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This week, I am heading to Vegas for the 5th Annual Social Media Conference put on by Ragan Communications. This will be my third trip to this event. I keep going because social media is evolving so quickly. There is always something new to learn. I also like this event because, on two previous trips, there were few pat-yourself-on-the-back presentations. Not a lot of "look how good we are at social media." Instead, it has tended to turn into a forum... lots of discussion that turns out to be constructive. A lot of people realizing that while many have established best practices, we all still have a lot to learn from one another. Since last year's event, we've seen the launch of Google+. We've also seen Pintrest come out of nowhere and, seemingly, take all the buzz G+ hoped for. And this little thing called Timeline launched from Facebook. While I am sure the discussion will hit on all of these, the topic I am hoping to bring up - either in a session when it...

I recently attended a fantastic conference on the topic of social media. What made it fantastic? Instead of the usual conference where you show up and listen to people pontificate, it turned into more of an idea-sharing forum. While we were not all presenters in a technical sense, we all ended up participating in the discussion, not just watching and taking notes. Anyhow, a few random observations: One day, Facebook , or a similar as-yet-unknown site, is going to hit a gold mine in that it will begin to assign relevancy to members of your network. Doesn't it suck to sign on and all the updates you see are from that kid you knew in first grade but don't care about now? Of course it does. Because it buries the friends you really care about way down the line. Soon, someone will find a way to change this. And it doesn't take much to see where that could lead... In my business, a lot of people want to post online videos. I mean, all the kids, you know, they're on th...