DaveO Talking HootSuite Culture on @TheRushTV show
Amidst a barrage of HootSuite-related media coverage, I appeared on The Rush TV show (Note: I appeared representing Happy Frog in 2008 when the show was “Urban Rush”).
In the segment with host Fiona Forbes, and guest host Tiffany Gurden, about the new East Van office, our unwitting role in the Egyptian revolution, what makes us special and a few notes about the tools.
The show also broadcasts a livestream which includes all the in between banter and offside comments and anecdotes from the Twitter stream.
“Art and Tech are Old Pals” at Social Media House SXSW 2011
I shared a spiel called “Art and Tech are Old Pals” at Wordcamp Vancouver in a full verison but shared a spontaneous and shorter version while at Social Media Clubhouse at SXSW 2011.
In this spiel, i discuss a “people’s history” of media creation and my tactics and thoughts about how to foster creativity by viewing the past and participating in the creation of the future.
Art & Technology are Old Pals with Dave Olson – 3.12.11 from Social Media Club on Vimeo.
You can catch a longer version of the similar deal at “Art and Tech are Old Pals at Wordcamp Vancouver” and you might also enjoy “Greeks to Geeks at Wordcamp Whistler.”
HootPress ~ Global BC Morning Show at HootSuite
On April 4, 2013, HootSuite hosted Vancouver’s media folk at our headquarters in Mount Pleasant. Among them, Grace Ke from Global BC stopped by for some live hits and a tour of our state-of-the-art offices. As you can see in this video, we caught up and discussed how HootSuite builds community through our HootUps and how the company played an important role in the Egyptian Revolution, among other things. Here are Grace Ke’s live hits from Hoot tour.
DaveO Share HootStories on Dotto Tech Show
I recently appeared on Steve Dotto’s radio show – Dotto Tech – to talk all things HootSuite.
We riffed about many different topics including: HootSuite’s App Directory; Social Media on an international scale; my experiences at SXSW; and, uses for Google+.
Check out this week’s episode: Dotto Tech 102 – HootSuite and Ebooks.
Back in January, my fellow community managers at HootSuite and I came together with mycmgr.com to produce a series of info videos called ‘Community Nuggets.’ Below is the one I appeared in, and surprise surprise! I used my good friend Tom Sawyer as an example of how to effectively crowdsource from your community. Checkout the video below:
Crowdsource from your Community the Tom Sawyer Way – Community Nuggets Vol.1 from HootSuite on Vimeo.
“Navigating New Territory” ~ #SoMeT12
November’s #SoMeT12 – a symposium about Social Media in the Tourism industry – held in El Paso, Texas does seem like ages ago now. But every so often – like now, just getting back into the swing of things in Vancouver and dealing with the unenviable task of sorting through hundreds of emails in my inbox – something pops up from the past. I had a rad time speaking to delegates representing many countries, regions, cities and so on at #SoMeT12 and it was great to find myself quoted in a story about all things SoMeT.
Here’s a particularly impressive excerpt:
Dave Olson, vice president of community at HootSuite, ended his presentation about building an impassioned and actively supportive community around a brand or destination by asking the question, “How do you measure happiness?” On the surface, it seems a flip remark for a serious business to consider, but most businesses know that a happy customer is a returning customer. Just as most meeting planners know that a happy conference community keeps attendees coming back.
For the full post, checkout Rob Hodge’s article Navigating New Territories in Connect magazine.
