DISQUS

Dayngr · 2 years ago

Kudos to you!

steph · 2 years ago

glad that you asked the "@newmediajim" twitterati to be part of your presentation!

BarbaraKB · 2 years ago

Hurray, Jim!

I hope you inspired *something* in that DMAW crowd.

-Barbara

Mary (aka mtkr) · 2 years ago

Sounds like it went really well. Congratulations. Even more impressive as this was your first presentation before a professional group.

Valeria Maltoni · 2 years ago

You're as comfortable in front of a crowd as you are behind the camera -- in both cases you look like a natural. I'm really glad Stephen built on the concept of Return on Involvement (ROI ;-), it's an important one and probably the most critical message from my warm up in the morning.

Which brings us back to you -- you lean in the conversation, keen, interested, listening actively. How can anyone resist that? It was a delight spending some time learning about your work and ideas. I've been to the Apple store where I'm about to make the big shift to Mac. Then I'll take a look at Twitter. Promise. Thank you again for taking the time to share your experience and that of your community. And the niche portal ideas with video interviews totally rocks!

Larissa Fair · 2 years ago

It was definitely cool to see the immediate effect of the Twittering community, both during the presentation and through your blog comments from the day before.

Glad that you were able to present to the group, I think everyone enjoyed your presentation - only wish we could have seen more video!

Connie Reece · 2 years ago

Jim, I knew you would do a bang-up job of presenting the basics -- and benefits -- of social networking. I hope it leads to many more presentations; your voice is animportant one.

And, as instructed, I popped over to Conversation Agent and left a comment reiterating your invitation to Twitter. *waves to Valeria*

Jim Long · 2 years ago

Valeria, we'll make a Twitterer of you yet! It was delightful meeting you and look forward to seeing you speak at more events like this one. You are an inspiring, intelligent force in the social media space. I want to thank you, CC and Geoff for giving me moral support during the presentation.

Larissa, wasn't that cool? First and foremost, you were amazing with your live-blogging maddd zkillzzzz. I wish i'd gotten to the video portion sooner, but before i knew it I was getting the five minute cue! Look forward to seeing you again!

SpaceyG · 2 years ago

You are just the zeitgist, dude! You lay it on 'em. Dawn some aquarius. Explode cyber into MSM, or back the other way. Everytime I get down about social media, and I do, way down, then I get re-inspired by you folk, most of whom I met soley through social media platforms, such as yourself, Jarvis, Brogan, Pulver. Not so much Scoble. But that's another post altogether.

Did you get to catch JMS on AC360 last night? Rock on Georgia folk!

kathryn · 2 years ago

the folks at DMAW obviously couldn't miss the fact that cameraman, twitterer, new media speaker... chef I imagine...whatever the topic... you are a born inspirer!!! and I LOVE "return on involvement"... brilliant!

K

Kami Huyse · 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing. I have heard from the gang that you were a real hit, and I am seeing Valeria in Philly in a next week, so let the Twitter Twisting begin. lol

Mike Doe · 2 years ago

Jim, what's your strategy for reaching out to people on Twitter. For me, it's been somewhat random: basically checking the timeline and following people with interesting comments and basically following anyone who follows me.

I'm a comedian and I basically use Twitter, number one, for fun and to work on my "material", connect with friends and also just to interact with as many people as possible.

...and, yes, I found out about you on twitter!

Jim Long · 2 years ago

Mike, I dont' know if i really have a strategy per se. Overall, it's wise to listen before speaking, which most of us do. I look at Twitter as this huge repository if disparate skill sets, disciplines, and knowledge.

I love to see what everybody is doing, from the mundane to the exciting. It all moves by so fast that something will catch my eye and I'll latch on to a discussion. Other times I tweet what I'm doing because it may be of interest to folks. But overall, I think it's important to listen, engage, and respond to people. Be real. Be human.

Jonny Goldstein · 2 years ago

Anyone who meets you knows you are more "than just a network news cameraman." You are what you preach--- a real human. And you are a fantastic communicator via video, text, and good ol' fashion face to face chit chat.

margaret · 2 years ago

As an attendee of the DMAW conference and Jim's session specifically, I can say you're more than a man with a camera in one hand and a tweeting cell phone in the other. I mean, you have upwards of 1,000 people patiently waiting for your next thought... that's downright impressive! But aside from your massive presence in the New Media world, you were a really great speaker (fantastic for your first time!) and brought the basics of new media integration to those of us who had no idea what twitter was and had never (gasp!) commented on a blog. Most importantly, you drove home the message that this kind of online CONVERSATIONAL COMMUNITY is the most organic form of human interaction via 21st century means. And I personally appreciated that connection because some people see social networking and new media and new and different, when in reality it's bringing us back to the days of good old human connection.

Thank you, New Media JIM!