Speaking About Social Media
Last week, I was invited to participate on a panel for a “Social Media Boot Camp.” I was asked to present material from my blog and answer appropriate questions from the audience. The event was jointly sponsored by the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce and the Ridgefield Library.
Joining me on the panel were Maria Miranda of Miranda Creative, a social media-based advertising and branding agency, and Kerry Anne Ducey, the author of Talk of the Town, the popular blog about the town of Ridgefield.
I was pleased to learn that the turnout was the largest the Ridgefield Chamber had ever seen at an event like this. There was apparently great local interest in the topic of the escalating field of social media.
Although I was a featured guest on the panel, I learned a great deal that morning. There are scores of social media vehicles emerging every day, and the tools and methods available are overwhelming. As an attorney, however, I recognize that these amazing capabilities raise an array of issues that test our laws and create opportunities for conflict. Privacy issues are of course inherent with anything online, but there are questions about content control and ownership, defamation, litigation impact and employment practices, among others.
I understand that the attendees left with a great deal of knowledge and even more questions than we had time for. The one question most had was, “can you do this again?” My thanks to the Chamber and Library for giving me the opportunity to participate in a very educational and useful event.
