See you in the .. FUTURE

Today we had a special lecture in our social and digital media class that emphasized social capital (check this too) and connectedness through our network we’ve developed in the last four months. It was presented thousands of years ahead of 'now' ... in the future. My HumberPR social media gangsters introduced “Future Camp”, led by Zack Sandor-Kerr and Jenna Stothers, where we discussed how we’ll stay close when our course is done and we are let loose in the real world.

Ideally, I hope to stay connected through the random phone calls and texts that we share, but also to utilize some of the social media platforms we’ve discovered to keep in touch. Our Facebook group will remain; we’ve also developed a new Twitter hashtag (#) that we could use to mobilize monthly events. Our favourite, Why Not Wednesdays will be converted into the hashtag #YnotW.

With another semester ahead of us, I’m sure the sinking feeling of our time together coming to an end will hit in the not too distant future… But I feel confident I’ll be able to reach out whenever, wherever, to the future generation of PR practitioners and the current best buds in the universe. Good luck to all and don’t forget… @JaymesBeatty.

Special Shout-Outs to HUMBER ON TWITTER! (click to connect to their fantastic blogs)

Patrick @PatHPR
Jeff @ChefDeafJeff
Sarah @LatishaFlash
Zack @ZackSandorKerr
Jenna @Jenna Stothers
Sarah @SarahLongPR
Laura @LauraTeed
Kathleen @KathleenNapier
Kiel @KielCulture
Amanda @AmandaLeone
Deborah @DeborahWaines
Zofia @ZofiaSzaflarska
Ben @BWylie1
Michael @MichaelCayley / @MemeticBrand


and follow the trend #humberpr #YnotW

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RISK: my game in photos

RISK... quite possibly my favourite board game of all time! Who doesn't like a game based around world domination?? No friend of mine. Here are my tactics through 12 pictures - taken after my turn was completed. I'm the Blue Team ~ The Africans are strong.

Charlie is Red, Grey is Steve and Black is Aaron... like his soul. As you can see, I'm concerned with Brasil, Southern and Western Europe invading N.Africa and Egypt :( no bueno.

I make my move into the Middle East Into INDIA! Building up a massive defensive shield to protect Africa from invaders! Fortify! Things are coming to a boiling point... It fcuking GO TIME! Africa is like a compressed spring. Population of the world takes a hit... Blue Empire is RUTHLESS.I took a run at it. My quest to defeat ended in Iceland. I had broken all networked alliances. With so many troops I had to make a move... plus it was getting late.

The results... the Blue Empire is stretched too thin and everyone around the world is dead. Blue influence has extended from Africa to modern day Vietnam and throughout Asia, Russia and Europe.

Nobody wins due to de-motivation.