Social Speech | Social Signal

Maddie Grant of DC-based SocialFish has done a lot of thinking about connecting online audiences with speeches, panels and presentations.

When you want solid advice on social media, backed up by years of experience with both non-profits and businesses, you go to JD Lasica.

And so did I, for a half-hour conversation that touched on everything from why letting your audience see your slides in advance may not be a bad idea, to how speaking and community-building go hand-in-hand.

Listen to JD, then explore these links for some terrific resources:

• JD Lasica: home page, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Flickr, Slideshare - and his Wikipedia entry
• Darknet, JD's book on Hollywood's assault on digital-age freedoms
• Socialmedia.biz, the business-focused social media consulting firm JD founded
• Socialbrite, JD's firm focusing on non-profits and social enterprises 
• The Socialbrite sharing centre, a learning hub for non-profits and changemakers
• Creative Commons and Creative Commons search on Flickr

For several years now, Chris Brogan's blog has been a must-read for anyone who wants to use social media productively.

With this episode, we flip the mic (metaphorically) and talk with someone who's a lot more used to writing speeches than delivering them. That's not to say Ian Griffin isn't at home behind a lectern; he's an accomplished speaker and a skilled communicator.

If you're in the tech industry, you've probably heard his words; Ian has worked in executive communications at Cisco, Hewlett Packard and Sun Microsystems. He's also incredibly generous with his time and expertise, as many Silicon Valley communicators who've attended one of his presentations can tell you.