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Facebook like a pirate, arrrgh!

Mykl Roventine — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:54:04 +0000

Avast, me hearties! In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I thought I share an easy tip more precious than a hold of plundered treasure. Did you know you can change your Facebook language settings to enjoy Piratespeak on your profile, navigation and notification emails? It’s perfect for making you feel like less of a landlubber today or throughout the year.

Simply click the link next to the copyright notice at the bottom of any Facebook page, then choose English (Pirate).

Then prepare to be boarded as your entire Facebook experience is transformed before you can say, “shiver me timbers!”

Design goodness: I want my life back!

Mykl Roventine — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:14:04 +0000

I have no idea who created this, but I love it. How many bits of social media logos can you identify?

If Van Gogh used social media

Mykl Roventine — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:22:56 +0000

(via Salon)

“Facebook: Let’s get down to business” presentation

Mykl Roventine — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:25:27 +0000

Facebook: Let’s get down to business

Here’s the presentation on using Facebook for business that I gave this evening at KaneCamp. Thanks again to Kane Consulting for the opportunity!

Facebook Status-Off

Mykl Roventine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:56:26 +0000

Incredibly funny, vaguely NSFW (at least without headphones).

Long live the fabric of honor!

Social Media Breakfast – Minneapolis/St. Paul 17 Podcast

Mykl Roventine — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:24:37 +0000

Nonprofits and social media have been a popular discussion topic recently. The next Social Media Breakfast – Minneapolis/St. Paul on 7/31 will explore this topic with a rockstar panel: Meg Canada (Hennepin County Library), Sarah Burt (Office of Congressman Ellison), Lindsi Gish (Second Harvest), Dania Toscano Miwa (Great Plains Institute), Ashley Schweitzer (Nonprofit Assistance Fund), and Diane Tran (Catalyst).

The lastest SMBMSP podcast (produced by BellaMedia) features a great conversation about the topic with the panel participants, Rick Mahn, Brad Bellaver and myself. I was pleased to be able to contribute a little to the discussion in my capacity as a board member of local nonprofit, Cheerful Givers.

Friday’s event did sell out quickly, but feel free to follow along with the live stream on Friday, 7/31 8-10 a.m. CST: http://www.livestream.com/smbmsp

Flickr and Twitter sittin’ in a tree

Mykl Roventine — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:58:24 +0000

Two of my favorite social neworks are now closer than ever before. Flickr2Twitter was announced today and I couldn’t be more excited.

While I’ve been a fan of Twitter photo sharing services like TwitPic, I’ve never liked the quality of most phone cameras. Being able to share these fuzzy, lower resultion images with the world wasn’t that appealing to me. Flickr2Twitter has this function too of course. However, it’s the ability to post photos directly from Flickr to Twitter with the virtual press of a button that I find most appealing.

Setup is quick and painless. Once complete, you simply click the “blog this” button above your photos. You even get the option to edit the content of the tweet. The link uses Flickr’s own URL shortener.

I think this is useful and smart addition to the Flickr experience. I’d love to hear about other people’s experience and opinions of this new feature.

Facebook & LinkedIn Jump Start Presentation

Mykl Roventine — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:44:35 +0000

I was honored to be asked to present today at Social Media 101 – A Beginner Bootcamp produced by Kane Consulting.

Here’s my presentation:

Facebook & LinkedIn Jumpstart

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Supercharged Personal Branding presentation video

Mykl Roventine — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:34:57 +0000

I’ve been meaning to post this for some time now. Here’s the video of Social Media Breakfast – Minneapolis/St. Paul #15. My presentation, Supercharged Personal Branding, starts at 03:45. My slide deck is also online.

Need your feedback on the proposed Social Media Breakfast logo

Mykl Roventine — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:59:56 +0000

I’ve been working with Bryan Person on a logo for the Social Media Breakfast series. It will be customized with each chapter’s city name as well as used for the national web site.

As you may know, I’ve been active in the Minneapolis/St. Paul SMB chapter for the last year or so and its been quite a thrill working with Bryan on this project.

Bryan has posted both potential logos on the Social Media Breakfast blog. Please share your feedback in the comments of that post to help them choose the final logo. They’ll be taking comments through Wednesday, May 6.

Thanks for your help!