am I'm afraid I'm not completing whole thoughts. I'm gaining spontaneity at the price of coherency when I'm not reading off a script. You tell me if it's worth it! About five and a half minutes into the show I'm trying to make a point about the life craftspeople try to lead and I'm using a sports competition metaphor and it utterly fails. What I'm trying to say in this instance is that the measure of success is the process of work and learning they're engaged in, their life's journey, not a specific accomplishment or feat. Trust is a perennial issue for me, and exercising trust in the audience is what I need to do as I continue this edit. Just as Jay Moonah said At  Podcaster's Across Borders this past June, the content is the audience. They create meaning out of the context of their experiences, in this case, watching this film when it's done. Learning to trust that people are paying attention and pulling all the disparate pieces and ideas within the film to create a whole that leads them to… what, my way of thinking. No, this film is not like driving cattle through a narrow, fenced in path (don't know the name of the path, sorry), but I do hope that it will direct people to think about specific ideas with new understanding. Providing some understanding, that's sufficient for me.

Welcome to our third episode!Run time: 18:14Community Divas on iTunesIn this episode- We interview The Smartest Man in the World, Saul Colt- Our discussion about community building and online tools continues with some thoughts from Mark Blevis.Saul Colt is the handsome Head of Magic at FreshBooks, and the brilliant mind that helped with the successful launch of Zipcar into Canada.  Saul's personal blog is Saul Colt: Smartest Man in the World!00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:10 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby00:15 Summary of today’s episode00:26 Introducing interview with Saul Colt00:45 Interview with Saul Colt00:51 Saul gives us his definition of community01:08 The hard-hitting question off the top: how does the FreshBooks company connect through communities?02:48 What does Freshbooks do to inject fun into its community?03:27 Saul talks about Roadburn04:49 and about Sunburn07:38 Why do they bring customers together?09:08 What communities do they participate in? For example, SXSW and Podcamp [Freshbooks on the SXSW Panel Picker - voting has closed, but you can still leave comments.]10:46 How do they reach out to customers beyond North America?11:57 Saul reminisces about his first online communities12:43 Online communities and value13:31 Eden wraps up the interview13:55 Responding to a comment from listener Mark Blevis, which he then fleshed out on his blog in the August 29th post "Technology is not community."17:23 Eden wrappin' up the show.Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Jay's band Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required.We are still finding our "sea legs" with the audio quality, folks! We have identified ways to seriously improve things after this week's show.  We appreciate all the great tips you have been sending us.

Welcome to our second episode!Run time: 17:16Community Divas on iTunesIn this episodeWe present Part 2 of our interview with Jay Moonah, a podcaster, marketing strategist, musician and a driving force behind the social media unconference Podcamp Toronto. He blogs and podcasts at MediaDriving.com.Connie gives an update about her Twitter account deactivation.  Eden and Connie then discuss whether it is possible to use too many online community building tools. Tell us what you think!We try another method for recording our discussions. Our conclusion: keep looking for another method. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby introduce themselves00:14 Summary of today’s episode00:24 Introducing part 2 of our interview with Jay Moonah00:35 Interview with Jay Moonah continues00:41 Jay talks about how to determine which tools to use for community building around marketing efforts. He mentions some of the demographic research covered in the book Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. He also mentions Facebook, Neville Hobson and FriendFeed.05:11 We ask Jay about what music communities online mean to him, and also how he is trying to distinguish himself from being just "the music guy". He throws in references from "back in the day" when he used CompuServe and dial-up BBSs, not to mention MySpace, Uncle Seth, MP3.com, the McFlies, McFlies on Facebook, and the ever-popular Breakfast Television.08:43 Jay gives us his take on personal brands.10:31 Eden wraps up the interview, but Jay gets in the last word.11:00 Connie gives an update about her Twitter account, and the concern she still has. She recommends if you are on LinkedIn to back up your contacts.12:14 Eden asks what is the optimum number of tools we should use to build a community: one tool, or more than one tool? Community Divas have set up a both a Facebook page and a FriendFeed room, and have discovered two distinct groups gravitating toward each. How can we bring the two together in discussion?  Connie mentions the library industry call-in podcast show Uncontrolled Vocabulary.16:05 Where would you like to see Community Divas, and what is the optimal number of places for a community on the Web?16:27  Eden wraps up the show.Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Jay's band Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We thank Jay Moonah for all his help in getting us started! And we thank everyone who listened to our first episode and encouraged us. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Our Facebook page and FriendFeed room are also available; free registration is required for them. Or follow us on Twitter.

