Niki Cheong, a guy I met on twitter helped me once. I was at a hair salon in Bangsar getting my hair done. It was a Saturday and it’s usually a parking free day in my area so I didn’t think of paying for parking in Bangsar. When my stylist told me he needed more time to finish, he asked if I got another hour on the parking meter. I had not fed the meter at all. I quickly ask on twitter if I could get away with it and Niki replied telling me not to risk it. One of the guys at the salon offered to rush down and feed the meter for me and it was just in time.
Twitter has been an amazing crowdsourcing and networking tool for me. I’ve got help from @LonnieHodge in Guangzhou when I wanted to get from Hong Kong to Shanghai on a budget. @Demonick helped me bring a gadget back from Singapore. And when I was shopping for a netbook, people were sending me links to where I might find the information to help me decide. In return, I do my part to help other people with information and I would meet up with them when they visit KL. I had the honor of meeting @mikechapman recently. Mike was a random stranger on twitter. I use tweetdeck and I have a column to catch all mentions of Malaysia. Late last year, right after the US Presidential election, Mike was in Malaysia and he tweeted about Malaysians loving Obama too. I chuckled, tweeted back and asked if he voted. We started following each other and exchanged tweets. When he came back to KL recently, we met up and had a great time talking and exchanging ideas. These are some of my many adventures.
So when Niki, who is a journalist at The Star, organized a talk on social media for the Public Relations Consulting Association titled “Adventures in Social Media” he invited David Lian and me to be on the discussion panel. David and I were asked to share our experience as active users of social media. The discussion would follow a presentation by Michael Netzley and Niki himself. Micheal Netzley gave a presentation which wasn’t too technical or too basic. Niki did one using Prezi which impressed a few people who haven’t seen prezi before.
The view from the stage
I recognized a few professionals in the audience and I was bracing for tough questions. There were almost 200 people in the room and if I didn’t die from adrenalin poisoning, I thought I would die from the stares if I had no answer to a question. Thankfully the questions were easy.
So my adventures in social media has led to an adventure in speaking to a huge crowd. I wonder what else it will lead me to. All aboard? Let’s go.
Michael Netzley’s presentation. Intro:
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