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#next2009 cooperatve johansen extension russ roberts twitter bob future | eXtension | Thursday October 22, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch
Bob Johansen lived up to the moniker "futurist." Near the beginning of his presentation this morning at the 2009 National eXtension Conference, Johansen said, "Some of the best forecasts are the ones you don't like. The ones that make you...
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sustagchat agriculture social foodchat media twitter youtube payn-knoper food networking agchat | Social Media | Wednesday June 17, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch
On the third Tuesday of each month, #agchat ( http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23agchat ), the Twitter-based conversation of agriculture issues founded by Michele Payn-Knoper ( http://twitter.com/mpaynknoper ) , broadens its focus to to become #foodchat (...
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social web ag google cms training media twitter | CMS | Tuesday June 02, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch
June will be a busy month for technology training. There are a number of sessions, both face-to-face and online, available to faculty and staff in Agriculture and University Extension. This month's training will focus on the new Ag Content Management...
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twitter networking social facebook demographics traffic web | Social Media | Tuesday April 14, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch
Last week, Facebook announced that it had reached 200 million active users (" Facebook Hits 200 Million Users ," MediaPost News, April 8, 2009) . The rate of Facebook growth is even more amazing than the number of total users. Facebook had 100...
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web twitter networking news information social | Social Media | Thursday April 09, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch
Here are 3 reasons you should be using Twitter ( www.twitter.com ). Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that allows the posting and sharing of information 140 characters at a time. If you do decide to get a Twitter account, please follow me on Twitter at ...
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agriculture networking social twitter farming media agchat tweetchat conversation | Social Media | Wednesday April 08, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch
Last night, I joined a number of producers, media and professionals for the inaugural Agchat. Michelle Payn-Knoper (@mpaynknoper on Twitter) has organized Agchat as a "weekly conversation for folks involved in the business of growing food, fuel, feed...
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media hudson social news twitter | Social Media | Friday January 16, 2009 | By Bob Bertsch
Twitter , a free social networking and micro-blogging site, demonstrated its emerging role in breaking news yesterday (1/15/2009) when US Airways Flight 1549 crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York City. Within minutes of the crash Twitter...
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