"This is who we are; this is what we do" - Social Media - an Interview with Tom Raftery

Gerry Gaffney interviews social media maven Tom Raftery.

What does it mean to be a 'social media consultant'? In a wide-ranging discussion, Tom talks about:

• The meaning and relevance of social media
• Whether bus drivers in Cork will use social media software
• Why companies should embrace complaint
  
• Carbon-neutral data centres

Tom's blog is Tom Raftery's Social Media (www.tomrafteryit.net/)

You can follow the progress of Tom's carbon-neutral data centre - the Cork Internet Exchange (www.cix.ie/). Tom's presentation on reducing IT's carbon footprint is online (tinyurl.com/2u5bvz).

Several venues and conferences are mentioned:

Barcamp Galway (barcampgalway.wordpress.com/)
Barcamp Dublin (www.barcampdublin.com/)
Reboot Copenhagen (www.reboot.dk/)
Le Web conference (www.leweb3.com/)
Web 2.0 Expo (www.web2expo.com/)
DLD Munich (www.dld-conference.com/)

Duration: 23:17
File size: 8.2MB