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Working on the site a little…

May 25, 2009

First off, thank you for sticking with me. I’ve really done a fantastic job of ignoring my blog for the last several months. In the mean time, I’ve been spending most of my time over on Twitter where I’ve amassed a nice little following.
In the meantime, there has been a lot of thinking going on [...]

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Gearing up for the Oscars

February 21, 2009

Today I’ll be hanging out at the AMC Loew’s Georgetown theatre to watch all 5 Best Picture nominees, courtesy of AMC Theatres. Be sure to follow my Tweets throughout the day for information about the event, the films, and more!
Here are the films and times I’ll be in them:

“Milk” – 10:30  a.m. – 12:38 p.m.
“The [...]

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Meet Me at SxSW Interactive

February 20, 2009

Meet and Chat with me and other PBS Employees at the SxSW Interactive Festival March 13-17, 2009.
In just a few short weeks I’ll be headed down to the SxSW Interactive Festival (I’ll be in Austin March 13-17) with PBS Engage. We have lots of very fun events planned and lots of opportunities for you to [...]

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Thoughts on Twitter’s Growth

February 13, 2009

I often write about Twitter, but here are some fresh thoughts on my usage, and it’s value.
Twitter’s growth has been widely reported in both the mainstream, and technology/social media spheres so I won’t get into that today, but what I do want to discuss with you is how the value propisition of the service has [...]

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About Jonathan Coffman

January 4, 2009

From Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Myspace and beyond – social media is here to stay. You need a guide through the landscape who has developed proven strategies and tools to enhance communication and conversation.
With a background in journalism and product development Jonathan can help you build transparency, trustworthiness, and most of all, conversation with your clients [...]

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How I Use Twitter

November 21, 2008

I spend a lot of time each day with Twitter, both as a user and as a trainer of the tool to others. What’s amazing is that it’s a tool that’s not easy to explain, and yet when people get it, they GET it.
Before we move forward, take a look at some of my posts [...]

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Top 3 Twitter Tips

November 18, 2008

Top 3 Twitter Tips
Whenever I tell someone that I work in social media (and explain to them that social media is things like blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, etc) they almost always come back and ask me what Twitter is and why someone would use it.
I’ll save that post for another day (although I’ve written about [...]

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Top 4 tips from Twitter Users to News Organizations

November 13, 2008

A long while back I asked my Twitter following to tell me what advice they would give to a news organization (or any company really) thinking about getting started on this platform. Here’s what they had to say:

@ddmcd – “Don’t Twitter anonymously — identify real people with specific addresses.”
@shawnr – “Tell them to NOT add [...]

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Why Doesn’t Facebook Embrace Social Media?

October 14, 2008

Facebook is the 900 pound gorilla in the room when it comes to consumer’s ideas about “social media” and “social networking”, So why doesn’t Facebook embrace that fact and have a conversation with their own community?
Sure, they’re want to be a public company, they’ve got thousands of employees, millions of dollars worth of bills, and [...]

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