Spreads Like Wildfire

How to Tell a Trend When You See One

In our hyper-connected culture of touch screens, smart phones and ironic fashion, the act of trend-spotting has become a science unlike any other. Trends pulse through many veins of society, from technology and fashion to financial and dietary—trends inform and perpetuate the taste of the masses.  Having the ability to forecast a trend just before it [...]

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TED = LOK ? Just Canadian and for The Big Tent of Business…

Great talk by June Cohen from TED on its evolvement from conference to platform to spreading ideas. Here are some of my key LOK takeaways: - when content was distributed free - ticket prices for events went up 50% - 700 talks watched 250 million times - magic in the videography - start strong, multiple cameras - distribution - [...]

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Social Media and The Food Industry

Agent Wildfire - Social Media and The Food Industry View more presentations from Sean Moffitt. Here’s my keynote presentation from Infopresse I gave last month “Social Media and the Food Industry” . The toplines: - 16 insights - 6 reasons why your company should lead this effort - 9 Essentials to get this world right - 20 great food examples Let me know [...]

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TrendCity - An Exchange of Ideas, Style and What’s Next

TrendCity takes flight in the third quarter of 2010 bringing something fresh and ahead of the curve to the Canadian cultural landscape. TrendCity exists as an ongoing social media outlet, live event forum, repository for fresh ideas and a community for insightful people focused on what’s next. An invite and referral-only gathering of style-conscious tastemakers, innovation [...]

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The Influencers in the Know - Canada’s Online Headquarters for Cutting Edge Web

We will be debuting The Influencers in the Know - Canada’s Online Headquarters for Cutting Edge Content, toward the end of 2010. In the spirit of its predecessors in the US, popurls , blogs.com and alltop, we want to build the one-stop destination for the best, trend-savvy, influential content on the web relevant for Canadians [...]

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