Mon, 16 February 2009  Welcome to episode eleven!Run time: 23:32 Community Divas on iTunes A podcast about communities and social media tools In this episode: - Eden interviews Ali de Bold from ChickAdvisor - We talk about Podcamp Halifax - Introducing the Twitter Song by Michelle Yogis - We have an addition to the community calendar Ali de Bold is a third-generation entrepreneur. In 2006, she and her husband Alex launched ChickAdvisor as a solution for Ali’s constant search for the perfect hair salon. Since then it has become a thriving online community where women share reviews about their favourite stores, products and services. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah. 00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby. 00:15 Summary of this episode. 00:26 Eden introduces Ali de Bold 00:51 Eden welcomes Ali de Bold to Community Divas 01:00 Ali explains what ChickAdvisor is and how it got started 01:45 Ali and her husband Alex de Bold created ChickAdvisor 01:50 Ali explains her role now. Mentioned: ChickChat TV video series, their Product Review Club and local events such as shop crawls and movie nights 03:05 Bridging on-line and off-line communities 03:31 Plans to expland off-line events to places outside of Toronto 04:21 Online community tends to take place in the forums and also the face to face events 04:59 Ali speaks about the geographic location of ChickAdvisor members 05:48 The product review club started when Ali started receiving a lot of products to review 07:02 How the product reviews are conducted 07:36 Eden and Ali discuss how advertisers feel about honest reviews by ChickAdvisor members, and how this builds credibility 08:24 Eden has been part of the product review club 08:44 How is ChickChat TV enhancing ChickAdvisor? Mentioned: Where'd You Get That, Slice, Rogers Media 10:23 Have community members been featured on ChickChat TV? 10:52 Are people watching episodes directly from the website? Mentioned: Rogers Pizza Pizza network; see also press release July 8, 2008 11:19 Has ChickChat TV been driving traffic to the website? 11:39 Eden asks what the relationship is between the blog and the main site 12:41 Recently launched re-design of ChickAdvisor to give it a more sophisticated look to better suit its demographic and make some things more user-friendly 13:24 Thoughts on building a community for women 14:09 How many people are using the site - currently just over 100,000 unique visits a month 14:35 Are site visitors staying loyal? 14:50 Keeping visitors on the site - all about the content Mentioned: Google Analytics 15:38 ChickAdvisor plans for the future - movie night in February to see Shopaholic and shop crawl in April featuring Canadian designers 16:35 Eden wraps up the interview 16:38 Eden and Connie discuss Podcamp Halifax mentioned: Third Wednesday in Halifax (see also @thirdwednesday on Twitter), Halifax Public Library 17:45 Connie was interested in how the sessions were held in the library 18:38 Michelle Yogis is someone who we met 19:05 The Twitter Song by Michelle Yogis (thanks, Michelle!!) 21:12 Community Calendar - Podcamp London has been added to the list 21:42 Eden wraps us up 22:00 Podcamp Toronto promo by John Meadows Community Calendar:
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Sun, 25 January 2009  We’re at PodCamp Halifax today. Last night we met Michelle Yogis (aka @myogis) at the pre-PodCamp Halifax Tweet-up. When she mentioned she wrote a song about Twitter we were intrigued. She gave us a copy and we’d like to share it with you. Cheers from PodCamp Halifax, Eden and Connie Comments[60] |
Sun, 18 January 2009  We’re taking a break from podcasting this week to prepare for our visit to PodCamp Halifax next weekend. We hope you can join us and if not, we’ll have at least one episode from PodCamp Halifax when we return.Cheers, Connie & Eden Community Divas Category: general -- posted at: 5:19 PM Comments[60] |
Sun, 4 January 2009  Happy New Year & welcome to episode ten!Run time: 24:02 Community Divas on iTunes A podcast about communities and social media tools In this episode: - Connie interviews Dave Brodbeck about his podcasts - Eden has a question about community builders receiving swag for blogging - We update the community calendar We know Dave Brodbeck as a podcaster, but he is also Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Psychology at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Algoma is considered to be one of Canada's northern universities. Dave podcasts at: www.thunderbirdsix.org, www.brocasarea.ca, people.auc.ca/brodbeck/blog, tangentialconvergence. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah. 00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby. 00:19 Summary of this rockin' episode. 00:45 Connie welcomes Dave Brodbeck to Community Divas. 00:58 Dave talks about his podcasts: Broca's Area which he does with his wife Isabelle (hi, Isabelle!). He also does Tangential Convergence with his buddy, Algoma librarian Ken Hernden. Why is a science podcast for kids. Thunderbird Six is an interview show which he does for the university, and he podcasts his psychology classes at people.auc.ca/brodbeck/blog. 02:31 Dave talks about how he got started podcasting his psych classes, who are listening to his classes, what the university's reaction is to his podcast. He mentions: East Meets West podcast. 06:40 Reaction of his students to having the lectures podcasted. 07:30 Dave talks about his science podcast for kids, Why. He mentions: K7 numbers, Scholastic Magazine. 