It has been an exciting few weeks for me, hence the lack of posts. Ironically, I have been on the computer and engaging in social media a whole lot and that is whee my post begins today.
At the end of May, I had the pleasure of attending the Canada Western Region IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Dare to Lead conference in Vancouver. I recently joined the board of IABC Manitoba chapter (more about that later) as Director of Professional Development, so this conference is held annually for IABC leaders in BC, AB, SK and MB.
On my first day there, I decided to take a walk down Robson to do a little shopping. As I approached the Roots Clothing store I saw a crowd gathered outside, most of them with their phones up in the air. I got excited and immediately whipped out my phone too and held it up. without even knwogin who it was. I thought, this ia Vancouver, I'm sure it someone famous. Steve Nash maybe I thought. Or Bif Naked or Nelly Furtado who call BC home. I couldn't see anything so made my way to the very front of the crowd and walked right into -Bill Clinton! His body guards surrounded him, but he was stoipping to take pics and shake hands. I snapped a quick shot of his profile and walked away, not beliveing my luck. In fact, after I snapped my pic, he tunred around and I was so emabrassed I'd held my camera right in his face I just rturned away even though he greeted everyone right where I had stood. I went into my destination, La Vie En Rose, and came back out. He'd moved around the corner of the street, still followed by the crowd so I took a few more pics ad some video.
Then I walked away and tweeted my pic on twitter. Withing an hour CTV BC tweeted me asking if they could use my photo on their newscast that night. I said yes and emiaeld them more pics and the video. After an afternoon of shopping I went back to the hotel and told me friend and fellow board member what had happened. I turned the tv to CTV while we changed and sure enoguh - they broadcast my photo and video!
It was thr highlight of my weekend and hot topic at the conference, espeically in the session we had on social media.
Within an hour of taking the pic, I'd sent it to my sister, my boss, and posted it on facebook. Had I not posted it on twitter, CTV BC would never had caught wind of it and showed it on tv. I wouldn't had my 15 minutes of fame and my story would not have been as exciting.
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