Raju Narisetti, a friend and managing editor of the Washington Post, precedes me in opening the conference, so pressure is on for me to deliver something noteworthy and relevant to the audience.

I fear they will not like much of what I will say:

1- In the two years since leaving my job as one of their globe-trotting newspaper correspondents, I have not once purchased a single copy of the International Herald Tribune. I have come to see news as something I can get for free on the Internet. Newspapers are a pleasurable thing to pick up in a coffee shop or airplane that provides them for added service.

2- In my job as Asia-Pacific director of Digital Influence 360 at Ogilvy, I spend my time speaking with companies about how they no longer need to go through media. By interacting directly with consumers they build a direct bond in a way that was not possible before the Internet. Why pay the “Publisher’s Tax” in going through the media when you can own the relationship yourself?

3- The downward slide of newspapers due to the Internet got steeper due to the economic crisis, but I think it will get steeper still. The capital and maintenance costs of printing presses and distribution systems that once served as barriers to new entrants, now tie down newspapers against more nimble online competitors.

4- In the era of environmental concern, could you imagine inventing a business based on chewing up dead trees, spraying them with ink and then distributing them - on a daily basis - with a fleet of pollution spewing vehicles?

Technorati Tags: Raju, raju narisetti, wan-ifra

1. Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun teamed up with Fujitsu to experiment at a Tokyo Cafe earlier this year.

According to TechOn, customers of “Termina Kinshicho Fujiya Restaurant” could pick up one of four Fujitsu Frontech “FLEPias” (pictured here) for free between Feb 4 and 13, 2009.

Content included: “Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun” (Mainichi Newspaper for Elementary School Students), advertisements for Fujiya Restaurant and the “Termina” shopping mall, timetables of JR (Japan Railways) trains and weather forecasts.

No word how the test went.

2. Bridgestone erected an e-paper of sorts in a bus stop. Interesting video of it posted on Digital World Tokyo in April last year. Not clear if this is an experiment or something that ran longer. There’s a few more e-readers presented here on Digital World Tokyo.

3. The intriguingly named Nuutbook (left) from Korea is produced by e-ink company Neoluxiim. Their latest product is a solar-powered e-book, arguably the most environmentally friendly way to read a newspaper: It does not cut down trees or use excess amounts of electricity.

According to Rick Kim, they have reach agreements with Chosun Daily, Maeil Economic Daily, Kookmin Daily, Munhwa Daily, Seoul Daily, Digital Times, Yonhap News Agency, and Mainichi (Japan).

Wireless subscription service is said to begin sometime this summer. Interesting that they are working with both Korean and Japanese newspapers. More (in Korean) here.

4. Recently on display at Computex in Taiwan (Text from MIS Asia):

- Netronix showed off several e-readers at the show, ranging from its EB-500 with a 5-inch screen to its EB-600 and EB-600 Cookie, both with 6-inch screens, a prototype for a new 8-inch screen e-reader and its EB-900 with a 9.7-inch screen. The company also offered its Mentor model, which also boasts a 6-inch screen but comes in a variety of colors, including yellow, pink and baby blue. The company says its Mentor e-readers can last for 8,000 page turns on one battery charge, compared to 7,500 for Sony’s PRS-505/SC. Amazon doesn’t break down its battery life into the number of page views. A contract manufacturer, Netronix is looking for big companies to order its e-readers then put their own brand on and sell them.

- Taiwan’s Unihan, a subsidiary of Asustek Computer that develops non-PC products, also displayed an e-reader with a 6-inch screen at Freescale’s office. Unihan is also a contract manufacturer, so it won’t market the device itself. It will sell the design to a customer and then make money on the manufacturing.

- Mary Lou Jepsen’s company, Pixel Qi, has released a netbook-sized 10.1-inch color screen with an e-reader setting that displays everything in black and white while conserving power, which could lead netbook developers to offer the function as an add-on later this year. The screens will be in netbooks before the holidays, Jepsen has said. She was formerly the chief technology officer at One Laptop Per Child.

5. Not an e-reader in the strictest sense, but Kanchoo is an interesting iPhone app from Hong Kong allowing newspapers to reconfigure their publications easily. (Soon to launch, apparently)

6. It is outside of Asia, but IFRA has a few interesting articles on e-readers (mainly in Europe and US).

Much thanks to Jeb Buffinton, Rick Kim, @Kankiknight and @Hedirman for the links!

Any other noteworthy projects out there?

