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Video: Talk at Personal Digital Archives 2011 at the Internet Archive (24 February 2011)

March 21st, 2011 · No Comments

I gave a talk at the Personal Digital Archives conference held at the Internet Archive in San Francisco, California on 24 February 2011.  The videos of the talks at the event are now available from the Internet Archive web site. Here is a NodeXL map of the connections among the people who tweeted the term PDA2011 OR PDA11: [...]

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Tags: Common Goods · Conference · Foundation · Measuring social media · Metrics · NodeXL · Research · SMRF · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Talks · Visualization

March 14-15, 2011 – Talk at Predictive Analytics World – San Francisco – Social Data: Advanced Methods – Social (Media) Network Analysis with NodeXL

March 14th, 2011 · No Comments

I will be speaking at the next Predictive Analytics World in San Francisco– March 14-15, 2011 about measuring and mapping social media networks with NodeXL: Social Data: Advanced Methods – Social (Media) Network Analysis with NodeXL www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/sanfrancisco/2011/agenda.php#day2-13a Networks are the common data structure that unify the otherwise diverse range of social media services. In this [...]

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Tags: Conference · Foundation · Measuring social media · Metrics · NodeXL · Research · SMRF · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Talks · Visualization

11 March 2011: San Francisco – Future of Networks event

March 5th, 2011 · No Comments

On 11 March 2011, I will be speaking at: Organizational and Social Media Network Analysis: Next Practices in Organizational Networks, Analytics and Media Along with Valdis Krebs, Chief Scientist, http://thenetworkthinkers.com/ Valdis will be speaking about Organizational Network Analysis - Introduction to Enterprise Networks, followed by a InFlow 3.1 Workshop: Social Network Analysis with InFlow 3.1 I will be speaking about Social Media Network Analysis with NodeXL. Preservation [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Companies · Conference · Connected Action · Foundation · Industry · Measuring social media · Metrics · NodeXL · Research · SMRF · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social Network Analysis · Sociology · Talks · Twitter · Visualization

10 March 2011: USC Marshall School of Business: Communication Technology Executive Roundtable

March 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Institute for Communication Technology Management http://www.marshall.usc.edu/faculty/centers/ctm/events On March 10th, 2011 I will speak on a panel at the USC Marshall School of Business Institute for Communication Technology Management Executive Roundtable. TIME: March 10th, 11:00 AM LOCATION: Davidson Conference Center, USC Campus, Los Angeles, California TITLE: “Digital as Platform: Cloud, Apps & Mobile Networks” Moderator: Sherri [...]

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Tags: Conference · Connected Action · Foundation · Industry · Measuring social media · NodeXL · Research · SMRF · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Sociology · Talks · University · Visualization

November 8, 2010 – Seoul, Korea: 3rd International Conference on Digital Culture

November 6th, 2010 · No Comments

On November 8th, 2010 I spoke in Seoul, Korea at the 3rd International Conference on Digital Culture on the topic of “Smart Society and Civic Culture“. 2010-November-8-NIA – Smart Society and Civic Culture – Marc Smith View more presentations from Marc Smith. Several of my colleagues also spoke at the event, including Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki from [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Common Goods · Community · Conference · Cultural Representations · NodeXL · Research · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Social Theories and concepts · Talks · Visualization

29 and 30 September 2010 – Mobile Web in Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa (#MWA10)

September 24th, 2010 · No Comments

I returned to South Africa to attend the 2010 edition of Mobile Web Africa, a conference focused on the remarkable adoption and development of mobile networks and technology in Africa. The conference took place on 29th & 30th September 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa. I presented a workshop on social media network analysis, see: http://www.mobilewebafrica.com/marc-smith-workshop.php [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Common Goods · Community · Conference · Connected Action · Measuring social media · Metrics · Mobile Devices · Mobile Social Software · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Social Roles · Sociology · Talks · Visualization

September 23-24: UC Davis: SNA Training Workshop

September 21st, 2010 · No Comments

I will present a workshop on NodeXL at the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center‘s Community Engagement and Social Network Analysis workshop on September 23rd, 2010. Registration. CTSA Community Engagement and Social Network Analysis Workshop September 22-24, 2010 University of California Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center Sacramento, California OBJECTIVES Understand the basic concepts, [...]

