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I want to inform the entire ThoseinMedia community that as of  yesterday, I am no longer involved in day to day business activities with ThoseinMedia.com, this is due to my contractual obligation to my employer regarding my non-competition agreement. This is a very bittersweet moment for me as I feel strongly that ThoseinMedia is on the cusp of creating more value for our members and partners. That said, it is a decision I made, and business must go on. But I don’t send you this message as a notice of the demise of what has been wrought, but rather of some really exciting news for the future.

Phase II of our beta is set to launch next week, which will include a rebranding for the site, some of you may have seen the sneak peaks of the logo I sent out or maybe you are noticing our badge has changed. In addition to our new logo and branding we will be rolling our a new classifieds section. This is a major upgrade, and will allow members to post not only jobs, but also events, press release, resumes, and more, and will serve as a conduit through you can promote yourself, your business, or your programs.

The next phase of development will deal largely with increasing usability for editorial content, and we plan on offering certain contests for the best articles of the month, so stay tuned. ThoseinMedia’s goal is to be the top source for news, opinion, and information for the several media segments across the globe, and we want to do this by featuring what has given us our greatest strength, you. In other words, we envision a largely user driven content provided my media experts from across the globe and across the media spectrum; ThoseinMedia is nothing without those in media.

This is why, as I take leave of my official responsibilities, that want to urge you to begin your blog now and when you have something interesting to share, make an entry. The executive team will be adding more ways to feature this content in the coming weeks and months.

Speaking of which, you should know who to contact moving forward. Soon we will have a more official contact form, but for now the main persons who you should reach out to for information are: Anne Willen, for general inquires and customer service; Lars Hilse, for channel partnerships and sales; and Tiffany West, for marketing and public relations.

I want to thank each and everyone of you for making the ThoseinMedia community such a smashing success, I have taken great pride in what role I played in setting the stage for our community. But as I take leave of the business, I will not take leave of ThoseinMedia, I will still be a very active member, and hope to contribute articles and otherwise be engaged. I am very ardent about what we have wrought together and I’m excited to take on my new role as a super-user.

So this is not farewell, this is hello!

Post originally published in Online Media & Beyond on 2010-07-01 08:55:12

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“How You Can Use Enterprise 2.0 to Accelerate Your Business”

by Dr. Andrew McAfee ( Principal Researcher at MIT Sloan School of Management & Author of ‘Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization’s Toughest Challenges’

When: Friday March 12th at 12-1pm US EST
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Some of the pressing problems & challenges that businesses have been facing for a long time include harnessing & sharing knowledge, making sure it stays current & fundable and reducing redundancy. Enterprise 2.0 is the use of emergent social software platforms within companies, or between companies and their partners or customers to tackle these challenges. The Enterprise 2.0 toolkit includes many different types of interactive web technology such as a blogs, wikis, micro-blogs (think Twitter), social bookmarking tools like Delicious and more.

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- How to profit from Enterprise 2.0 like early adopters such as Google, the BBC and the CIA.
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Recording provided to registrants after the MasterClass.

Tuition: $25 USD

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This program supports with “time, talent and treasure” social educational ventures such as “More Than Words“, an award-winning non-profit that empowers at-risk teenagers by running a book store and online business.

A receipt will be provided for your organization reimbursement for training and professional development purposes.

ThoseinMedia is proud to present this program in partnership with AuthorsGlobe. A venture that educates, empowers & connects a global community with thought leadership. For more information go to Authorsglobe.com

“ThoseinMedia MasterClass Series” presents: “Markets in the Age of the Web: Cluetrain at 10”

By David Weinberger, Senior Researcher at Harvard University and best selling author of ‘The ClueTrain Manifesto’

When: Thursday February 4th at 12-1 p.m. EST (17:00 GMT)

Where: Virtual MasterClass, join us LIVE from anywhere in the world!

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Tuition: $25 USD

About the MasterClass:
Everyone knows that the Web changes everything. But has that much actually changed in marketing? In the ten years since “The Cluetrain Manifesto”, in its obnoxious tone of voice, proclaimed what it thought were the main changes in marketing, what lessons have we marketers learned, and what have we yet to learn? And how do the changes in the past ten years affect modern marketing realities?

In this MasterClass, acclaimed Cluetrain co-author David Weinberger will present markets not just as conversations but as networks, and will assess the role of marketing in a Web 2.0 world. Weinberger effectively predicted ten years ago the impact of the web today. Where will we be in 2020?

This program supports with “time, talent and treasure” social educational ventures such as “More Than Words”, an award-winning non-profit that empowers at-risk teenagers by running a book store and online business: mtwyouth.org

A receipt will be provided for your organization reimbursement for training and professional development purposes.

ThoseinMedia is proud to present this program in partnership with AuthorsGlobe. A venture that educates, empowers and connects a global community with thought leadership. For more information go to AuthorsGlobe.com