Technorati Tags: @Hedermin, @Kankiknight, digital world tokyo, Jeb Buffinton, kanchoo, neoluxiim, netronix, nuutbook, pixel qi, Rick Kim, techon, unihan

Disclosure: I am a minor shareholder in the PPP.

Technorati Tags: Cambodia, Phnom Penh Post, PPP

To: All Staff

From: Kuok Hui Kwong

Date: 2 July 2009

To all my colleagues,

It is with regret that I announce Mr. C.K. Lau’s decision to resign from his position as Editor of the South China Morning Post, after a long and distinguished career with us. C.K. discussed with me a couple of months ago regarding his plan to pursue his personal interests.  We have mutually agreed that his last day with us will be 10 July 2009. During his tenure at the Post, C.K. has played a key role in strengthening and improving our editorial operations.  A committed and well-respected professional, he has contributed significantly to the Post and to the overall media community in Hong Kong.

Effective from 13 July 2009, Mr. Reginald Chua will join us as Editor-in-Chief.  On top of managing the day-to-day editorial operations of the Post, Reg will work with me on the long-term strategies for our editorial coverage. Reg has enjoyed a successful career at the Wall Street Journal spanning the past 16 years. He was most recently Deputy Managing Editor at The Wall Street Journal based in New York, where he led, amongst other responsibilities, the development of the Journal’s computer-assisted reporting capabilities and oversaw the paper’s graphics. Prior to moving to New York, he was the Editor of the Journal’s Hong Kong-based Asian edition. Reg graduated with a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from the University of Chicago. 

Effective the same date, Mr. David Lague will be appointed as Managing Editor. As a member of the newsroom’s senior management team, David will oversee editorial quality and standards, training and projects. He will also be involved in daily news operations. A news and features writer with the South China Morning Post in 1987-88, David returns to the paper after more than two decades as a reporter and editor in the Asia-Pacific region. Most recently, he was a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times in Beijing. Before joining New York Times Company, he was managing editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. David was also China correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian. David graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in science from Murdoch University.

David will work closely with Wang Xiangwei and Cliff Buddle, the Post’s deputies, to help manage the newsroom, steer its coverage, and continue to build on the paper’s strong position.  Xiangwei, Cliff and David will report to Reg.

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Management of SCMP Group, we express our deep appreciation to C.K. for his contribution and persevering dedication, and wish him the very best in his new endeavours. Please also join me in welcoming Reg and extending your full support to him, and in welcoming David back to Post.

Hui Kuok

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Technorati Tags: david lague, Kuok Hui Kwong, reg chua, reginald chua, SCMP

Here are my views:

Which are the key social media tracking tools (paid and unpaid) that you use, and why? How do they compare in terms of (a) price, (b) functionality and (c) ease of use.

Many claims are made, but I have looked at more than a dozen providers and not yet seen a satisfactory regional solution for social media monitoring in Asia, paid or unpaid. For now, the best solutions in many markets remains manual mapping of online conversations using free tools such as Google blog search, Yahoo or locally dominant sites such as Baidu in China, Naver in Korea, etc. We have gathered the best free social media search tools for easy reference at the website http://thedailyinfluence.com/.

What are the challenges and pitfalls involved in using tools to track social media?

Anyone trying to track social media across Asia faces numerous of issues starting at the simple and obvious level of language and culture, but then moving on to the wide range and variety of digital eco-systems across the region. In addition, geo-targeting can be highly misleading. A Singapore blogger user Wordpress.com will look like a US blogger to an unrefined geo-tracking system.

To what extent can you really automated tools? How important is the human element and can you provide any examples of this?

The ideal scenario is not built around any specific tool, but rather a rational approach that may or may not include specific tools. You want to obtain as clear a snapshot of online conversations about your brand and then measure the impact of tactics moving forward.

The most clear shortcoming in automated social monitoring comes with sentiment monitoring. This is not just about machines confusing a blogger’s use of “bad” to mean “cool”, but with many postings reasonable people could disagree about some sentiments expressed in posting.

Recent research shows that Asian CEOs are considerably less concerned about their online reputations. Why is this finding of concern - and why is social media monitoring important in this context? Do you have any specific examples?

Reputation monitoring for senior executives will only get more important over time. I would be curious to know how many of those CEOs who are unconcerned about their online reputations do Google searches after meeting someone new. For the vast majority of executives, Google search will affect an executives reputation far more than traditional media.

