The Geek Whisperers Posts

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…

12 October, 2013 / Podcast

The Geek Whisperers try to figure out what LinkedIn is good for. Amy is convinced it’s not a social platform — it’s not the Facebook of Business where people actually engage, but it is a good place to broadcast from. Matt does think it’s a social platform, because everybody has…

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…

27 September, 2013 / Podcast

Our guest: Ethan Banks of Packet Pushers. Our mission: How much is a geek worth these days? Ethan is a blogger, columnist, co-host of the Packet Pushers podcast, as well as being a network architect. There’s a New IT Tribe of technologists who have become social communicators. They do it…

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…

4 September, 2013 / Podcast

The guest: Lauren Malhoit, host of the Adapting IT Podcast, vExpert, Systems Implementation Engineer, and all round smart person. The topic: Is Social Media the Great Equalizer for Women in Tech? Another podcast recorded LIVE at VMworld 2013 in San Francisco!

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…