Archive for the ‘ News ’ Category

  • The Public Sector Workshop Summary

    For the opening day of Social Media Junction 2, we held a Public Sector Workshop, spearheaded by Simon Wakeman. Simon is Head of Communications for Medway Council in the UK and is considered a thought-leader in online communications within the public sector. He regularly speaks at conferences and blogs on his personal site, which you

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  • Early Bird Special – register by the end of 28th October to get $100 off each day you attend

    Join us on November 16th, as six international speakers share their insights into securing ROI on Social Media Marketing, with case studies from four prominent NZ businesses.
    Attend Lee Odden’s Masterclass on November 17th and learn how to implement a successful Social Media Content Strategy.
    Or register for the pre-conference Public Sector Workshop

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  • LinkedIn: the social network that gets down to business

    Interesting article here on LinkedIn and the numerous ways businesses can put it to good use. Remember, Cliff Rosenberg, LinkedIn’s Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, is speaking at Social Media Junction on 16th November:
    http://tinyurl.com/27shnlv

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  • Securing ROI from social media marketing: 6 international speakers at Social Media Junction 2 on 16-17 November

    After a hugely successful inaugural conference in May of this year, which attracted more than 200 NZ marketers, Social Media Junction returns with six international speakers, 16th-17th November at SkyCity in Auckland. The theme is Achieving ROI in your Social Media Marketing Strategy. US keynote Lee Odden will offer his insights into how to build

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  • Social Media Junction, Round Two: 15th-17th November 2010

    The second Social Media Junction is booked in for 15th-17th November 2010, again at SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland.
    While the May event was a great success, there is always room for improvement and we’ve listened to all the feedback and tried to incorporate it.
    The full programme will be released very soon; however, we can tell

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  • The next event: tell us the speakers you want to see

    We are in the process of organising the next event (TBC on exact dates at this point) and are in discussions with several international speakers.
    But we would love to hear your opinions on the Social Media speakers that you would love to see here in New Zealand.
    Please add a comment below or tweet us @SMJunction

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  • Feedback from Social Media Junction

    We have collated the 130 feedback forms from the conference (approximately 70% of delegates). We used the following rating system:
    5 – Outstanding; 4 – Good; 3 – Satisfactory; 2 – Poor; 1 – Very Poor
    And these were the average scores for the questions asked:

    Was the overall conference relevant? 4.38
    Was the content stimulating? 4.18
    Did the content

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  • Social Media Junction in the Media

    Our speakers from the first Social Media Junction were on a full media blitz this week. See some of the coverage highlights below:
    New Zealand Herald
    New Zealand Herald Online
    Breakfast
    Stoppress
    iJump 
    Don’t forget to check out our resources from the event, with all the photos, video and tweets you could ask for:
     Flickr stream
    YouTube Channel
    Twitter #smj references

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  • Social Media Junction Goes Live

    After many months of debating the name, reaching out to potential speakers, organising the programme and fiddling with the website, Social Media Junction is finally live and ready to roll.
    We talked at length about what programme would offer greatest value to our attendees. It was decided that a one day, multi-speaker conference, followed by a

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