What are the key things for a client to remember when:
(a) selecting social media monitoring tools?

The tool is not the answer, it is the approach and strategies that matter most. Some of the best tools are free, so it comes down to how you use them.

(b) determining how best to put a monitoring plan into action?

You need to have a full understanding of your purpose for engagement. There is a great deal of danger in leaping to engagement tactics before seeing what conversations are out there about your brand.

Perhaps you should start a Facebook Group or Twitter feed, but before doing so, it is better to take a strategic look at how you are deploying your resources. Everybody has limited time and money.

What are the most common mistakes made when attempting to protect your online reputation?

Leaping to engage with bloggers and the blogosphere without understanding how to behave or join the conversation. Social media is like a global cocktail party and you don’t want to be the bore of the party, talking loudly about things nobody wants to hear.

How can social media help a brand’s reputation - do you have any specific examples?

So many examples! In the United States, some classic examples include Microsoft allowing Robert Scoble to become a corporate blogger, but many come as the result of a bad experiences online. Both ComCast and Dell built state-of-the-art social media teams following disasters they faced online.

We are helping brands putting together social media campaigns in countries across Asia all the time. A few weeks ago, for example, we completed a very interesting blind trial of facial creams with more
than 100 bloggers in China.

The bloggers, all influential voices within the target demographic for the facial cream, matched up their favored brand with a mystery sample sent to them. The results were stunningly positive throughout the process and by the time Ponds (Our client) was unveiled as the mystery brand, the bloggers had embraced the product they would switch to use.

Any other comments to add?

Brands need to understand that not having a social media strategy is equivalent to not having a media strategy. Many companies could not imagine failing to monitor what publications are saying about their
brands, but today consumers spend more time online than reading publications.

Technorati Tags: Arun Sudhaman

A few new websites have started addressing the death:
Legacy Locker offers an encrypted password storage service that can be accessed by your loved ones in the event of your death, without going through the courts. (Favorite site feature: The “Report a Passing” button on the homepage)
Dead Man’s Switch sends over a series of emails to which you must respond within 60 days or it will release all your passwords (in the presumption that you are dead).

But most online services pay little heed to the interests of the dead or those surviving them, a point highlighted by Lilian Edwards of the University of Sheffield in a recent talk at Hong Kong University’s Digital Convergence conference.

As you can see from the notes below, Edwards found little information and occasionally even hostility when approaching Internet services about the issue.

User Agreements Go Beyond Death
One underlying issue is that many Web 2.0 assets have ironclad user agreements that may make it difficult for loved ones to get access to the content after death. One example she gave was the refusal of Yahoo! to hand over emails to the loved ones of a 20-year old US soldier killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. The family took Yahoo! to court where the judge ordered the company to give the family of Justin Ellsworth all his emails. To avoid breaching their privacy policy of not handing over passwords, Yahoo! delivered the emails on CD and in printed form.

Is an online service part of your estate?
Part of the problem is that courts have not clearly established what exactly an online service is in relation to a dead person’s estate.

Can you inherit preferences?
Another interesting issue is what happens to user preferences on a shared music site like Last.fm, where users share their preferences and tastes. It turns out that the site considers their user’s music preferences as a community property so that they will not delete it when someone dies. In other words, we can pass on our tastes to future generations.

Online Assets raise a range of concerns
Facebook profiles - offer access to deceased person’s network (often get “memorialised”)
Blog site posts - can hold literary/cultural value
Online photos on Flickr - can have financial value and sentimental appeal
Ebay - Seller IDs, transactions in progress and reputations
Emails - Same issues as eBay plus access to deceased person’s network
Last.fm – User’s listening preference profile (cf Amazon, etc)
MMORPGS such as  World of Warcraft – Virtual currency, assets of real value and an avatar’s identity

Death Policies of Social Networks:

Facebook: The most sophisticated – specifies proof of death information is needed to memorialize a site, restricts to FO, removes sensitive information; An account can be deleted but not modified or login passed over. 
MySpace: deletion or preservation, no transfer of login.
Bebo: allows next of kin to make profile private & amend slightly.

Email:

Gmail: Allows access on proof of death and power of attorney (cf probate, confirmation etc).
Yahoo!: As part of privacy policy in US, account is terminated on proof of death, with all emails deleted and login not transferable. (Exception was the US Marine case from above)
Hotmail: used to expire a/c after 30 days disuse; not clear if still the case. Forbids transfer of password.

