I didn’t think I was that old…but apparently I injured my back while I was sleeping. Even though I was in excruciating pain, I chose to drive downtown and do a presentation. I could have called in and delayed the meeting but it took a month to get the right people in the room and I wasn’t about to throw it back in the rescheduling pool again.
Instead, I decided to play hurt. Sometimes, you’ve just gotta play hurt.
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to co-present at the American Marketing Association Special Interest Group on Social Media (AMA SIG for short). I worked with Steve Bell, Founder and Principle at Strategic Marketing Innovations Consulting. It was so much fun working with Steve, who is one of the smartest guys I’ve ever met. Steve’s rich history as an analyst at Forrester gave our presentation a level of depth that would not have been possible otherwise.
Our presentation focused on how Social Media is changing the ways Corporations do business. We were able to draw parallels to the days of when the Internet first broke onto the business scene. The similarities to then and now are striking. We also got into organizational structure which included snippets of a video interview I did with Ryan Squire, Director of Social Media at OSU Medical Center. Ryan is extremely knowledgable and gave us candid information about how OSU is succeeding with social media, from org structure to policies and procedures. (you can watch the full video interview HERE).
I had the honor of hanging out in Kentucky for a brief time last week and speaking to a group of admissions professionals at the KASCAC conference. My presentation covered the 3 pillars of implementing social media for recruiting:
Start with Strategy and be sure you begin “at the end” with your goals in mind. [...]