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Each week, the CBC's technology columnist Tod Maffin introduces listeners to new technology, from consumer electronics to the latest Internet trends.

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Taking Crazy Back: The Action Manifesto (or “Why It’s Time to Stop Being So Nice”)

I am sick — SICK!– of endless government study. I mean that literally. I live with a disorder that we would know a lot more about if only government took it seriously and did more than study the problem. On the mental health scale, my disorder is mild. I can function, live a balanced life, and [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His informatio ...

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News report about my “Leading the Facebook Generation” half-day seminar

Here’s how a local TV station covered my half-day workshop, Leading the Facebook Generation, in Medicine Hat last week. What the Meeting Planner Said “This event more than doubled any other event we have ever had so we were very pleased. The feedback from the evaluations provided was very positive… Everyone enjoyed Tod’s sense of humor and [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teachin ...

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Audio Interview: “Friends with Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook”

If you’re a small business trying to find your way around social media, a very solid resource has hit the bookstores. Friends With Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook was written for marketers looking to find new effective ways to sell products and services through social media channels like blogs, Facebook and Twitter. Julie Szabo and [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketin ...

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Audio Interview: Building Influence, Improving Reputation, and Earning Trust Through Social Media

The new book Trust Agents has been generating a lot of buzz. Written by two social media veterans, they show readers how to tap into the power of social networks to build brands’ influence, reputation, and, of course, profits. [buy the book] I had the chance to interview co-author Julien Smith for about 20 minutes about [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millen ...

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Video: Tod In Action

About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major conferences from Stockholm to Sydney, Berlin to Florida, and across North America. Each year, he speaks to [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, ...

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New Video: Tod giving Social Media Marketing presentation

About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major conferences from Stockholm to Sydney, Berlin to Florida, and across North America. Each year, he speaks to [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, ...

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Tod on Tape: A 13-Year-Old Broadcaster

Okay, this ain’t stayin’ up long… but here’s a 13-year-old me at my first radio gig, on UBC’s campus radio station CiTR. Press the blue Play icon below to listen. About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Tea ...

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The JFK Assassination: Me and John F. Kennedy

Forty-six years ago, today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. That much is known. The rest, pretty much, is speculation. When I was 11, I found myself browsing through the used books section of the Value Village in New Westminster, B.C. My eyes stopped on a weathered copy of the Warren Commission findings — [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y ...

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Friend Splitting: Doing Personal AND Business on Facebook

So you’ve got a Facebook account and added a couple of dozen friends. In time, you begin to add some business contacts as well. Since your business contacts can now see your profile, you’re faced with a dilemma. Do you stop posting any personal comments like jokes, updates about your family, etc.? Or do you post only [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Mi ...

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Watch Tod’s ‘SWARM Communications’ webinar

For more information about the full presentation, check out Tweet Warfare: Protecting Your Brand When It’s Attacked Online. About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of Recruiting, Leading, Teaching, and Marketing to Generation Y/Millennials. His information-rich, funny, and fast-paced keynote presentations keep him in high demand at major [...]About the author: Tod Maffin [contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the areas of R ...

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Now watch online! “Swarm Communications: Protecting Your Brand When Good Buzz Goes Bad”

Want to see the whole 90-minute keynote presentation?You are view­ing a selected por­tion of a longer keynote pre­sen­ta­tion I give called “Tweet Warfare: Protecting Your Brand from Online Attacks.” (Clicking won’t stop the video; it will open a new page up.)This keynote is for any pub­lic rela­tions or com­mu­ni­ca­tions per­son in an orga­ni­za­tion or asso­ci­a­tion, or [...]About the author:Tod Maffin[contact] is a keynote speaker and thought-leader in the area ...

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Sample Pre-Event Promotional Video Greeting

This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod.Sample Pre-Event Promotional Video Greeting This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod.Sample Pre-Event Promotio ...

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New: “Managing the Facebook Generation: How to Lead, Inspire, and Retain the Generation-Y Millenials”

I’ve been working all summer on my new H.R. presentation. Here it is! Managing the Facebook Generation How to Lead, Inspire, and Retain the Generation-Y Millenials In this follow-up to Tod’s massively popular presentation Recruiting the Facebook Generation, Tod will show your delegates the eight key ways your business must change if you want to engage and retain [...]This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, o ...

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Behind the Scenes at CBC Vancouver’s new “integrated newsroom”

One of the projects CBC is undertaking across the country is a sweeping “integration” of its news-gathering resources. Rather than having separate newsrooms, assignment desks, and reporters for TV, radio, and web, CBC will now have a single source for its operations. CBC Vancouver just opened its integrated newsroom. Behind the Scenes at CBC Vancouver’s new [...]This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, ...

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Blogathon Vancouver (at Workspace) at 2:30 a.m.

Here are the troopers who were doing their Blogathon things in the wee hours, at Workspace. Everyone’s very, very tired. This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. Blogathon [...]This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entire ...

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What iPhone 3’s Voice Memos actually sound like (not bad!)

Sean Carruthers did a great review of the iPhone’s new Voice Memos application (comes with the iPhone 3.0 software update) the other day. One thing I haven’t been able to find any reviews of the actual audio quality, so I did my own test and I have to say… the quality is really much better than [...]This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back ...

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Flip Mino HD and Flip HD: Review

Click to Play I’ve had a chance to play with the Flip Mino HD for about a week or two now and I’m overall really very impressed. In the end, I prefer my own video editing software than the packaged one, but that’s just personal preference. I really didn’t miss the lack of zoom or [...]

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Mental health advocacy

Audio of an interview I did on CBC Winnipeg’s Information Morning radio show about my own journey through depression and addiction. This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact [...]

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Toshiba Portege R600 Review

This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. Toshiba Portege R600 Review

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Toshiba Portege R600 Review

This is a copyrighted article from TodMaffin.com. If you are reading this on any web site that has advertising, or has this in its entirety without attribution and a link back to TodMaffin.com, please contact Tod. Toshiba Portege R600 Review

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