Social Media Podcast 28 now available - the legal edition with Valerie Surgenor

In edition 28 we are joined by Valerie Surgenor, MacRoberts LLP, fresh from her appearance on the New Media Breakfast panel. Valerie explains the meaning of "Libel Tourism" and why it has become much more prevalent. We also discuss ownership of Social Media Profiles in business, the implications of moderating social media content, employers using social media profiles for vetting potential employees and, the inadequacies of many employment contracts.

We also explore whether or not bloggers need to, or should be, trained in defamation and, could Facebook Places possibly get you sacked?

It’s a very interesting chat which goes of track occasionally to discuss challenges facing charities, Springer spaniels and cup cakes! Thanks to Valerie for her time and, we hope you enjoy this edition of Social Media Podcast.

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Social Media Podcast 27 Now available...

On Social Media Podcast 27, Gordon White, Kyle Murdoch (fatBuzz) and Iain Murray (ConnectedFM) explore various Twitter related platforms like TweetTim.es, TweetMeme, Paper.li and many others.  We also talk about Linked-In Signal, the new Digg, Google and StumbleUpon.

Iain Murray tells us about his recent social media strategy to promote ConnectedFM at the Total Workplace Management conference in London and how he used a mixture of conventional advertising and networking with social media.

For the first time we are featuring an unreleased band, Unique Nights from Belfast, Northern Ireland. This is something we will do in future so, if you are a singer, songwriter or band, please send us your track and links to your web site and we'll get you on the podcast.

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My comedy debut

Lots of people have been asking how my stand up comedy debut went last Thursday night; I'm pleased to report it all went well. I' equally pleased to tell you I'm glad it's over, I rather think my debut and farewell took place simultaneously.

It was an extremely nerve racking experience for all four of us, not helped by the fact that we didn't actually start until 11pm, I suppose the organisers thought it better to let everyone get a good drink before we went on. That said, the audience of around 500 were very kind and supported all of us extremely well.

I was first up, followed by Gaynor Turner, Jack Konopate and Lorraine Herbison. It was a strange system used to judge the winners where the top two in the text voting (which had been taking place since the Monday) went through to be judged by the panel of three judges, Tam Cowan, Des Clark and one other (apologies, his name escapes me). Jack Konopate and I were the last two with Jack emerging the winner after Tam Cowan's casting vote went in his favour - it probably didn't help that my opening gag was at his expense!

Anyway, I think we were all winners; Jack, Gaynor, Lorraine and myself were truly petrified by the whole affair but we all managed to stand up and get some laughs and, over £40k was raised on the night.

Thank you, on behalf of all of us, for the text votes, the support meant a great deal to all of us and, when we see the cash raised for The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, it make the sleepless nights very worth while.

Below you can see the video footage of my comedy debut.

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October New Media Breakfast topic - Using Video for Business

Friday 29th October at N0.29, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow

More and more people are using video as part of their online communication and, more and more people are consuming video content. Most new mobile phones have video functionality and, as the use Apple's iPad and other tablet type devices becomes more popular, the consumption of video content is predicted to keep on
growing.

The New Media Breakfast will look at the different types of video content and look at some of the successful videos used in current marketing. We will also look at different options for producing video content and the type of equipment for video capture.

Capturing the content is only part of the process, we will take a look at video syndication and how you promote your content and encourage people to watch it and share it.

As per some of the previous breakfasts, Tim Barlow of Attacat will give us a five minute run down on the search engine optimisation aspects of video. He'll look at its impact on rankings and how to get your videos ranking in the likes of Google.

We hope you can join us for what should be a fun, but informative breakfast. If you have a specific question you would like to ask, please post it as a comment on the New Media Breakfast blog post. Alternatively you can post it on Twitter as a direct message @fatbuzz or you can email us at hello@fatbuzz.com

No.29 Members Go Free – If you are a 29 Member you can attend the breakfast free of charge. Please email malcolm@fatbuzz.com with you membership number and he will add you to the attendance list.

I hope you can make it along to this event. If so, I look forward to seeing you on the day.

BOOK FOR NEW MEDIA BREAKFAST GLASGOW HERE:

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Renfrewshire New Media Breakfast

FatBuzz are now in conjunction with Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce in hosting the new media breakfasts in renfrewshire.

