Because  sometimes all it takes is a minute. And, really, according to these stats, do you really have another minute to waste?

Questions of the day:

Which of these stats surprise you most? Or suggest the biggest opportunity for you and/or your business?

P.S. I think I might just start developing apps to fund my retirement!

Want your own personalised infographic? Intel has just the tool.

What about me gives you a graphic glimpse into your digi-life.

Here’s mine:

A snapshot of my digi-life

Questions of the day:

 What does yours say about you? Any surprises?

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With the adoption of emerging advancements and the use of new tools comes a resulting lexicon.

Here’s a great post from the fine folks at HubSpot explaining some of the terminology associated with blogging.

Question of the day:

What other terms have you learned/coined through your blogging efforts?

The power of community is here to stay, but it’s  the how, when and where people, brands and organizations choose to use this power that will really change the make the difference.  Is this a fabulous time to be in marketing, or what? As community and conversations evolve, it’s an exciting adventure for us to find our niche in this dynamic process.

Bryan is a social media evangelist and he’s an interesting and very insightful guy who is not afraid to take action on a new idea. , so in the spirit of  building community, I’d like you to meet him. Here’s just a short conversation about one of his key milestones, the development of the social media breakfast.

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Questions of the day:

Who in your network is worth introducing around? And, why?

So, what is an “UNconference” anyway? An UNconference:

• Taps into wisdom of the crowds
• Provides an opportunity for passionate people to share
• Facilitates learning through conversations

It’s different from most conference sessions where you’d have one or two leaders speak and the audience listens, here, it’s the opposite.  It’s the audience who has the floor – participants decide the topics – the content is determined by the wants, needs and desires of those in the room that day.  You can participate as much or as little as you like in the discussions. The UNconference session will be a place for you to exchange your challenges, your victories, your concerns and your lessons learned with a diverse global audience of your IABC peers.

The session is free for conference attendees and will take place over a three hour time period, but feel free to come and participate for however long suits you.

A format skeleton for the session can be found here but, remember, the content will be up to you!

So, at 2pm Sunday afternoon grab your laptops, your mobile phones, ipads (if you’ve got’em), digital cameras, flip video cameras – come equipped with your case studies, your best resources, your stories, your burning questions, your best practices, your challenges and join us for the Unconference. It should be UNique learning opportunity and we hope that you’ll join us to enrich the experience .

In the meantime, if you have questions for the UNconference facilitators, ideas for discussion, want to share your stories, your experiences with other UNconferences, indicate your interest in attending, volunteer to lead a discussion, or just want to join in the conversation, you can find us online at grou.ps page , twitter, and on facebook.

I truly believe we can find wisdom in crowds, strength in communities and insight through conversation. So, join us in Toronto for our UNconference session and experience all three!

We are grateful to IABC for the opportunity to bring you this session. This kind of experience offers the entire membership another chance to “Be heard”.

We can’t wait to hear what you have to say!