This week finds Tom Foremski, Todd Defren, Shel Holtz, and Chris Heuer discussing the naming of the (’New’) Media Release and continuing their discussions on how the standard old tired press release could do with an upgrade.
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Last night we held our first ever Rent an Expert event. Despite some initial logistical confusion since so many people had come to offer their expertise, things worked out pretty well. We are going to take August off so we can focus on building […]

It’s quite funny really, but this does happen from time to time. Once I set my stake in the ground with regards to a particular use of language, like calling the hRelease project the New Media Release, I start having conversations with people about it in completely different contexts that provide fresh new insytes. […]

I believe if you help others, good things will come back to you three fold.
I believe if you let go of a little, you will gain a lot.
I believe karma prevails in all situations.
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Want to know who is testing karma tonight? Folks sharing bits of what they know at the Rent an Expert event […]

We don’t always need to reinvent the wheel, sometimes we just need to give it a fresh coat of paint and a new story. The other day while trying to answer the question of what was the most important skills that a Social Media Literate person should have, I saw the traditional 3 R’s […]

I am excited and a iittle nervous about the Rent an Expert event this Wednesday July 19th starting at 530pm over at CNet headquarters (235 2nd Street, San Francisco).  It still seems that a lot of people have expressed interest in coming that are not on the Wiki - I don’t know if it is […]

The New Media Release Podcast, episode 1, is being distributed as part of the “For Immediate Release” everything feed in order to introduce the podcast—and the NMR working group—to FIR listeners. After this first episode, if you want to keep getting the podcast as a regular […]

Now that we are ready to blow the roof off this joint and actually start promoting what we are doing to the world (instead of talking to a small audience of friends and colleagues), it is time to talk about our vision for how we will build Social Media Club from a discussion into a […]

So it has been about a week since I posted to the New Media Release discussion list on Google Groups about “How we Collaborate“, specifically requesting everyone’s feedback on which tools we use. Since Constantin Basturea and myself were the only respondents as of this morning, we decided to get on Skype to talk […]

The first rule of Social Media Club is to talk with us about what Social Media Club should be - please tag it SMCfeedback, join our Google Group or leave comments here. As you might expect, we have lots of ideas for projects and have a great sense of the core values at the […]