Author: Matthew Broberg

28 October, 2013 / Podcast

Is English the one true language for the enterprise IT industry? Are languages or physical locations even important anymore? Coming to you live from VMworld Europe, your fellow Geek Whisperers discuss how location and language impact our tribe of social Technologists. We’re joined by two vExperts: Craig Waters, podcaster and Melbourne VMUG…

22 October, 2013 / Podcast

Recorded live at VMworld Barcelona, your favorite Geek Whisperers explore our always-on culture, questioning responsibility in this flat world of ours. We’re joined by special guest Han De Leenheer.   We get into: Disclaimers in social media Always-on representation Does official spokesmanship matter anymore? Career limiting tweets We come out with…

3 October, 2013 / Podcast

In our most confrontational podcast yet, your faithful Geek Whisperers paint a picture of overlapping skills that don’t always play nicely together. Yes, we talk Public Relations and its often tense relationship with Social Media teams. DISCLAIMER: We apologize in advance to our friends in Public Relations. Better yet, if…

17 September, 2013 / Podcast

In our last session coming live from VMworld 2013, your faithful Geek Whisperers explore how Event Marketing and Social Community Marketing works in a symbiotic relationship. We also: Discuss event planning — why we respect those that do it, and why we work closely with them Argue (well, Matt & Amy…

27 August, 2013 / Podcast

Your faithful Geek Whisperers are back together in person! This time we’re joined by Simon Seagrave, EMC’er by day and incredible community contributor on his blog by night. We discuss: Intrinsic vs Extrinsic community The tension between Organic vs Corporate social media John’s VMworld skills How People Platform Process and Product…

15 August, 2013 / Podcast

Your Whispering regulars dig further into how companies run social in this episode. We’re joined by guest Rick Blythe, Lead Social Media Program Manager for VMware Global Support Services,  to hear more about the why and how of his day-to-day. As he says himself early into the recording: “What’s interesting about my job is…

1 August, 2013 / Podcast

The Geek Whisperers are proud to have friend and legendary podcaster Greg Knieriemen from Speaking in Tech. He lets us in on his transition to HDS as an Evangelist. We dig into questions about what he now does, how it’s reported on and how the transition has been for him personally.…

15 July, 2013 / Podcast

Your faithful Whisperers join you for a deeper dive into our organizational design, reviewing both how it lives today and what it could look like in the future. The first most quotable moment came from John when he said: Other key thoughts that came up: Where should Social Media sit…