Posted by Dan
on November 08, 2010
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Jenn Hardy is a journalist, blogger, and social media enthusiast.
She is founder of Pork Pie Media, which offers smart, simple social media solutions for people and companies who are looking for a web presence. Pork Pie Media designs simple websites and sets up Twitter accounts.
Continue reading "Twitter Basics: What is it and how do I know it’ll help?"
Tags: business skills, Jenn Hardy, social media, social networking, twitter
Posted by Dan
on September 02, 2010
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MediaCamp Montreal 2010 to be held on September 10th, with six speakers to address the first edition of what is planned to become a series of “unconferences” dedicated to a broad spectrum of media.
Continue reading "MediaCamp Montreal 2010: the workshops schedule finally available!"
Tags: business skills, conference, freelancers, media professionals, MediaCamp, Montreal, networking, social media, social networking
Posted by Dan
on September 02, 2010
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PodCamp Montreal is back for its third edition. The bilingual event is a key conference in learning some basic and advanced skills on how to use social media and podcasting at our professional advantage.
Continue reading "PodCamp Montreal 2010, the New Media Unconference"
Tags: business skills, conference, Freelancing, media professionals, Montreal, networking, PodCamp, social media, social networking
Posted by Dan
on August 26, 2010
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You’ve noticed already that we are a contemporary, cutting-edge and thought-leading blog, but what’s with our social media presence? Are we out there?
We are proud to say that Mediaville is indeed on those finest of social media platforms out there, so be sure to connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter – and you can get our RSS feed so you don’t miss a beat!
Continue reading "Going social!"
Tags: networking, social media, social networking, twitter
Posted by Dan
on August 25, 2010
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Sitting on the first Citizen Media Rendez-Vous (more about that in The Hour) panel of the day was Jean-Noe Landry of Montreal Ouvert, who made a strong case for why Montreal should release Open Data to the citizens of this fine city, ultimately giving them greater access to all kinds of civic data sets, enabling them to engage more directly and responsibly in its operations.
Continue reading "Reports from the Citizen Media Rendez-Vous: Montreal Ouvert"
Tags: citizen media, conference, media professionals, Montréal’s 2nd Citizen Media Rendez-Vous, open data, social media, twitter
Posted by Dan
on August 24, 2010
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Montréal’s 2nd Citizen Media Rendez-Vous, which was held yesterday, Monday, August 23, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. (http://citizen-media.ca).

Bringing together bloggers, engaged filmmakers, citizen journalists, media experts, independent media practitioners the event featured a morning invite-only mash up networking session, and two panel discussions during which attendants learned about how citizen media is being practised around the world to better inform and mobilize the public.
Continue reading "2nd Citizen Media Rendez-Vous – Post Event Report"
Tags: citizen media, conference, Craig Silverman, journalism, media professionals, Montreal, Montreal Ouvert, Montréal’s 2nd Citizen Media Rendez-Vous, networking, openfile, social media
Posted by Dan
on July 28, 2010
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Today is the first in a new series of Mediaville Blogterviews. These are short interviews, each of which introducing a Montreal freelancer and friend of Mediaville. It’s a great way to get the word out about what you do, and to find out more about other freelancers for potential collaboration.
Continue reading "Blogterview: Jenn Hardy, Journalist and Web Writer"
Tags: blogterview, Freelancing, journalism, media professionals, Montreal, SEO, social media, social networking, twitter, web writing, writing
Posted by Dan
on July 19, 2010
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In this second part of our conversation with Craig Silverman, journalist, author and Digital Journalism Director at OpenFile, we continue talking about their approach to a pressing news question:
How to create a real opportunity for ‘journalists looking to thrive in a digital media world’?
Continue reading "OpenFile: Collaborative Local News (2/2)"
Tags: collaboration, freelancers, Freelancing, journalism, media professionals, openfile, social media
Posted by Dan
on June 30, 2010
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The Atlantic Region of PWAC is hosting their first regional workshop – Communicating for Cash – on July 9th to 11th at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick.
It looks set to be a fantastic workshop: great speakers on highly relevant topics… but only if you can get to New Brunswick, right?
Continue reading "New Brunswick Workshops: closer than you think!"
Tags: business skills, CFU, conference, EAC, freelancers, Freelancing, PWAC, social media, video streaming, workshop
Posted by Dan
on June 23, 2010
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Thanks for cleaning up after me in the UK, Banksy!
Are you keeping your social networking profiles up to date?
I have a LinkedIn profile from way back when, but I stopped using it for a while. I wasn’t doing any work that required it.
Continue reading "Clean It Up – tidying your LinkedIn profile"
Tags: business skills, Chris Brogan, Facebook, Freelancing, LinkedIn, social media, social networking