Here is a shortlist of social revolutionaries. (To add to
this checklist, e-mail
Terri Hardin.)
Confabb : Combines an aggregate database of major conferences, conventions, and trade shows sorted by industry with social networking tools designed to empower conference attendees to improve their overall experience.
Corbin Ball: The website of Corbin Ball, CSP, CMP, MS; international speaker, consultant and writer, discusses a number of tech issues affecting the meetings industry.
Doostang: An online career community that connects people through personal relationships and affiliations.
General descriptions of podcasting, blogging, and social media, go to
Wikipedia.
Miforum: MiForum is an online community where meeting professionals share information, resources and help solve problems. Begun in 1999, MiForum (formerly called the MIMList) is the oldest and most active hospitality industry listserve. Moderated by Joan Eisenstodt, industry guru, MiForum continues to provide discussion about issues involving contracts, meeting themes, destinations and sites, and workplace issues. (Administered by Nielsen Business Media.)
MeCo: Meetings Community (MeCo) is an online home, where vibrant & dedicated meeting professionals converge to learn, job search, network and exchange ideas about our industry. (description from the site).
MySpace: An online social community that lets members share photos, journals and interests with a growing network of mutual friends! MySpace: “See who knows who, or how you are connected. Find out if you really are six people away from Kevin Bacon.”
Nielsen BuzzMetrics: Uses data-mining technology, research and experience in media measurement to help companies, brands and business professionals better understand the influence and impact of CGM on products, issues, reputation and image. (Like SM, BuzzMetricsis a division of the
Nielsen Company.)
Second Life: A 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of more than nine million residents from around the globe.
YouTube: Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.