Heather Gold led the discussion. People are missing quality connections, meaningful conversations online. If you have a deep conversation with someone face to face, can you continue that online? Can you have such a deep connection when you meet online?
Gail Williams: I see the words friend and community used to describe database divisions.
Shannon Clark: People […]

MJ Kim, Raj Prasad, Al Chang and Jason Hilton talked about marketing.
Kim is the marketing person for PhotoBucket. Hilton and Prasad are from WDFA Marketing, an ad agency. Kim says, “Marketing, evangelizing is the same whether it’s for your company or you’re on your first date.”
How do we do no-bullshit marketing, both traditional and non-traditional?
Kim: […]

Bruce Cahan of Urban Logic and Kevin Jones from GoodCap led a discussion on “The Economy of Abundance.”
Cahan introduced the idea of the Means Meter. How do you know you’re creating the good? How do you now what social values you’re either enhancing or impeding? How do you translate social values to the monetary economy?
For […]

Chris Heuer and Howard Greenberg pitched Social Media Club, the first user-generated startup.
From the blog: ” Social Media Club is being organized for the purpose of sharing best practices, establishing ethics and standards, and promoting media literacy around the emerging area of Social Media. This is the beginning of a global conversation about building an […]