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Social Media Canada · 2M ago

How Can I Find the Best Candidates for My Game Studio?

If you’re a Recruiter and have ever posted an ad on Craigslist you’ll know that, doing so, garners you a million emails from people who are ridiculously un-qualified. When I was a Recruiter for a video game company in Vancouver, I would post all over the place hoping to get 1 out of 50 applicants [.
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Social Media Canada · 2M ago

Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice. Amazing TED talk

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Social Media Canada · 3M ago

10 Rules You Should Follow For Social Media – Rule #1

RULE #1: DON’T BE A JERK (or The Cocktail Party Test) When social media was the newest kid on the block there was little regard for “best practices” or etiquette. Everyone was just really concerned with “doing” social media, getting a presence out there and hoping for some sort of return. There were
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Social Media Canada · 4M ago

What the Heck Do They Mean by “Social Good”?

Recently I was speaking to a friend of mine who was very put out by the use of the term “social good” to define all manner of behaviour. In particular, he was annoyed that many organizations and charities continually ask for donations under the guise of a socially good mandate. Asking for something
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Social Media Canada · 4M ago

Stephen Harper is Shite at Social Media

If it weren’t for the CBC and McLean’s Magazine, a google search for Stephen Harper would turn up a helluva a lot of negative publicity. Simply by adding one word to the search….let’s say “jerk” the entire search result changes to articles calling him a douchebag and an idiot. There is no love lost,
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Social Media Canada · 6M ago

Wonderful Talk on How You Should Be Engaging Online

Vancouverite Shane Gibson, owner of Socialized.me, gives a great talk here on how to engage on social media in a respectful and relevant way. It’s 15 minutes that will infinitely improve your online presence. ArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayArrayA
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Social Media Canada · 6M ago

TEDx Vancouver Was a Big Hit

On Saturday, November 12, 2012 Vancouver hosted it’s 3rd annual TEDx Vancouver event at the Chan Centre on the University of BC campus. This year’s event was attended by over 1,000 people and was considered, by all accounts, to be a great success. The theme of TEDx Van was “Frontier”. Pretty cool, r
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Social Media Canada · 9M ago

Social Media Week Coming to Vancouver (and other stuff too)

When Social Media Canada first opened it’s doors in 2010 there were no companies standing in line to sign up for a social media strategy. In fact, most Vancouver, BC companies had very little understanding of social media as a means to promote their brand and build their business. We set out to info
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Social Media Canada · 11M ago

Social Media is Going to Bring Vancouver Rioters to Justice!

  After the 3rd period of last night’s Stanley Cup game 7 between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins went to a 3-0 win for Boston I was disappointed. Disappointed but also proud that my fellow Vancouverites showed some class while they cheered on the Boston team’s hoisting of the coveted cu
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