10:24 Who have been inspired by Dave's podcasts? He mentions: Podcastra (now defunct), his presentation at Podcasters Across Borders 2008 (a must-listen!) 12:27 Dave riffs on the benefits of the podcaster community. He mentions: Scarborough Dude who does the dicksnjanes podcast, Tom Merritt of CNet, Real Deal podcast. 14:10 Eden has a question about community builders receiving swag for blogging. The question arises following Chris Brogan's recent blogging on Dad-o-matic in which he received money to spend at K-Mart (that blog post is here). Should someone known for community building be accepting gifts for the purposes of blogging? Eden has done similar things to try out products for her personal blog Bargainista.ca. Connie has only received books that people have hoped she would blog about on her law librarian blog http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com. Where is the line? How does one maintain balance? How do you maintain the trust of your readership? Eden and Connie mention: Ford Flex posts, Bargainista post on post on TaB energy drinks, a Molson beer tasting event. We are interested in your opinion! See also Chris Brogan's blog post Advertising and Trust. 22:26 Community calendar. Please feel free to send us your events to add to the calendar! 23:10 Eden winds up the episode. Community calendar:
Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required. Photo credit: Bob Goyetche (made available under Creative Commons). Comments[78] |
Fri, 19 December 2008  The excitement (a.k.a. craziness) of the season has taken over, and we have decided to take a break from podcasting this weekend. Our next episode won't be for another week or two.In the meantime, we wish you, your friends, family and others in your communities all the best of this holiday season! Cheers, Connie & Eden Community Divas Photo: adapted from Jiazi's Statue of Girl & Dove on Flickr, available for use and adaptation under Creative Commons when attributed. Category: general -- posted at: 9:59 PM Comments[67] |
Wed, 10 December 2008  Following this week's Community Divas episode, Amrita Chandra has continued the discussion over on her blog tinku tales. She expands on her ideas about community building and how she is building community around tinku gallery. A quick take:
Thank you for continuing the conversation, Amrita! Category: general -- posted at: 10:41 AM Comments[59] |
Sun, 7 December 2008  Welcome to episode nine!Run time: 16:02 Community Divas on iTunes A podcast about communities and social media tools In this episode: - Eden interviews Amrita Chandra of tinku gallery - We talk about community building events - Have a bit of a community calendar Amrita Chandra is the Founder of tinku gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Toronto, representing emerging and mid-career artists from across Canada and the U.S.Her website is http://www.tinkugallery.com/ and she blogs at http://tinkutales.blogspot.com/. 00:01 Intro by Jay Moonah 00:09 Eden Spodek and Connie Crosby 00:15 Summary of today’s episode 00:36 Eden welcomes Amrita Chandra. 00:44 Where did the idea of tinku gallery in Toronto came from? 01:31 Why is community building important to the success of an art gallery? 02:19 Building relationships with customers and artists. Amrita talks about the blog she created to start. 03:08 Other online tools she is using: Twitter and Facebook. She has found that Twitter and the blog have been the best tools for building community. 04:00 On Facebook she started with ads and a page. 04:45 How long did it take to build awareness for the gallery? 05:22 Word of mouth has been important to her. 05:35 Comparing on-line and off-line community building, she has found them to be similar. With on-line she has been able to reach people further afield geographically. 06:24 She has not seen a lot of commercial art galleries doing this kind of community building yet. 06:57 She has learned from the past that you need to be yourself, you need to be authentic. You also need to be a very good listener. People who are listened to and given a voice tend to have the most engagement. 07:53 Her plans for the future: using the gallery to still make art accessible to those who would like to purchase it; holding more salon type events at the gallery in which people can talk, making it a focal point for the neighbourhood. 08:48 Eden winds up the interview 08:59 Eden and Connie discuss using face-to-face events to reinforce online communities. Eden uses HoHoTO, a party created by the mesh guys which is also being used as a fundraiser for the Daily Bread Foodbank, as an example (see the HoHoTO Facebook page). Eden mentions Viigo as one office using it as their annual seasonal party. Connie talks about a question that came up at Sustainability Camp, whether on-line social networking tools can replace in-person interaction. 14:13 Community calendar 15:07 We would like to hear how you are keeping connected between events. 15:17 Eden winds up the episode. Community calendar:
Our cool theme music “Get Out of My Face” is by Uncle Seth and is from the Podsafe Music Network. We hope to hear from you! Send your comments to communitydivas@gmail.com or post them on the blog at communitydivas.com. Follow us on Twitter, our Facebook page or our FriendFeed room. Some registration may be required. Direct download: Episode_9__Amrita_Chandra_of_Tinku_Gallery.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:08 PM Comments[66] |
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