Live Podcast: Augie Ray, Former Senior Forrester Research Analyst and Future Executive Director of Community and Collaboration for USAA

Augie Ray (@augieray) first joined The A-List back in April 2009, before he became a Senior Forrester Research (@Forrester) Analyst, filling the shoes of Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang), who left to become a partner at the Altimeter Group.

Somewhat ironically, the very thing that urged me to ask Augie to join the program back in 2009, was became an object of scrutiny, when Forrester decided analysts could no longer maintain personally-branded research blogs.

Augie seemed to take it in stride, posting his own response to the decision.

When I received my first post since the decision from Augie’s blog, I was thrilled. In it, he explained his decision and his new role at USAA (@USAA). That’s one thing I love about Augie – he always tells you the way it is…

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Live Podcast: Tammy Kahn Fennell, Co-Founder of MarketMeSuite

Alan Hamlyn and Tammy Kahn Fennell

After seeing a big gap in Social Media Marketing tools and realizing she can help small businesses launch themselves into the space, Tammy Kahn Fennell (@TammyKFennell) started Pie Dog Media with Alan Hamlyn.

Today, Tammy joins The A-List to talk about their popular subscription-only social media monitoring dashboard, MarketMeSuite.

MarketMeSuite was the first Twitter application to offer branded tweets and has quickly developed a large following on their own @MarketMeSuite Twitter account. Dont miss an archive of an insightful chat with Tammy about how small businesses can really optimize their social media presence with tools like MarketMeSuite.

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Live Podcast: Beth Kanter- Co-Author of The Networked Nonprofit

Beth Kanter

On the 25th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s only fitting that we focus The A-List today on social good and nonprofits.

The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change

Join us for an insightful hour with Beth Kanter, who returns to The A-List to discuss her highly acclaimed book, The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change.

Beth is the author of Beth’s Blog, one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits.

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Live Podcast: Featured Guest Kailash Ambwani, CEO of Facetime, Enterprise Solutions for Web 2.0

Kailash Ambwani, CEO of Facetime

Join us for an in-depth interview with Kailash Ambwani, CEO of FaceTime.

FaceTime Communications enables the safe and productive use of Unified Communications and Web 2.0, including instant messaging, blogs and social networking.
Ranked number one by IDC for five consecutive years, FaceTime’s award-winning solutions are used by more than 1,500 customers for the security, management and compliance of real-time communications.

Kailash discusses how FaceTime’s products help companies realize the benefits of the “New Internet” while ensuring unified safety, management and compliance.

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Live Podcast: LeWeb 2010 Conference Preview With Loic and Geraldine Le Meur

LeWeb’10 takes place in Paris December 8th and 9th 2010 at Les Docks.

With more than 2,400 Participants from 54 countries, it’s the number one European event about the Internet.

As you probably know, I covered the conference for BlogTalkRadio using Cinch last year and the information and interviews I gathered changed my world view in a positive way the whole year through!

I am excited to hear what’s in store for when I speak with the conference’s Founders and organizer, Loic and Geraldine Le Meur! Remember that The A-List gives you access to the world’s top influencers.

We discuss global entrepreneurship, what the conference organizers hope to do – and that nagging question about the representation of women at LeWeb. Don’t miss the archive:

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Live Podcast: Monitoring Social Media Conference Preview #MSM10

Following the success of their events In London, Influence People is hosting a one-day Social Media Monitoring Conference in San Francisco on 21st October, followed by a half-day training bootcamp on 22nd October.

Monitoring Social Media (#MSM10) will bring together leading brands, PR and marketing experts to discuss the latest ideas, trends and techniques in social media monitoring and measurement. Though a series of presentations, panels and expert-led discussions, we will explore the critical issues that marketers and PR professionals are facing in their efforts to monitor their social media interactions.

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