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Tags: Measuring social media · Metrics · NodeXL · Research · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Talks · University · Visualization

Book: Flier and Cover Art – Analyzing social media networks with NodeXL: Insights from a connected world

June 19th, 2010 · No Comments

Cover art and promotional flier for Analyzing social media networks with NodeXL: Insights from a connected world.

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Tags: Book · Collective Action · Common Goods · Community · Connected Action · Maryland · Measuring social media · Metrics · Network clusters and communities · Network data providers (spigots) · Network metrics and measures · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · Performance scale parallel and cloud computing · Research · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Social Roles · Sociology · University · User interface · Visualization

May 23, 2010 – Tutorial: NodeXL and Social Media Network Analysis at ICWSM 2010

May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Fourth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-10) May 23-26, 2010 George Washington University, Washington, DC Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence The ICWSM 2010 conference starts Sunday.  This is a very high quality conference on the study of social media.  My colleague, Professor Derek Hansen, and I will [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Common Goods · Community · Conference · Connected Action · ICWSM · Maryland · Measuring social media · Metrics · Mobile Social Software · Network clusters and communities · Network data providers (spigots) · Network metrics and measures · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Social Roles · Social Theories and concepts · Sociology · Talks · Visualization

May 21st, 2010: Social Graph Symposium

May 7th, 2010 · No Comments

On May 21st, I will speak at the Social Graph Symposium in Mountain View, California along with Sharad Goel – Research Scientist at Yahoo and DJ Patil – Chief Scientist at LinkedIn. The Social Graph Symposium brings together academics, experts, influencers, executives, and other prominent figures with an interest in social graphs. The event is centered [...]

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Tags: Connected Action · Measuring social media · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Talks · Visualization

May 12, 2010: Princeton Club of Northern California – Silicon Valley Luncheon: Making Meaningful Maps of Social Media Networks

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

I will be speaking at the Princeton Club of Northern California on May 12, 2010. Event Date Time Location RSVP Silicon Valley Luncheon: Making Meaningful Maps of Social Media Networks 5/12 12-1:30 Palo Alto Krim Stephenson’97 As more and more of our lives take place online, we leave behind ever more data about ourselves and [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Common Goods · Community · Measuring social media · Metrics · Network metrics and measures · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · Research · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Social Theories and concepts · Talks · Visualization

30 April 2010, Friday – Workshop: Social Media Network Analysis: Next Practices in Social Network Analysis, Tools and Media

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments

I will present a workshop on social media network analysis at the next Network Singularity event at Fort Mason on the Bay in San Francisco on April 30, 2010. Bay Area and Silicon Valley Network: Special Action/Research Event Social Media Network Analysis: Next Practices in Social Network Analysis, Tools and Media Friday 30 April 2010 8:00am -5:00pm [...]

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Tags: Connected Action · Measuring social media · NodeXL · Social Media · Social Network Analysis · Social Roles · Sociology · Visualization

Video: Natalia Martín talks to Marc Smith and John Kelly about Social Media Analysis

April 25th, 2010 · No Comments

I spoke about social media with Natalia Martín Cantero, RTVE blogger and professor in digital new reporting at IE School of Communication-IE University in Segovia, Spain along with my colleague John Kelly, from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University and Founder of Morningside Analytics. The video was recorded at the symposium on Transnational connections: Challenges and opportunities for communication. In this [...]

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Tags: Collective Action · Conference · Measuring social media · Politics · Social Interaction · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Social Theories and concepts · Sociology · Talks · Video

Video: Interviews at IE University Transnational Connections Symposium in Segovia, Spain

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments

In March, 2010 I had the pleasure of attending and speaking in Segovia, Spain at the IE University Department of Communication at the symposium on Transnational connections: Challenges and opportunities for communication. The symposium is organized with Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.  I participated in a video interview with several [...]

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How do airline twitter network maps compare? United v. Delta Airlines mapped in NodeXL

April 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Last week I made a video with Norm Rose from Travel Tech Consulting about the ways different airlines get talked about in twitter.  Norm explores new technologies that impact the travel business and he asked me to create two maps: one for United Airlines and the other for Delta Airlines.  In the video below, we [...]

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Tags: Companies · Connected Action · Industry · Measuring social media · Metrics · Network clusters and communities · Network data providers (spigots) · Network metrics and measures · Network visualization layouts · NodeXL · Social Media · Social network · Social Network Analysis · Video · Visualization