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LEFT BEHIND: The Painful Price of Not Keeping Up With Technology

November 30, 2010 8:38 pm
Technology Social Media Expert, Gina Schreck, Technology TrendsAlthough a Nielson study showed that those 65 years and older pick Facebook as one of their top internet destinations, I believe it is because they are trying desperately to access their family that left them in this foreign land so they can slap them!

Virtual Events for Business: What are they and how are they different?

September 7, 2010 4:56 pm
Gina Schreck, Social Media for Business, Virtual events, technology speakerWhen you hear the words “Virtual Events” or “Immersive Environments,” what comes to mind?  Geordi from Star Trek? Perhaps a giant question mark since they sound so foreign? Many of us participate in virtual events regularly via webinars and streaming video events, and if you want to get technical, even a conference call is a… View Article

The Controversy Around the Digital Divide

August 4, 2010 11:44 am
Technology Speaker, Social Media Expert, Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants I grew up with 3 TV channels (not including the mysterious UHF channels which never had anything of value to a kid), I was the remote control.  I played records not MP3 files, on my Fisher Price record player.  The only phone we had was one with a very long cord that could be pulled… View Article

Why Your Learning Event Needs Twitter

August 3, 2010 11:56 am
Twitter training, Technology Speaker, Social Media Expert, Gina SchreckMost consider Twitter a marketing tool, or probably more accurate is that most consider Twitter a tool for blathering about what you are watching on television or eating for lunch, but I believe it is one of the best learning and post conference accountability tools I have seen.I recently spoke at a marketing conference that… View Article