Tue, 14 October 2008 Being Buff, Episode #24: Avaaz.ca online election campaign Welcome to Episode #24 of Being Buff  – Marketing the Social Economy – The ConsciousImages Podcast for Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008.  This week: Being Buff gets the scoop on the online election campaign strategy of Avaaz and asks the question: could 300,000 Canadians be wrong?   ·        Welcome to show #24 ·        Phone Number:  206-202-6340 ·        Email: consciousimages(at)gmail(dot)com ·        iTunes!!   6 for 6 letter writing campaign for the Congo.   Please join 6 for 6 Facebook group  – and write – and encourage others to do so.   Blog page devoted to the campaign.   The goal is 6000 letters to be delivered at the Consumer and Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 8 to 11, 2009.    ·        Election Day today. ·        Tour of NDP Orange Room. Blogging tools (Twitter box, banners, videos, images) Video page where folks can upload links to their own videos, all running off YouTube, image page,  Extreme makeover, caption challenge, text messaging – text questions or sign up for mobile mailing list and votable polls NDP and get answer in 24 hours, link to Orange Room Facebook app that let’s folks view and share Orange Room videos right from their Facebook profile. ·        Oliver Stone movie: W ·        Upcoming events: o       Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 4 - Online Communities: §         engage stakeholders for business insight §         connect with customers to promote their brands and to monitor & protect their firms’ reputations §         leverage ‘conversation’ for the traditional marketing and public relations functions §         gather enthusiast customers to improve products & services and hone messaging §         access and harness the collective intelligence of its market to solve customer care issues §         promote and leverage an open source development environment o       Mark Blevis of Canadian Podcast Buffet speaking about Return on Influence: Turning Connectivity into Being Connected for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Ottawa speakers series.   ·        Interview with Kristen Ostling about Avaaz’s online election campaign. Avaaz means “voice” in many Asian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European languages. o       Worked in collaboration with VoteforEnvironment to promote strategic voting in the Canadian election. Direct download: Being_Buff_24.Avaaz.Kristen_Ostling_Oct_14-08.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:04 PM Comments[0]

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Welcome to Episode #24 of Being Buff  – Marketing the Social Economy – The ConsciousImages Podcast for Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008.  This week: Being Buff gets the scoop on the online election campaign strategy of Avaaz and asks the question: could 300,000 Canadians be wrong?

 

·        Welcome to show #24

·        Phone Number:  206-202-6340

·        Email: consciousimages(at)gmail(dot)com

·        iTunes!!

 

6 for 6 letter writing campaign for the Congo.

 

Please join 6 for 6 Facebook group  – and write – and encourage others to do so.

 

Blog page devoted to the campaign.

 

The goal is 6000 letters to be delivered at the Consumer and Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, January 8 to 11, 2009. 

 

·        Election Day today.

·        Tour of NDP Orange Room. Blogging tools (Twitter box, banners, videos, images) Video page where folks can upload links to their own videos, all running off YouTube, image page,  Extreme makeover, caption challenge, text messaging – text questions or sign up for mobile mailing list and votable polls NDP and get answer in 24 hours, link to Orange Room Facebook app that let’s folks view and share Orange Room videos right from their Facebook profile.

·        Oliver Stone movie: W

·        Upcoming events:

o       Social Media Breakfast Ottawa 4 - Online Communities:

§         engage stakeholders for business insight

§         connect with customers to promote their brands and to monitor & protect their firms’ reputations

§         leverage ‘conversation’ for the traditional marketing and public relations functions

§         gather enthusiast customers to improve products & services and hone messaging

§         access and harness the collective intelligence of its market to solve customer care issues

§         promote and leverage an open source development environment

o       Mark Blevis of Canadian Podcast Buffet speaking about Return on Influence: Turning Connectivity into Being Connected for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Ottawa speakers series.

 

·        Interview with Kristen Ostling about Avaaz’s online election campaign. Avaaz means “voice” in many Asian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European languages.

o       Worked in collaboration with VoteforEnvironment to promote strategic voting in the Canadian election.