Berlin

How social media is leading us to a strange state of immortality (A refined transcript of my opening address at Social Media Week Berlin, Sept. 20) Normally a conference organizer gets on stage to tell you about all the amazing speakers they have lined up for the week. But I’d like to tell you about…

One SMW event that was quickly booked out was “Social Media Overload: Internet Time Wasters”, a workshop by Nadja Sayej. Nadja explained some old-fashioned tricks to cutting back on your social media addiction. If you missed out on a seat at the workshop, here’s your chance to audit the class! Nadja has posted an audio…

Social Media Week Berlin 2011 was a huge success, with over 5300 participants registered at 66 events at 10 locations across the city. There were many highlights, including Gabe Zichermann’s entertaining talk on “gamification”; an emotional retelling of the Egyptian revolution by blogger Ahmed Abdel Alim; and an insightful political explanation of the rise of…

The best way to get a job in social media is to start participating in online communities of start-up companies. That’s one of the insights to emerge from a week of career-related events at Social Media Week Berlin, which heard from a variety of speakers about how to enter this emerging industry. The conference heard…

Wer in zu Besuch auf der  Social Media Week Berlin ist, sollte am Freitag die Augen offen halten und nach blauen Ballons ausschau halten, die durch die Straßen von Berlin fliegen. Nokia, der Unterstützer und weltweite Sponsor der Social Media Week wird Berliner glücklich machen! Zum Abschluss einer spannenden Woche fliegen am Freitag als Eye-Catcher…