Welcome to our first episode! Run time: 22:23Community Divas on iTunesThis is a podcast about communities because, coming from different backgrounds, our mutual interest is community building and we wanted to share our unique perspectives.  Each week we'll be interviewing people who are known for their leadership roles in different communities followed by a discussion of different online tools and their role in community building. In this episodeWe present Part 1 of our interview with Jay Moonah, a podcaster, marketing strategist, musician and a driving force behind the social media unconference Podcamp Toronto. He blogs and podcasts at MediaDriving.com. His bands are Uncle Seth and The McFlies.Connie and Eden discuss Twitter, and Connie's account being deactivated. Eden poses the question: Is Twitter a community? Tell us what you think!00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby 00:42 Summary of today’s episode00:56 Introducing interview with Jay Moonah01:08 Interview with Jay Moonah01:15 Jay gives us his definition of community, and clarifies this by talking about an active community02:06 He is involved with a number of communities, including those in social media spaces that he connects with through Facebook, Twitter, or through his podcast and blog, people in the marketing side, and those in the music communities. He sees overlap between the groups. He is also part of other communities unrelated to these.04:09 The value of online communities depends on how active a group is in working towards its goals and values. For example, meet-ups or people helping one another creates value. 05:35 The value that Podcamp brings to the community. Jay points out that Podcamp is both an event and a community. He sees the real value is in people talking to one another. He also explains that the people organizing and helping to put the event on get even more value from taking part.08:35 Will there be a Podcamp Toronto 2009?12:40 We ask Jay if there is anything that he does to build community around his Media Driving blog and podcast.  He says his podcast mostly lets him talk to himself in his car. Are we surprised? ;-)16:59 Eden asks Connie about her Twitter account being deactivated. Eden was one of the first to notice the account was gone. 19:51 We discuss whether Twitter is a community. 21:35 Wrap-upOur cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Jay's band Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network.We thank Jay Moonah for all his help in getting us started! And to everyone who has encouraged us. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com.

Welcome to the longest show I've posted to date. On average these shows run about 15 minutes and when they've gone over  3o minutes I tend to break them into parts. The main reason for the length, which is about 52 minutes, is the inclusion of multiple comments and excerpts from presentations from PAB. My main goal here is to give you a sense of the event, which is quite unique among conferences. But the downside is how much time it adds to the show. And editing multiple interviews complicates the production process. Even up to the last few hours before posting I found some errors that required me to rerecord some sections. Most of the changes are changes in attributions, another time sink in production, which I got wrong on the first recording pass. I'm satisfied with the final show, even though it's long. If it's a bother, let me know, I'm compressing it down as much as I can. In the future, I'm thinking about using Apple's AAC format, which makes mp3 files smaller but retains higher quality. It also allows me to bookmark and add graphics, but, as far as I know, AAC files only play on iTunes and iPods and I don't want to exclude any listeners. Any thoughts? Because I am including a number of voices besides my own I've added a note at the bottom of the blog that indicates the type of Creative Commons license I'm using, which is attribution, non-commercial, share alike. I'll talk a little more about CC in a future show, right now understand that you can use all or part of this show as long as you include the name of the speaker and where the audio came from. You can't sell it and if you include any part of it in your own podcast you are bound by the same license. Thanks to Connie Crosby for pointing me the the right direction on this topic, for some reason I find the legal aspects of publishing baffling. This show is about my experience at Podcaster's Across Borders and begins with my personal thoughts about the event. Halfway through I have some excerpts of presentations and some brief commentary on what I took away from the experience and then I finish with a series of interviews I recorded at the end of the weekend as the room slowly emptied. It was a great experience and I've put in a lot of effort trying to put into words what it all meant, because, as I try to explain, PAB wasn't your regular new media conference. Lots of people were trying to figure it out besides me. Check out the comments on David Peralty's blog and you'll see a wide range of reactions.If you're just interested in the excerpts I've got the timecode listed below. In addition, all the presentations will be posted at Podcaster's Across Borders throughout the summer. Subscribe!I've also listed the names and URLs of all the people mentioned or heard in this show. Some have podcasts, some blogs and some are thinking about it.If there was any message or call to action people took away from the event (and there was plenty) one of the most important was find your voice and share it. I second that.Contents:00:27 - About me and the show06:45 - Tim Coyne presentation09:56 - Tim Coyne interview16:51 - Tod Maffin presentation20:50 - Jay Moonah's presentation26:46 - Me trying to make sense of Marshal McLuhan33:51 - Chris Brogan's Jolt41:30 - Attendee final comments50:11 - Closing remarks Links:New Media ExpoPodcamp Boston 3Bob GoyetcheMark BlevisMarshall McLuhanMaslow Hierarchy of NeedsThis Week in Media #98Mitch Joel - 6 Pixels of Separation Conference attendees and presenters who have kindly allowed me to record and post their comments in this show:Tim Coyne - Hollywood PodcastTod MaffinJay Moonah - Media DrivingChris BroganWhitney Hoffman - The LD Podcast Connie Crosby Dave Fleet - davefleet.comBill Deys - The Country Music CastMurray McGregorFrancis Wooby - Wooby Communications

