by amvandenhurk | Jul 17, 2014 | Journalism, Social Media
Twitter is a great source for information, but also can be a source of confusion when breaking news is happening. I understand the need to get information out for public interest and the completive nature of getting the scoop, but isn’t it best to say very little... by amvandenhurk | Feb 10, 2014 | Social Media
How many of us got involved in social media for fun? Then transitioned into using it professionally? If you joined Twitter pre-2010, I can pretty much say most of us. It was a new thing. And rather exciting. It was like a rolling conversation at a cafe with... by amvandenhurk | Aug 28, 2013 | Social Media
The above tweet should make you cringe. It did me. A friend in an online networking posted this tweet by the Golf Channel. Today marks a very important day in US history, it has been 50 years since Dr. Martin Luther King made his famous “I have a... by amvandenhurk | Jul 11, 2013 | Crisis Communications
When I saw this tweet, it raised my eyebrow. I thought it interesting that the Paula Deen brand – and I’m assuming that Paula Deen is not personally tweeting here, but a staff member – would tweet a fill in the blank and ask for responses.... by amvandenhurk | Feb 24, 2013 | Social Media
[youtube Last Friday morning, Phil Hollows, CEO of FeedBlitz, and I were have a long chatty conversation about a passion (or obsession) we both have: tea drinking. Now, you have to understand, Phil and I will talk about tea at least once a week. It is sort of like...