In this video Bob Davidson, Chief Executive of the Chamber shares his thoughts on how the first breakfast went.

Many thanks to Phoenix Car Dealership in Linwood for hosting the first breakfast event.

To view all of Attacat's notes from the breakfast, click here.

The next Renfrewshire New Media Breakfast is on November 30th on blogging. For full details on the content of the presentation and to book online, please click here.

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Probably my toughest ever challenge!

On Thursday night this week I will take on probably one of the toughest challenges I have ever faced when I take to the floor of the Hilton's Ball Room to do a stand up comedy turn in front of around 500 people.  The events is the annual "Hottest Night of the Year" organised by Charan Gill but, this year is has been renamed the "Funniest Night of the Year".

But I'm not alone, I suspect it's an equally daunting challenge for the three other contestants; Gaynor Turner, Lorraine Herbison and Jack Konopate.  I salute each of them for agreeing to do something so far outside their comfort zone that it beggars belief.  We will each do approximately five minutes stand up in front of a live audience and a panel of expert judges.

The wonderfully funny Janey Godley has been mentoring each of us for the event however, there's only so much one woman can do!  I know Gaynor, Lorraine and Jack will join me in thanking her for giving up her valuable time to make this event happen.

However, the toughness of the challenge is insignificant in comparison to that of the people affected by the cause we are rising funds for, The Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. The patients and staff at the hospice face far greater challenges every day in life.  That's why my three fellow contestants and myself are "happy" to take on this challenge.

We have each been allocated a text voting code which is in operation now.  Each text costs £1 and the proceeds go to the Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice.

I would personally like you all to vote for me however, in the interests of fairness, and more importantly to raise as much as we can for the hospice, I have listed each contestants voting codes below.  If you don't know who to vote for, you can simply vote for each of us, there is no limit to the number of votes you place!

I am asking you to do two things to support us:


• Vote for at least one of us, at least once.
• Share this blog with all of your contacts either by using the Twitter or Facebook link below.  

Better still, share it on both - the more you share it, the more we will all raise for the hospice, that will make it worth the sleepless nights Gaynor, Lorraine, Jack and myself are having this week.

Here are the voting details:

Text Hot Gordon to 82055

Text Hot Jack to 82055

Text Hot Gaynor to 82055

Text Hot Lorraine to 82055

TICKETS
One or two people have asked if there are still tickets available for the event and the answer is YES.  If you would like to come along you should contact Kylie Forrest by email kylie@klevents.co.uk or, by telephone on01698 459966k

Please, please, please share this page.

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October New Media Breakfast Edinburgh - Question Time

EDINBURGH BREAKFAST - 21st October 2010 at 8am
The Tower Restaurant, Chamber Street, Edinburgh
New Media Breakfast topic: "Question Time" Panel

This month we're having a New Media Breakfast "Question" Time when you get the opportunity to ask our panel of experts anything you want to know about social networking, search optimisation, pay-per-click advertising, audio and video podcasting, legal issues, blogging, apps, plug-ins, content generation and, anything else you can think of.

We are encouraging people to send questions to us via the blog, Twitter or our Facebook Page. In addition, we will be taking questions from the floor and from Twitterfall on the day.

You can listen to the podcast we recorded at the Glasgow breakfast here, it may give you some ideas for questions that you would like to ask in Edinburgh.  You can also download or subscribe to the Social Media Podcast here.

Our panel of experts is still being finalised but will include:

• Tim Barlow, Managing Director, Attacat – who will answer Search Optimisation related questions
• Valerie Surgenor, Senior Associate, MacRoberts LLP – who will answer questions of legal aspects of social media
• Ben Rogers, Operations & Business Development Director, Attacat – who will answer questions related to online advertising
• Belinda Roberts, Managing Director, Winning Entrepreneurs and extensive user of social media for business

Gordon White will play the "David Dimbleby" Chairman role for the event.

We hope you can join us for what should be a fun, but informative, breakfast. If you have a specific question you would like to ask, please post it as a comment on the fatBuzz Blog. Alternatively you can post it on Twitter as a direct message @fatbuzz or you can email any of the panel at the links below:

Email
Gordon White
Email Tim Barlow
Email Valerie Surgenor
Email Ben Rogers
Email Belinda Roberts

Even if you don’t have a question, the discussion will be interesting and may even prompt you to ask something on the day.

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