Tag Archives: Facebook

Face-to-Facebook

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Chris Durso

The cover story in the latest issue of Bloomberg Businessweek is a profile of Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, who’s widely credited with helping the youthful company grow up. And in her free time? She throws meetings at her … Continue reading →

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Convene Reads: The Facebook Effect

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Chris Durso

There’s no way that a book about social networking and technology and social-networking technology wouldn’t unfold in and around a bunch of meetings, and, boy, is The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World, by … Continue reading →

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“Watch Facebook.”

Posted on February 14, 2011 by hslaton

A couple of relevant tweets from Wael Ghonim’s Twitter page. Any meeting professional who has ever doubted the power of social networking should have had their doubts smashed this past Friday, when a popular revolution that began and spread via … Continue reading →

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FaceSkype or Skypebook?

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Chris Durso

Rumors have been circulating for the last week that Facebook and Skype are close to announcing what Kara Swisher — co-creator and co-host of The Wall Street Journal‘s D: All Things Digital conference, who broke the story — calls “a … Continue reading →

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Friending Eventbrite

Posted on March 9, 2010 by bpalmer

Facebook and the online events company Eventbrite apparently are testing a feature that would allow users to create events and collect attendee fees, via Eventbrite, right from their Facebook pages. Eventbrite would send users a check after the event, minus … Continue reading →

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