Heartland Equestrian.ca is proud to announce their grand opening and fundraiser event taking place this Sunday, June 13th.  Join us for a day of family fun!

In addition to offering a tour of the facilities, a riding demonstration, the opportunity to meet the ponies & horses and other entertainment, Heartland will be raising funds in support of Camp BUCKO, BUrn Camp for Kids in Ontario.

Hands on Workshop to Build the Perfect Blog and Facebook Business Page

Date:
Thursday, June 17, 2010 from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM (ET)

Location:
Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel
50 Brady Street
Sudbury, Ontario P3E 1C8
Canada

For more information click here

It is with regret that I must share Ning’s intention to phase out their free offering. They have announced that all network creators will receive a letter in July giving Ning network owners 30 days to convert their communities into one of three paid packages ($2.95-49.95/month) completely changing the offerings/pricing structure they marketed to us originally.  Am I reading this right????

In their announcement, they say…

Our shift to a paid service model will enable us to focus to a greater degree on enhancing the features, performance and services we offer to our paying Network Creators. You’ll immediately see greater control over your network branding, design and member experience.

Shame on you NING!  In as much as I’d planned on upgrading the two NING networks I have not done so far, I do NOT like dealing with companies who change the rules to suit them or having my hands forced. I will not be promoting you moving forward!

What do you think of their approach?  Will you continue using Ning or look for another solution?  Please click on the link and tell me what you’re thinking!

Social media is here to stay and you know it, but how do you persuade those people in your organization that ‘don’t want to go there’? I usually start with one of the slides from my WHY SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTATION…

then follow up with a few arm twisters e.g.

• Facebook Statistics
• LinkedIn Statistics
• Other Social Media Statistics

for the analytic type, or if the crowd can handle the ‘f’ word, I play the following presentation which has great one-liners you could play on…

Would you like help persuading the Social Media Naysayers in your life? Ask me about my WHY SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENTATION !

These Team Collaboration tools are specifically designed for collective message publishing and conversation monitoring by groups. This will allow enterprises and agencies to coordinate their efforts with colleagues and clients without sacrificing control over valuable account info or compromising the timeliness of messaging.

Business and organizations can now assemble specific Teams to manage accounts, topics or projects. Plus, anyone can add their own social networking accounts without an administrator, adding even more flexibility.

Users can also save keystrokes with the highly-requested “Reply to All” option, and can spread messages auto-magically with streamlined adding of RSS feeds to any social network.

via HootSuite releases Team Collaboration Tools for Twitter, Facebook and Social Media platforms | HootSuite blog – Social Media Dashboard.