This week it is another on the road edition of my podcast as I check out the 2nd annual Podcamp Toronto Un-Conference that took place at Ryerson University from Feb. 23 - 24.  Along with my take on the event you will also get to hear from Chris Brogan, social media anaylist and great guy as we talk about the growth of podcasting and how networking is changing,  Jay Moonah, organizer, podcaster and musician about the coference and Matthew Campagna, from www.bsgcast.com, as we discuss the upcoming season of BattleStar Galactic and what marked the death of network television.  Music on this week's show are the songs City Life by Shane Ervin and  Another Day in the City by Classic Tragic Hero.  Instrumental music is from the track Travelogue by George Woods and tracks from the band Mr. Burns.  If you want to check out all of the sessions that were at the event check out  http://podcamptoronto.pbwiki.com/MediaArchive2008 where they will all be eventually posted (including mine) for you to look at.    As always your comments and suggestions are welcome.   

Another in our fine series of road episodes.. In this one, Dave had just returned from Toronto. While he was there he went to the Futureplay conference (where he was the official blogger) and attended the Toronto Podcast Meetup. The conference was pretty cool, and there were people there from all over the world, including a video game design team from Sweden that made a game for the DS where you serve drinks to bar patrons (seems they know Dave well....) This was probably the first year where someone mentioned that there might be a darker side to games. That said, the conference focussed on the positive. The podcaster meetup included Sage, Katherine, Scarborough Dude, Jay Moonah from Uncle Seth, John Meadows and Mark Blevis (among others). The meetup was a blast, and a great time was had by Dave and the crazy left wing nuts in the Canadian podcasting community.... Next tim eit is off to Paraguay, honestly. Oh, Canada is still ranked number 2 by the IIHF, but we do have the Hockey Hall of Fame which Dave walked by each time he went from his hotel to the conference, so really, we are better than Sweden...