Other Sites:

eBay: hard to find information on either site or via enquiry, yet has most economic value attached to death. Accounts can have unfinished transactions and reputation of a seller can have high value. Disclosure of the password is “not recommended”.

Last.fm: Policy is to never disable accounts after death. The site sees music tastes as community effort to produce best service possible. If no password, would have to be “very convincing towards the support people”.

Flickr:  (As with Yahoo.co.uk) Almost no information. “You acknowledge that Yahoo! reserves the right to log off accounts that are inactive for an extended period of time.” Reportedly sites can be closed and occasionally transferred on proof of death.

World of Warcraft: “All rights and title in and to the Service .. Are owned by Blizzard” – “user accounts”, avatars, swords etc, (paras 4,7,11) and non-saleable (para 11) Para  13 – termination – no mention death – no refunds!

Conclusions:

• Most platforms insist they have total control of user information, with the rights of family considered only at the provider’s discretion. Grounds for action and procedures are vague, inconsistent and ad hoc.
• Deletion on proof of death is the most common procedure.
• From the user perspective, Social Network memorialisation seems the most common practice, but there are few no opportunities for heirs to take on and alter/run site.
• Creators of sites themselves have little opportunity to indicate their preferred option upon death. This could be added to privacy settings. In most cases, the transfer of passwords nearly always banned.

One simple suggestion Edwards offered: Put passwords in an envelope to be opened upon death!

Technorati Tags: Death, Lilian Edwards, Sheffield, Wills

Diane Stormont will be teaching the online skills training and Rob McBride will be teaching the course on digital storytelling.

Here’s the summer’s upcoming programs:

Digital Storytelling (Video Editing) - 3-5 & 10-12 July 2009
This is a hands-on 5-day course in digital video shooting and editing. Participants will learn to engage in the digital age of multi-skilled storytelling. Weekday or weekend modes of study available.

Online Skills Training for Working Journalists – 3-5 August & 10-12 August 2009
This is a practical course aimed at helping working journalists make the transition into the digital age. They will be introduced to the technologies and the skills that are revolutionizing the news media. Participants will learn the process of digital news gathering (audio, stills, video) and preparation for web distribution. Modular classes and morning sessions will accommodate those who are working.

Media Presentation Skills – 19 August 2009
This highly interactive one-day course is designed for anyone whose role requires them to communicate through broadcast and video media.

For details and enrollment form, please go to http://jmsc.hku.hk/map/shortcourses or contact Kylie Chan at +852 2219 4416 / kyliec at hku.hk. To learn more about the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, please visit our website at http://jmsc.hku.hk

(h/t to Doreen Weisenhaus)

Technorati Tags: Doreen Weisenhaus, hku, Robb McBride

Well beyond Dopplr, the philosophy professor-turned Web 2.0-er has long been at the leading edge of thinking about digital.

Marko Ahtisaari has worked previously as Director of Design Strategy at Nokia and serves on the board of directors of F-Secure and Artek. Most recently Ahtisaari has been Head of Brand & Design at Blyk, the free mobile network for young people funded by advertising, and will continue in a role supporting Blyk in its partnering and expansion strategy.

The event - which is free - will take place from 6:30 - 8:30 PM on Tuesday 23 June at Mozart Stub’n, just above Lan Kwai Fung at 8 Glenealy Street

http://www.mozartstubn.com/

“How Digital Influencers Travel”
Dopplr research finds travellers share plans before making them

You are invited to a presentation of fresh data, insight and conversation on the travel patterns of the world’s digital influencers. The speaker is Marko Ahtisaari, CEO of Dopplr, the leading international online service for smarter travel. Dopplr is backed by an premier group of international investors including Tyler Brûlé (Moncole), Thomas Glocer (Thomson Reuters), Esther Dyson, Joi Ito, Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn and Facebook) and Martin Varsavsky.

For a taster please see:
http://blog.dopplr.com/2009/05/11/data-how-the-dopplr-community-travels/

About Dopplr

Dopplr is a service for smart travellers. Dopplr members share personal and business travel plans privately with their networks, and exchange tips on places to stay, eat and explore in cities around the world. Dopplr presents this collective intelligence - the travel patterns, tips and advice of the world’s most frequent travellers - as a Social Atlas - available on your PC or mobile.

