The @CPRSVanStudents event on Social Media 101
I was invited along with my good friend Gus Fosarolli (Marketwire), Natasha N. Davies (Peak Communications) and Dale Tournemille (Coast Capital Savings) to be part of a speed-dating-style series of roundtables (four in total) where we spoke with recent graduates, students and other PR and communications professionals on what we know in Social Media, giving tips and sharing our experiences.
As someone who is an academic and an educator but at the same time a power user of social media, I felt it was important that I volunteer my time to this type of events, because it is by spreading my thinking on social media to other folks that I’ll be able to enhance and further the field (a goal of mine since I arrived into the social media scene in Vancouver).
You can read tweets associated with our conversations by following the hashtag CPRS101SM on Twitter. I will try to do a series of screencaptures as I know that tweets are rather ephemeral and I did not live-blog the event (as I was speaking). I hope everyone found our insights useful! And thanks Nick Seliwoniuk for the invite.
Related posts:
- Does retweeting build community online? Twitter as a real social media platform?
- Social Media 101: A Conversation with Vancouver’s Top Influencers (CPRS Student Event)
- Authenticity, social media and Malcolm Gladwell
- Vancouver Bloggers Meetup and Social Media Club Vancouver Event March 18th
- My recent Social Media Club Victoria talk: “Towards an Action-Focused Agenda for Social Change Using Social Media” (#smcvictoria) @smcvictoria





Thank you, Raul for the help! It was inspiring to hear from someone so unique and fun like you, writing a personal blog that eventually captured Vancouver’s attention! You all taught us a lot, and I’m so glad I attended.
I definitely learned a lot for the event! It was a great way to learn social media…from none other then current professionals!
Thanks so much Raul. It was interesting AND fun talking to you