Social Media Show 14: Mathew Ingram and Naheed Nenshi

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Host
Karim Kanji - Twitter
Soniya Monga - Twitter

Producer
Stephen Thomas

Episode Description

This Week on The Social Media Show: Mathew Ingram from GigaOm joins in to talk about Mesh Marketing, politics and more, mayoral candidates and their use of social media and a startup spotlight on SpidVid.

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DemoCamp Vancouver 12 - Wed, Nov. 3

Nadir Mohamed. CEO of Rogers, Wed. Nov. 3 at  1145am - Driving Canada’s Digital Future. Toronto at Sutton Place Hotel.

Mathew Ingram to join us to chat about mesh marketing.  We chatted about mesh, journalists - old school and new, social media, politics, trusted media + future of journalism.   We also chatted about his thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell’s assertion that social media has zero role to play in social change.  You can read Malcolm’s original article here http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell

Calgary Mayor Nenshi and his use of Social media - was it social media that helped him win, or is it not about the medium but about the message?
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Nenshi+social+media+purple+pandemic/3715135/story.html
http://www.melfortjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2817416
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/social+media+work/3725620/story.html 

Spotlight on Startups

• Spidvid - Spidvid is a social platform that empowers video creators/filmmakers and other like-minded individuals to connect, form production teams, collaborate on projects, create and distribute content, and automatically give credit and compensation back to each team member involved. Teams can include members from any location and be formed locally, nationally, or globally.

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