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Darth Fiddler and His New Violin

June 28, 2011 By @lacouvee 2 Comments

Darth Fiddler is back performing on the Inner Harbour and looks forward to the Victoria International Buskers Festival. We stopped by to visit with him briefly and listen to his music, performed on the violin donated by Larsen Music. For more information on the attack on Darth Fiddler June 11th, see here: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Arts, Community, Music, Twitter Tagged With: Darth Fiddler, Inner Harbour, Larsen Music, victoria bc, Violin

Darth Fiddler and his violin – can we help?

June 14, 2011 By @lacouvee 20 Comments

2pm June 14th, please read below for an update It started as a mention on Twitter: (#yyj is Twitter shorthand for Victoria BC). And before you knew it, everyone was weighing in. Within minutes, we had the official news from the Victoria Police Department via their website. And while the site does not specifically name "Darth Fiddler" as the victim of this assault, nor mention that his means of livelihood - his violin - was damaged, it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social Media, Twitter Tagged With: attacked, Darth Fiddler, Kirsty Sheldon, Larsen Music, Twitter, Violin

Social Media Camp Victoria 2011 #smcv11

June 10, 2011 By @lacouvee 1 Comment

It's a week later and I'm still processing Social Media Camp 2011, #SMCV11, held at the Victoria Conference Centre on June 3rd and 4th. Exhilarating, sharing, connecting, community, fun, generosity, gratitude - these are a few of the words that come to mind when trying to explain my experiences for outsiders. When we live in the "social media bubble" we forget, at times, that there are people who do not know what a blog is, let alone social … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Personal, Social Media, Social Media, Speaking, Twitter Tagged With: #SMCV11, Amber Naslund, bWest Interactive, CBC, Chris Burdge, Hootsuite, Hummingbird604, Idea Zone, Jay Baer, Kemp Edmonds, Miss 604, Paul Holmes, Raul Pacheco-Vega, Rebecca Bollwitt, Social Media Camp 2011, Theresa Lalonde

Most Inspiring User – West Coast Social Media Awards

May 17, 2011 By @lacouvee 4 Comments

I've been nominated for a #Westie (the inaugural West Coast Social Media awards) in the Most Inspiring User category. It's an honour, most definitely. Voting has commenced and will end May 23rd. The top 7 in each category will then be forwarded to a panel of judges who will make the final decision. I struggle with this. Like many I'm not good at "tooting my own horn" and asking for the votes. But, this year especially, there is another … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Social Media Tagged With: #Westies, @airdriehislop, @penmachine, Airdrie Hislop-Miller, Derek Miller, Last Post, Social Media Camp, West Coast Social Media Awards

Social Media and Friendship

May 12, 2011 By @lacouvee 4 Comments

From Flickr: Photo of Raul Pacheco (aka Hummingbird604) and Janis La Couvée at WordCampVictoria May 2010 Whenever people ask me about the return on investment (ROI) of social media, particularly as it pertains to me personally, I'm left at a loss for words. I've had individuals say "I'm not looking to expand my social circles, so social media is a waste of time for me". Fair enough! That was not my case. Widowed in 2001, with children … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, Personal, Social Media, Social Media Club, Tweetups, Twitter Tagged With: #victoriatweetup, Catherine Novak, Dan Parks, Doug Symington, High Noon Hump Day, Hummingbird604, Idea Zone, Joe Solomon, Katharine Holmes, Lorraine Murphy, Mike Vardy, Miss 604, Paul Holmes, Paul Pacheco Vega, Raincoaster, Rebecca Bollwitt, Social Media, Social Media Club Victoria, Tim Ayres, Tim Vickers, Wordspring Communications

MISA BC April 28 -29 Nanaimo BC

May 5, 2011 By @lacouvee Leave a Comment

I've made some amazing connections since signing up for Twitter on April 8 2009. These connections happen with incredible synchronicity, and leap-frogging. Thus it was for Jason Birch and I. Jason works in IT for the City of Nanaimo, his spouse is francophone - this was actually our first "linkage". We share a passion for community, and for "open". Jason invited me to speak to the spring MISA BC (Municipal Information Systems Association of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Citizen Engagement, Community, Personal, Social Media, Speaking, Twitter Tagged With: @kk, citizen engagement, Jason Birch, Kris Krug, MISA BC, Open Everything, Pecha Kucha Vancouver, presentation, Social Media, speaking engagement

#ReadUp Tweetup for Family Literacy Day

January 30, 2011 By @lacouvee 1 Comment

A huge thank you to Drew and Kate of Tall Tales Books for hosting the #Read Up Tweetup for Family Literacy Day in their store on Saturday January 29th. What is Family Literacy Day? Here's information from the ABC Life Literacy Canada website: "Family Literacy Day is a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 and held annually on January 27. This special day promotes the importance of reading and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Family, Free, Social Media, Tweetups Tagged With: books, Community, Family, Family Literacy Day, free, reading, Tall Tales Books, tweetup

Social Media Year in Review – December 2010 Victoria BC

December 31, 2010 By @lacouvee Leave a Comment

Traditionally December would be a month of planning holiday celebrations! Not for the Victoria social media community. Janine Theobald came to Social Media Camp and Club, and was inspired to create the #twamper drive and tweetup held December 17th at Cabin 12 . Two families were assisted through these efforts. Earlier in the month Alan Smith organized a Victoria event for Help Portrait, providing free portraits for Victoria families and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Events, Outdoors, Personal, Social Media Tagged With: #twamper, Alan Smith, Help Portrait, Herb Lainchbury, Mike Vardy, Open Data Hackathon Day, Social Media, Social Media Club, Social Media Club Victoria, TEDxVictoria, victoria bc, Victoria Figgy Pudding Carolling Competition

Social Media Year in Review – November 2010 Victoria BC

December 31, 2010 By @lacouvee Leave a Comment

It's no secret that I enjoy fine craft beer, in particular Hermann's from Vancouver Island Brewery. It was a pleasant surprise to be invited to the Hermannator launch November 1st. Doug Brown, agency manager of Copeland Communications, brought Jay Baer, author (with Amber Naslund) of the well respected blog "Convince and Convert" to Victoria to speak. Then he graciously arranged for Jay to be the guest at a tweetup November 3rd at the Delta … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Events, Outdoors, Personal, Social Media Tagged With: #yyj, Babes Go Bare 2011, Convince and Convert, Copeland Communications, GIS User, Glen Letham, Hermannator, Jaryd Zinkewich, Jay Baer, OpenGovWestBC, Pecha Kucha, Pecha Kucha Victoria, PKNVictoria, Social Media Club, Social Media Club Victoria, Vancouver Island Brewery, victoria bc

Social Media Year in Review – October 2010 Victoria BC

December 31, 2010 By @lacouvee Leave a Comment

In time for Social Media Camp October 3rd, the Victoriatweetup meetup group launched as a means to promote tweetups that need more concrete numbers for venues. Paul Holmes and Chris Burdge pulled out all the stops for Social Media Camp, with over 450 people in attendance from all over the Pacific Northwest. I was honoured to be included as a speaker " Community Building – Transitioning Online to Offline" along with Don Power and Brenda … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Events, Outdoors, Personal, Social Media Tagged With: #2amt, #poutineoff, #SMCV10, #yyj, @dramagirl, @lifeisafestival, Chris Burdge, Fairmont Empress, Gisela Boenisch, José Albis, Kate Foy, Nanaimo tweetup, Patrick Tussie, Paul Holmes, self-publishing, Social Media Camp, Social Media Club, Social Media Club Victoria, victoria bc

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