VIDEO: Takeaways from "Social Media Realities"

May 7, 2009

Yesterday, I gave a presentation for the PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) Silicon Valley chapter entitled, “Social Media Realities…What They Don’t Tell You.” The presentation essentially focused on the “media” part of “social media.” My annoyance with most social media consultants and general discussion of social media is the talk is mostly about distribution […]

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Top 10 VIDEO: The real value of VoIP conference calling

May 7, 2009

More than a year ago I produced and appeared in 21 advice and “how to” videos for AllBusiness.com on a variety of different topics: Dave on Security Dave on Social Networking for Business Dave on Document Management Dave on VoIP Even though it’s been a year, I just found out that one of my videos […]

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VIDEO: Purim Follies Game Show – Lying Rabbis

May 4, 2009

Here’s another game show I hosted at the Purim Follies, that silly variety show I host at my synagogue (Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, CA). The game is a cross between “To Tell the Truth” and the “Bluff the Listener” game on “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.” Each of the rabbis is telling the same […]

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VIDEO: The Newlywed Game-Shul Edition

May 3, 2009

For the past six years I’ve been involved in a silly variety show at my synagogue (Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, CA), called The Purim Follies. Every year, the show gets better and better. Here was one of the more successful bits we did, a game show, The Newlywed Game, Shul Edition. Watch and be […]

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Improv Confessions of a Stand Up or Why Won’t Improv in Chicago Die?

April 30, 2009

Foreward What follows is an article I wrote more than 12 years ago. I estimate I wrote this back in 1997. It was originally published on my personal site which I no longer update. Over the past dozen years, I’ve seen this article become required reading for improv classes, it’s been posted up on multiple […]

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Discussing social networking success stories with Curtis Sliwa

April 30, 2009

After the publication of my Mashable article “12 Inspirational Stories of Successful Social Networkers” (plus two bonus stories), I made another appearance on the Curtis Sliwa Show (WABC Radio). It’s a short segment and I only really got to talk about two stories, but it’s funny the tangent that Curtis goes off on. Caught me […]

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Two more inspiring stories of successful social networkers

April 27, 2009

This article is an addendum to a piece I wrote for Mashable entitled, “12 Inspiring Stories of Successful Social Networkers.” If you haven’t read that piece yet, read it first, and then come back and read the bonus techniques. Here are a couple more great techniques for growing your social network and the stories of […]

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KQED-Oracle buys Sun Microsystems

April 25, 2009

Here’s my appearance from last night on KQED’s “This Week in Northern California” where I talked about Oracle purchasing Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion. For a bigger version in HD, go here and click on the “HD button” in the lower right corner of the screen.

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WABC Radio: Facebook addiction, cybersecurity, and Google Me

April 25, 2009

Thursday night I made an appearance on the nationally syndicated Curtis Sliwa Show (WABC Radio in NYC) and we discussed a mishmash of different tech related issues: cybersecurity, Facebook addiction, and Google Me. (Time: 15:10). Download or stream. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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"Jump in My Car" The original and the Hasselhoff version

April 23, 2009

Major props to @russ61 for alerting me to the original version of “Jump in My Car” by the Australian pub rock band, The Ted Mulry Gang. The song was originally performed back in 1975. I had mentioned the more recent David Hasselhoff version when I made an appearance on this week’s episode of Cranky Geeks […]

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