Founded in 2007, Dopplr has offices on London’s Silicon Roundabout and the Helsinki seaside. Dopplr is backed by a premier international group of investors including Tyler Brûlé, Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn, Facebook)), Esther Dyson, Thomas Glocer, Martin Varsavsky, Lars Hinrichs (Xing), Joichi Ito and Saul Klein.

Further info on Marko:
http://ahtisaari.typepad.com/about.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Ahtisaari
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopplr

Further on Dopplr:

http://www.dopplr.com/socialatlas
http://blog.dopplr.com

PHOTO BY JOI ITO

Technorati Tags: dopplr, Hong Kong, Marko Ahtisaari

Comments and thoughts very welcome!

Technorati Tags: OECD, Thomas Crampton

Seth (pictured here with the PPP publisher Ross Dunkley to the left) and his team at the Post won awards of excellence for news photography and human right reporting.

There was only one publication in the same category (Local newspapers and small magazines published in English) that won more prizes than the Phnom Penh Post: The South China Morning Post.

Needless to say, The South China Morning Post is a newspaper with a much longer history and considerably greater resources.

The PPP team won these awards even as they cranked the newspaper up from publishing twice monthly to five days per week in a country where freedom of expression is still a daily battle.

Congratulations!!! (Disclosure: I am a minor - but very proud - investor in the PPP.)

The awards were for:

Excellence in News Photography: Boeung Kak Lake Land Evictions by Vandy Rattana, Chhay Channyda and Rick Valenzuela. The judges described the photographs as “striking, heartbreaking images that are also visually complex”.

Excellence in Human Rights Reporting: “Escape From Hell On The High Sea: Nine Trafficked Men Return Home” by Christopher Shay, May Titthara. The judges described the work as “Enterprising work from a small publication.”

Technorati Tags: Cambodia, Chhay Channyda, Christopher Shay, May Titthara, Phnom Penh Post, Rick Valenzuela, Ross Dunkley, Seth Meixner, Vandy Rattana

As someone who has been fortunate enough to have been invited to attend the WEF annual meeting in Davos for many years, I can say it would be a tremendously powerful platform for any startup to be present.

Criteria:

1. Innovation
2. Sustainablity (in terms of business model, funding)
3. Proof of concept (more than just an idea)
4. Quality of management team (we bring one of them to Davos!)
5. Impact (not something too niche)

The advantages, as detailed on the WEF site:

Technology Pioneers are invited to participate in the activities of the World Economic Forum, including the Annual Meeting of New Champions and potentially the Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters. These Meetings are the two premier international events bringing together leaders of business and government from around the world, providing an opportunity for Technology Pioneers to interact with the World’s foremost thought leaders and trend .

For this reason, the Technology Pioneers will definitely be invited to the Annual Meeting of New Champions for two consecutive years, and they will be potentially invited to the Annual Meeting in Davos should the Forum consider that the programme reflects the interests of the company.

Recipients of this distinction get worldwide media coverage at the time of recipient list publication. In past years, Time, BusinessWeek and Forbes have regularly profiled all or a selected group of Technology Pioneers.

Post your pitch here or send me an email: thomas at crampton dot com. (I do not make the selection, but have been asked to forward names of possible candidates)

Technorati Tags: Davos, wef, World Economic Forum

The Economist today released their annual list of world city liveability. As someone who has lived in more than 8 cities and spent substantial amounts of time in many more, I always enjoy seeing how regions and cities stack up in The Economist’s view.

Number 1: Vancouver
Number 140: Harare, Zimbabwe

A few highlights:
Hong Kong: Tied for 39.
Dublin: 49
The World’s Capital (New York): 56
Bangkok: 100

This year, I disagree with their placing Asia so low on the list of live-ability. Bangkok, one of my favorite places to live, must have been punished in the rankings by the political instability.

I also take issue with Beijing (76) not being the best city in mainland China, beaten by Tianjin (72) and Suzhou(74). Sorry, Shanghai they ranked you 84.

For those interested in such lists, like me, please note that Munich, which topped the Monocle liveability index, ranks 28 according to The Economist

Some points highlighted by The Economist:

• Vancouver remains top with a rating of 98%. Only petty crime and the availability of good-quality housing present any challenges.
• There is little real difference within the top ten. Sydney and Zurich, in joint ninth, each have a score only around 2% lower than that for Vancouver.
• 64 cities achieve scores of more than 80%, while 13 cities occupy the very bottom tier of liveability, where ratings fall below 50%.

Any further thoughts?

