Working on the Dubai International Film Festival is as exhilarating as it is exhausting. My main role has been to manage real-time updates from the festival, i.e. live-tweet /Facebook from the event as much as possible. Fun, eh? Anyhoo, with a million things happening at the same time, my responsibilities extended into doing anything needed [...]
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Bachchan struck at Dubai Film Fest
Posted in blogging, Events, movies, news, personal, Social Media, Uncategorized, tagged Amitabh Bachchan, Dubai film festival, film, UAE on December 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Radio interview: Nightline Dubai
Posted in opinion, personal, Social Media, thoughts, tagged Adwomen, communications, dubai, radio, show, UAE on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago, I had the privilege to be on Nightline Dubai with James Piecowye. For those of you who are not familiar with the show, it’s a talk show that airs Sunday – Wednesday 8-10pm (103.8FM), and covers a variety of subjects. James is a great host and also happens to be one [...]
Dubai Twestival is back!
Posted in Events, news, Social Media, tagged charity, dubai, fundraising, party, Twestival, Twitter on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who missed the first Dubai Twestival (@dubaitwestival) that happened earlier this year, make sure you don’t miss the next one! The Twestival is a global event that unites people on Twitter for good cause. Local editions of this concept will be held in over 200 countries from September 10-13. Here are Dubai [...]
Slides from my talk at Ad Women ME
Posted in Events, news, personal, Social Media, tagged presentation, Shelter, Social Media, talk on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a pic of me in action at Ad Women Middle East. Yikes, I need to practice not closing my eyes when I speak. BTW, I’m not disgruntled; just super-emphasizing a point I was trying to make. I think. Anyhoo. For those of you who are interested, the presentation slides from my talk are now [...]
Adwomen Middle East: Session and Talk
Posted in Events, life, personal, Social Media, tagged event, networking, presentation, speech, talk on May 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few days ago, I had the privilege of speaking at a session of Adwomen Middle East. Social media being one of the most talked about subjects today, thanks to my blogger background and current position as new media consultant, voila, people want to know what I have to say (ha, figure that!). I spoke [...]
Feedback on BarCampUAE
Posted in Events, life, personal, Social Media, tagged BarCamp, DIC, dubai, event, UAE on May 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
What a great day at the UAE’s first BarCamp. I went grumping because it was early Saturday morning and I just wanted to sleep — but I’m so glad I made the effort. We were about 30 people I’d say. Presentations were planned for the whole day and topics ranged from social media (social media [...]
BarCamp in the UAE
Posted in Events, news, Social Media, tagged BarCamp, DIC, discussions, dubai, Events, UAE on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Those of you who complain that in Dubai people do not get together to have meaningful conversations, stop complaining and make sure you go to BarCamp. Yes, one’s happening in the UAE! For those who are not familiar with the concept, it’s an informal gathering of people at an event where the substance of the [...]
Blogging Hiatus
Posted in blogging, news, opinion, personal, Social Media, thoughts on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My blogging hiatus for the last month or so has been the result of long office hours, and extreme repulsion to my laptop when I get home. When I was a blogger I wrote about 70 posts a month, so perhaps I’m also a bit blogged-out. Today I woke up with an ardent need get [...]
Chat with Scott Monty
Posted in Social Media, tagged brands, calls, Ford Motor Company on March 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A few days ago, being a new media consultant for an agency and all, I got the privilege to be in on a conference call with Scott Monty, head of social media at Ford Motor Company. Having read about him often across multiple blogs as they quote Ford Motor Company being one of the most [...]
Ryan Air Boo Boo
Posted in blogging, news, opinion, Social Media, tagged budget airline, question, Ryan Air, Social Media, travel on March 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Those of you who missed the recent Ryan Air social media engagement blunder can read about it here. Basically, a web developer called Jason Roe found a flaw in Ryan Air’s website which allowed customers to book a flight for £ zero. He blogged about it and Ryan Air lost the plot in their reply, [...]
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