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Join Passports with a Purpose

November 19, 2008

Do you have a blog for your travel biz? Consider participating in Passports with a Purpose, a travelblogger-driven fundraiser for Heifer International. Get started by signing up for Passports with a Purpose by Nov 28th to join a community of travel bloggers working to end world hunger. Heifer International provides animals and training to help [...]

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“We can do this!” Al Gore Addresses Web 2.0 Summit

November 8, 2008

Al Gore addressed the San Francisco audience at the Web 2.0 Summit with an urgent appeal to assign a purpose to Web 2.0 tools. His address focussed on three themes: the democracy crisis: television has removed the democratic view of truth, and interactive Web TV – (Current tv) has the potential to restore it. the [...]

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Highlights of the first two days at Web 2.0 Summit in SF

November 7, 2008

It’s been an interesting time in San Francisco seeing where the Web is and where it’s going. I thought I’d take some time to drop a few of my personal highlights from the Web2Summit: Change is in the Air Mary Meeker from Morgan Stanley blew people out of the water with 50+ ppt slides in [...]

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What do Lionel, Lance, Al, Elon, Jerry and Mark have in common?

November 4, 2008

That’s right. They are going to be at the Web 2.0 Summit in SanFrancisco. That’s Lionel Ritchie, Lance Armstrong, Al Gore, Elon Musk, Jerry Yang and Mark Zuckerberg. . . among dozens of others discussing how the continually evolving Web will impact a number of global issues. I’m excited to be here for the ride. [...]

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Travel Blogging with Keywords

October 10, 2008

Getting bloggers together with Tourism businesses is a great way to grow tourism in your region with keyword-relevant story-telling. Develop new experiences and at the same time introduce specialists in audio and video production and story telling bloggers and photojournalists to tourism businesses in your region. On Manitoulin Island, we’re growing tourism experiences with a [...]

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Join me for Ontario’s Digital Economy Conference, Oct 1-3, 2008

September 9, 2008

Upcoming Conferences I’m delighted to be hosting Ontario’s Digital Economy in Huntsville, Ontario – October 1-3, 2008. While there are no Tourism Keys workshop events scheduled this autumn, I’m keeping busy with some exciting projects this fall. It all kicks off with this conference that will showcase inspiring ways technology is transforming communities. I’m really [...]

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CCK08: Learn Connectivism by Connecting Online

September 5, 2008

Click To Play Rodd and Todd Lucier chat about CCK08 What is Connectivism? A theory of networking and learning where self-organizing groups learn and teach one another with appropriate technologies. The online course presented by University of Manitoba is open to anyone interested in how technology helps people connect online. The brothers discuss how course [...]

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Important Sustainable Tourism Conferences

September 3, 2008

Every once in a while I get an email that has information that looks like it is really valuable. Sometimes the information is valuable to me, and sometimes that information is valuable to others. When it’s for someone I know, I take the time to craft an email and send the information along to the [...]

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