Well as promised this week is my PodCamp Toronto Special.  I brave a chilly but sunny day in Toronto and do another on the road edition of my podcast.  In addtion to giving you what is like to attend this un-conference,  I have a slew of guest on the show.  Joining me is Mike Moon, a video-blogger from http://vlog.mikemoon.net along with fellow podcaster Christopher Penn from http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com and his fellow presenters Jay Moonah from the band Uncle Seth and Leesa Barnes, the media liaison from http://podonomics.com.   I also get a chance to  meet Valerie from the Description : Valerie in Toronto podcast.  Music for this week is Travelogue by George Wood and can be found at http://www.podsafeaudio.com.  As always your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Welcome to episode #21 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. I am once again flying solo this week. There is an all-new Six Points Of Separation (and a bonus point at that) segment. I should have an interview with Joseph Jaffe in the coming days as we finish The Road To Digital Marketing Conference 2006 for the CMA - Canadian Marketing Association. Enjoy the conversation... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #21 - Host: Mitch Joel. - Running time: 35:29. - New audio comment line - please take note: +1 206.666.6056. - Using new music from the Podsafe Music Network. - Camp Walk by Derek K. Miller. - Groove IT by Denis Kitchen. - Canadian Marketing Association - Digital Marketing Conference. - October 19th and 20th in Toronto. - Next up on the Road To Digital Marketing Conference - Joseph Jaffe Interview (sometime in the next two weeks). - Google Reader. - PodCamp North. - Toronto - February 24th -25th, 2007 at Ryerson University. - Leesa Barnes of Podonomics. - Jay Moonah of Uncle Seth and Online Music Marketing. - Brent Morris of The Closet Geek Show. - Dave of Two Boobs And A Baby. - Julien Smith of In Over Your Head. - Michael Seaton - Scotiabank - The Money Clip Podcast. - InfoPresse Viral Marketing Day. - Henry Cowling from The Viral Factory. - What car did Oprah giveaway? - Which razor company did shaveverywhere.com? - What product was Burger King promoting with Subservient Chicken? - What company accepted coupons from a cancelled Starbucks campaign? - Six Points Of Separation - Six Ways To Use Google News Alerts. - Song selection of the week (courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network) - Brother Love with the song, 'Summertime'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: +1 206.666.6056. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #21 - Host: Mitch Joel.

Welcome to episode #18 of Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast. This is my tribute to PodCamp Boston, which took place last weekend. Recording this episode brought back some great memories. This episode has a very cool CarCast plus an interview with John Wall from The M Show along with New Comm Road's Bryan Person. Enjoy the listen... Here it is: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #18 - Host: Mitch Joel. - Running time: 40:48. - Audio comment line: 206-666-3772. - Using new music from the Podsafe Music Network. - Camp Walk by Derek K. Miller. - Groove IT by Denis Kitchen. - Comment line: 206-666-3772. - PodCamp Boston. - You And Your Brand - presentation with C.C. Chapman of Managing The Gray and Accident Hash. - The M Show - John Wall. - New Comm Road - Bryan Person. - Podcasters Across Borders. - Canadian Podcast Buffet. - Bob Goyetche - Rogic, The Bob And AJ Show, Catfish Show and Mostly Tunes. - Mark Blevis - Just One More Book and Electric Sky. - In Over Your Head - Julien Smith. - Organizers: - Chris Brogan from Grasshopper New Media. - Christopher S. Penn of the Financial Aid Podcast. - Steve Garfield - Vlogger, Rocketboom Boston Correspondent. - Adam Weiss - Podcaster from the Museum of Science, Boston. - Bryan Person from the New Comm Road Podcast. - CarCast with C.C., Bob, Mark and Julien - Podcast Marketing - 5 Tools To Grow Your Audience with Chris Penn. - Podcast Formats Panel Discussion: Clinton Alvord, Leesa Barnes, Chris Brogan, Christopher Penn, John Wall, and Adam Weiss; moderator: Bryan Person. - Uncle Seth. - Gear Talk with CNET's David Berlind. - Music Podcasting Panel: C.C. Chapman, Jay Moonah and Eric Skiff. - John Wall, Bryan Person and me recording before Sunday begins. - Promoting Your Podcast: Cost-Effective Marketing Strategies for Beginning Podcasters by Jason Van Orden, author of Promoting Your Podcast. - Designing the Subscriber Experience - Exploring the usability of your podcast, feed, and web site with UIE's Jared Spool. - Six Points Of Separation - Six Parts Of The Website That Affect Search Engine Optimization - SEO. - Song selection of the week (courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network) - Panic At The Disco with the song, 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies'. Please join the conversation by sending in questions, feedback and ways to improve Six Pixels Of Separation. Please let me know what you think or leave an audio comment at: 206-666-3772. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels Of Separation - The Twist Image Podcast - Episode #18 - Host: Mitch Joel.