Sunday, February 10, 2008

My ooVoo Day With Kicks Off

Well, it's here! We "ooficially" kicked off My ooVoo Day With... today at noon with the first chat session with George Parker. There are a few additional slots available and I'm working on adding a couple of last-minute hosts that you might want to check out.

Some folks you might want to check out include:

Allan Cox, author of Your Inner CEO
Steve Hall, editor at AdRants
Geoff Livingston, author of Now Is Gone
C.C. Chapman, podcasting at Managing the Gray and Accident Hash (and my former crayon colleague who's now at The Advance Guard)
Erin Vest, political & parent blogger from The Huffington Post and a BlogHer member writing at Queen of Spain Blog
Dave Delaney, who just finished organizing PodCamp Nashville; you can see his stuff at Dave Made That and Two Boobs and a Baby +
Karen Putz, of A Deaf Mom Shares Her World - she just had a major run-in with Steak & Shake that led to a media firestorm

And thanks to a suggestion from Bryan Person, who noted that it was difficult to see who was available on a particular date without checking out each host, I've created this Google Calendar as an easy reference. Please be sure to share it:

If you haven't done so yet, please take a moment to download ooVoo over at the My ooVoo Day With site and sign up for some sessions. I hope you'll be as pleased with your experience as I've been hearing from others.

Reminder: ooVoo is a client of my employer, crayon

Labels: crayon, Google, ooVoo

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At 2/15/2008 7:52 AM, jcpiercy said...: Scott Monty first off hello .
Thanks for the conversation regarding oovoo.com on twitter .

I was very much looking forward to chatting with susanreynolds and cc chapman on there oovoo days.

I was extremely frustrated when oovoo literally crashed ( mac osx)while attempting a discussion with susan .
The next day I set aside time to try to chat with cc chapman again the sound was horrible cc chapman experienced the same issues .

Ive been playing with software since 1990 . Ive built computers and currently using a Mac.
So I understand what "alpha" is .

Im also a fireman for 27 yrs , so things dont always work as planned.
Software isnt perfect and in this case it didnt work .

My feeling is that Id rather see software tested more extensively before being released as "alpha" .

Bring it out when its ready .

John Piercy
At 2/15/2008 10:55 AM, Scott said...: Hi John,

Thanks for giving ooVoo a spin; I'm sorry it didn't work out for you on your ooVoo Days.

If you haven't done so already, please leave some specifics with regard to your problems for the product development team at http://support.oovoo.com. They'll take into account your difficulties as they continue to develop the software.

I hope you'll keep ooVoo in mind as it continues to improve. The goal is to have the PC and Mac versions on parallel development paths within the year.

Thanks again for your candid feedback. If there's anything else you need, please let me know or drop by the ooVoo forums.

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The best way to describe Scott is "Renaissance Man." Friends and colleagues that know Scott from one facet of his life are very frequently surprised to learn of his interests and talents in other areas.

Scott is a marketing and communications professional focused on the digital industry — specifically on social media. His career spans a number of industries such as healthcare, pharma, biotech, travel, automotive, tech, and communications, and includes a wide range of clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

Currently on the staff of corporate communications in Ford Motor Company, Scott heads up the social media function and holds the title Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager. He is a strategic advisor on all social media activities across the company, from blogger relations to marketing support, customer service to internal communications and more, as social media is being integrated into many facets of Ford business.

Prior to joining Ford, Scott served as Consigliere for crayon and spent a number of years with PJA Advertising + Marketing, a boutique BtoB agency specializing in health sciences & high tech.

In addition to his consulting and agency background, Scott is an active blogger and podcaster. He writes about the intersection of advertising, marketing and PR at The Social Media Marketing Blog and also writes The Baker Street Blog, a literary undertaking. Scott has been featured in numerous news and business publications, on a variety of podcasts, and on national television. Scott is a recognized thought leader in the social media industry and frequently speaks at industry events.

Scott received his Master's in Medical Science from Boston University's School of Medicine concurrently with his MBA from BU's Graduate School of Management. He lives in the greater Detroit area with his wife and two young sons, golfs all too infrequently, and has a hidden talent for voice over work.

Oh, and one last little-known fact: Scott coined the term "tweetup."

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