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Social Media Icon: Beverly Robertson on the art of nudging blogs

Beverly Robertson is the national director of the Pregnancy & Newborn Health Education Center at the March of Dimes, where she runs large educational campaigns. Her team answers questions from the public about preconception, pregnancy, preterm birth, and baby care; and they also offer daily pregnancy and baby tips trough Twitter. She twitters at @marchofdimes and

Do-it-yourself listening campaigns for social media

I keep writing about “listening” and “talking” in the public spaces of the internet. You’re taking classes and learning from friends about various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Yelp and others. But if you are getting ready to build a web presence for your business, service, or cause, or simply want to know more about

How Midnight in Paris is like social media

I went to see Woody Allen’s new romantic comedy, Midnight in Paris, over the long holiday weekend and I loved it. During my early adulthood, Paris in the 20s captured my heart and mind unlike any other time. I devoured the writings of that era’s great authors — Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others

Come and get ‘em – summer seminars!

435 Digital offers seminars to help you get started on the social Web. Our seminars run 2.5 hours, are designed for all skill levels and range in price from $50 to $200. All our seminars are held at Tribune Tower in downtown Chicago. Are you a business looking for an affordable way to bring your

Social Media Icon: @Sree Sreenivasan explains the Listener in Chief

Sree Sreenivasan is the Dean of Student Affairs at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, He blogs at Sree.net and his Twitter handle is @Sree. A contributing editor at DNAinfo.com, Sree calls himself a tech evangelist/skeptic. His lists of social media resources and tools are extensive and free. He is constantly updating updating his Facebook