The Judges: Twin Cities Top Ten Titans In Social Media
I thought this would be a good time to introduce everyone to this years judges for the Twin Cities Top Ten Titans In Social Media. I selected the judges because each one of them is involved in social media in the Twin Cities in a completely different arena. Each on is a total superstar, not just in social media, but in life. Here they are, in no particular order.
CHUCK OLSEN
Chuck Olsen is an award-winning web and video producer, social media pioneer and journalist. In 2007, he co-founded The UpTake, an innovative non-profit dedicated to training and distributing the work of video-based citizen journalists. In 2005, Chuck founded Minnesota Stories, called “one of the best videoblogs” by the New York Times. He is the producer-director of “Blogumentary,” the first documentary film about the rise of political and personal blogs.
In a previous life, Chuck was Senior Web Producer at Twin Cities Public Television where he managed the design, technology, and strategy of the corporate web site serving many audiences. More recently, Chuck worked as a media specialist at Clockwork Active Media Systems. See Chuck’s Minnesota Stories website here or click here to follow him on Twitter.
JACKIE BATEMAN
A twentysomething Minnesota political hotshot, Jackie Bateman is on the scene. She was the Finance Director for Tim Walz during his successful Congressional campaign. Jackie also helped elect Al Franken to US Senate as his Deputy Finance Director. Now as the Finance Director of the Minnesota DFL she is looking for other things to win.
Jackie runs an Twitter account that can be described as interesting, saucy, and sarcastic. She also “ghost” Twitters on a number of accounts from professional to just for fun. I could tell you what those accounts are but I would have to kill you. For work Jackie has to organize a number of events on Facebook and she runs a number of those groups. An expert at running “the numbers” Ms. Bateman knows how to get the people out to your event. Jackie would also like to see Friendster make a comeback. Follow Jackie on Twitter by clicking here.
BRIAN GRUIDL
Brian Gruidl gets around. Between playing in three bands (the Alarmists, So It Goes and Chatham Rise), and managing the email marketing program for Fingerhut Direct Marketing, he uses a variety of tools to keep in contact with friends and industry insiders. While he has a solid understanding of the benefits of social media, he firmly believes that the majority of pedestrian falls now occur because of attention being focused on mobile devices. Brian is a Twin Cities native and currently resides in Minneapolis, but doesn’t sleep much.
As someone who uses social media to promote music and bands in the Twin Cities Brian uses Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace with a specific end goal in mind. As one of the more successful musicians in the Twin Cities he is achieving that goal. Not just sticking to one medium and Twittering as himself and not just his band, Brian is using social media in different way than most musicians. Click here to follow Brian on Twitter.
JUDY GRUNDSTROM: A.K.A. ME
I am a straight shooting, can-do architect who loves to talk with people. If you spend a little time with me, you will discover that I think good architects are simply highly educated “problem solvers” who find creative solutions to meet people’s needs. I have a background in corporate and community branding strategies that assist me in arriving at a powerful and cohesive place making solutions that impacts signage, graphics, public art, and the broad range of elements, materials, and fixtures that constitute the built environment.
This is why that even though I am an architect I have gone like a “fish to water” so to speak into social media. I run a number of different Twitter accounts for private and non-profit groups. I also run about a dozen different Facebook pages and groups for both private companies and non-profit groups. I use social media to reach out to people, spread messages, publicize events, and for public relations. To find out more about me read this blog.
Nominations will be taken through November 25th. The winners will be announced the first week of December 2009.
Who should be nominated? People who you think are movers and shakers in the Social Media world. These people don’t necessarily have to be active across multiple social media platforms, but possibly making a huge mark in just one of them. Look for people who may run a number of different accounts for a variety of reasons and communicate in new ways. These people shouldn’t be run of the mill but people who break rules and innovate with new types of media. People who Twitter, Facebook, blog, MySpace, and everything else under the sun qualify.
How do you nominate someone? Feel free to send me a message via my contact page, drop me a line on Twitter, or post a nomination on my Facebook wall. I will look in all of these places for suggestions so don’t worry that I might miss your nomination. And yes, it is perfectly alright to nominate yourself. In fact, it is encouraged.
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