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Author Archives: Paul Wilkinson
tCn is dead. Long live TBCN!
tCn, the Construction Network, the online community launched in March 2010 by Ryan Briggs (for whom I provided some consultancy support; post) has been taken over by London’s Building Centre to form the core of its own construction community-building campaigns. … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, marketing, networks, PR, Web 2.0
Tagged AEC, architecture, Building Centre, construction, Construction Products Association, Construction Youth Trust, engineering, LinkedIn, London, Michael James, New London Architecture, Ryan Briggs, social media, TBCN, tCn, the Construction Industry Council, UK Green Building Council
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Be prepared for online criticism
Thanks to Nicola Reece of Useful Social Media for sending me details of a report plus an infographic about organisations’ readiness to deal with online criticism. The stats and insight are taken from in-depth interviews and a survey of over … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, PR, Web 2.0
Tagged corporate social responsibility, CSR, infographic, London, marketing, PR, social media, Useful Social Media, Web 2.0
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CIOB-backed Designing Buildings Wiki
Some coincidences…. First, the Chartered Institute of Building magazine, Construction Manager, recently published an article by me looking at some of the latest examples of construction-specific social media tools (see It’s Social, but it’s still media). Next, on Wednesday evening, … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, branding, marketing, media, networks, PR, technology, Web 2.0, wikis
Tagged AEC, architecture, BSD wiki, Buro Happold, CIOB, College of Estate Management, construction, Construction Manager, content marketing, David Trench, Development Securities, engineering, Facebook, LinkedIn, marketing, OpenBuildings.com, PR, RIBApedia, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, social media, Twitter, Web 2.0, Wikipedia, wikis, YouTube
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Too many people who do PR still do not understand Wikipedia
Another “Wikipedia edited by PRs” scandal… this time affecting PR folk at RLM Finsbury (a subsidiary of WPP plc).* Today’s Times newspaper reports that Finsbury staff were anonymously editing the English Wikipedia article about billionaire Russian oligarch (and Arsenal FC … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, media, PR, Web 2.0, wikis
Tagged Alisher Usmanov, CIPR, Daily Telegraph, London, PR, PRCA, RLM Finsbury, social media, Times, Web 2.0, Wikimedia UK, Wikipedia, wikis, WPP
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Find me a photographer! – The power of Twitter
After a mix-up in communications ahead of a major client event yesterday, I suddenly found myself without a professional photographer to cover the visit of a government minister and a carefully planned photo-opportunity at the launch of the Association of … Continue reading
Aggregate and engage = Aggregage
Last week I received an email from Nick Makansi of California, US-based Aggregage. The name combines “aggregate” and “engage”, which is what the company’s product does – it “creates online communities by aggregating the most engaging content from the best … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, blogs, construction collaboration, marketing, media, networks, PR, technology, Web 2.0
Tagged AEC, Aggregage, architecture, blog, Carol Hagen, construction, engineering, ExtranetEvolution.com, social media, US, Web 2.0
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Found! Belon.gs
Thanks to a blog post from my fellow PR practitioner friend Neville Hobson (aka @jangles), I learned about Belon.gs, a Finnish start-up that is offering free QR (quick response) tag stickers that individuals can stick to their valuables. I have … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, cycling, marketing, mobile, technology, Web 2.0
Tagged AEC, architecture, asset management, Belon.gs, construction, engineering, Finland, Neville Hobson, Pauley Creative, Pritesh Patel, QR codes, QRpedia
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Announcing the Be2Awards 2012
In January 2011 I wrote about the inaugural Be2awards: the world’s first awards for social media in the built environment (of which I am organiser). These are being held again, and remain distinctly social. Nominations for the BeAwards 2012 (which … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, blogs, marketing, media, networks, PR, RSS, Twitter, Web 2.0
Tagged #SMWBE2, AEC, architecture, Be2Awards, Be2camp, Be2Talks, blog, Building Centre, construction, engineering, London, marketing, PR, social media, Social Media Week, Twitter
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Does Social Media Belong in CAD Applications?
(This is a slightly updated version of a blog post first published on my ExtranetEvolution tech blog.) Via the excellent TenLinks newsletter, I found this Cadalyst article by Robert Green on social media in the CAD workplace. Robert admits he is not a … Continue reading
Posted in AEC, blogs, marketing, mobile, networks, RSS, Twitter, Web 2.0
Tagged AEC, architecture, construction, construction collaboration technologies, engineering, Facebook, LinkedIn, RSS, SaaS, social media, Twitter
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