Tamara Rorrison
Tamara works as part of the External Communications team at Viadeo. She enjoys social media, good writing, travelling and above all food.
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Viadeo takes second step into Africa with new Casablanca office
Morocco, a country with over 13 million internet users and a rapidly growing economy, is the location of Viadeo’s latest office opening. On a continent with huge potential – the combined GDP of the African continent has grown at twice the rate of the developed world for the past decade and is in total larger than either Russia’s or India’s – Morocco is playing its part in finding economic success; its 3.1% economic growth rate in 2010 beat France, the […]
How does an idea start? Walter de Brouwer at #TDC11
For Walter de Brouwer his idea for transforming the way we interact with medical science came on the worst day of his life – when his child was in an intensive care unit. Driven to understand what the numbers and measurements on the various medical displays meant he came to question why we only take such interest and in-depth attention to our health when we are sick or dying. Walter described a medical record in his presentations as “as a […]
We are people of the cloud – Gerd Leonhard kicks off #TDC11
The Thinking Digital conference opened this morning with Gerd Leonhard (@gleonhard) of The Futures Agency sharing his predictions: Interactive television is the near future. TV will be social – feeding data about us and to us, creating more value from our connections to each other Personal data is the new oil of the Internet and new currency of digital world (Meglena Kuneva European Commission) We are people of the cloud – accessing content through Spotify, Instapaper, Flipboard, Netflix, iPlayer etc […]
Networking comes to your desktop
Keeping tracking of your Viadeo network updates alongside tweets and posts from your other social media channels just got easier – Viadeo is now available as part of Seesmic Desktop 2. This means users can: Access their newsfeeds Recommend and comment on posts Post new messages Share updates and articles Cross-post to Twitter Send messages to other Viadeo members View contacts’ profiles and activity This is just the first in a series of steps we’re taking to give you more access […]
Viadeo app for Salesforce announced today
Viadeo is delighted to announce a partnership with Salesforce.com, the world’s leading CRM and cloud computing company. The first part of the integration will be a Viadeo app available at the end of this month via the Salesforce AppExchange. What does this mean for you? This means you will be able to access socially enhanced information about your potential clients, connect with prospects through your network and keep up to date with their status updates and Viadeo network news for […]
Social media and the disappearance of advertising
This was the title of the presentation recently given by Michael Nutley, Editor-in-Chief at New Media Age which probably stopped the hearts of quite a few of the publishers in the room envisioning their revenue streams drying up! The event itself was held by Viadeo as part of Social Media Week London 2011 and centred on the future of advertising in the context of social media – or whether there is a future for advertising… Here are the key takeaways […]
3 Quick Interviews on how the Public Sector is using Social Media from Social Media Week London
On Tuesday Viadeo and Dell hosted a Public Sector Innovation Huddle as part of Social Media Week London. 5 Minutes with Simon Collister, Public Sector and Non-Profit Director, We Are Social We took the opportunity to have a quick chat with Simon to find out his advice for public sector organisations on making the most of social media, his thoughts on the major challenges facing the sector and what the future holds for the use of social media within the […]
From knitting to nudity – key takeaways from the Public Sector Innovation Huddle
4D Group’s lovely basement office provided the venue for the Public Sector Huddle we hosted yesterday with Dell. The aim of the day was to discuss how the public sector is already using social media, the challenges it faces and future applications. Host Benjamin Ellis kicked off proceedings by indicating that instigating change and driving innovation in the public sector will require “burning” current platforms and then introduced the audience to creating their own un-conference agenda – photos from the […]
Social Media and the Public Sector: 5 Mini Case Studies
Viadeo and Dell are hosting two Social Media Week events next week on the subject of social media and the public sector – one is a half-day huddle with various speakers discussing how the public sector is transforming communication using social media and the other is a networking event for people working in the public sector to share how social media is impacting their work. With this in mind, here’s a quick post on how the public sector is already […]
Our Events @ Social Media Week London
Viadeo are delighted to be hosting 5 events for Social Media Week London 2011 – to register your interest for any of the events below just email us. Tell us which event or events you are interested in and how many guests you want to bring and we’ll get back to you with the information. See you there! Public Sector Social Media Innovation Huddle, hosted by Dell & Viadeo London, EC1 Start: Tuesday 08 February @1.00pm End: Tuesday 08 February […]