Technorati Tags: China, Economist

As his first project with MySpace, Brenner spearheaded a partnership with MTV, leading to the online interactive political engagement forums of the 2008 Presidential election. He was formerly a senior editorial producer at CNN.

Brenner has a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University and a Masters in International and Public Affairs (MIPA) from the University of Hong Kong.

Check out his Myspace profile, which has a great music playlist, including Milli Vanilli’s Blame it on the Rain.

Technorati Tags: cnn, impact, MTV, MySpace, Politics, presidential election

Despite the fact that her brother founded the site, she hasn’t always been involved. Randi has worked in corporate development at Forbes and account management at Ogilvy and Mather.

Randi was educated at Harvard University, where she initially had hopes of taking up a music major – only to find it too difficult and shift into psychology and later media.

Technorati Tags: facebook, Harvard, marketing, Ogilvy

They already have their Zaia show in the Venetian, Macau and are now looking at how to enter mainland China.

One major issue we discuss in the below video is the fact that China is a country known for acrobats and acrobatic performances.

What do you think: Can Cirque come to China?

Technorati Tags: cirque du soleil, daniel lamarre, Zaia

Some catching ideas:

Australia, the movie
One of my favorite moments was when a member of the audience asked Nick whether Tourism Australia was concerned about spending so much money on teaming up with the film when they did not know if it would be a critical success. (It was not a critical success). Baker said they didn’t mind because they knew the landscapes and panoramas would look spectacular, no matter what (they did).

Social Media Strategy
In terms of Social Media, various levels of Australian government have been on the bleeding edge of Social Media promotion. Queensland ran a competition for the “The Best Job in the World” to find a blogger and Tourism Australia has one of the highest profile blogger outreach campaigns.

Unlikely choice of blogger
In the below video Nick describes their overview of social media and why they decided to make the unlikely choice of sponsoring a visit by the blogger “The Sartorialist” out to Australia rather than a journalist or travel-related blogger.

Technorati Tags: australia, Nick Baker, sartorialist, Tourism Australia, travel

Candidates should be native Thai speakers and fluent in English. They should have several years experience in journalism. The position involves a broad mixture of economics and general news coverage for a major international news agency.

Please send a covering letter, CV and clippings to rene.slama at afp.com and danny.kemp at afp.com

Technorati Tags: AFP, Agence France Presse, Danny Kemp, rene slama

Yahoo! Southeast Asia is looking for a driven and passionate leader for the role of Country Editor for Vietnam. This role requires strong leadership and editorial skills to help build Yahoo’s presence in Vietnam. The successful candidate will report to the Managing Editor for Southeast Asia.

Responsibilities

- Oversee our editorial strategy for the Vietnamese market, ensuring that we deliver fast, accurate and relevant local-language stories for a growing audience
- Lead, nurture and manage a team of producers in Ho Chi Minh City
- Work with product managers to improve on the layout of the Front and News pages
- Engage and grow our relationship with local content partners
- Engage and work with freelancers and stringers

Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- Fluent in Vietnamese with good command of English
- Must have at least five (5) years of relevant or related experience in online and/or traditional media;
- Proven leadership and mentoring skills;
- Experience working in a real-time environment;
- Demonstrated ability to work in a new technology environment;
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in journalism or media.

Competencies
- Must be a self-starter;
- Excellent local knowledge and a nose for news;
- Understanding how audiences interact with online communities;
- Keen interest in global and regional current affairs and pop culture from a local perspective;
- Able to interact with diverse groups of technical and non-technical people;
- Must be able to communicate effectively within and outside immediate group.

Application

Please send your CVs to:
Alan Soon
Managing Editor
Yahoo! Southeast Asia
Email: alansoon at yahoo-inc.com

Technorati Tags: Alan Soon, vietnam, Yahoo

Singapore is vying for second, followed at a distance by Malaysia and then China.

Now for the Caveats: The measurement is how many people follow the top 3 most followed Twitterers in each market - as found via Twitterholic.

Yes, this is a wildly unscientific and flawed measurement, but we enjoyed it.

Just updated China top 3 list to include @isaac and knock out my own account. Any other corrections welcome! My Twitter account made the list as a top 3 Twitterer in China, but would not make the list in Hong Kong!

Who are the top 3 most followed Twitterers in each market? See list below.

What are Asia’s top Twitterers talking about right now? Wait for a moment and this Yahoo Pipe will tell you:

Asia’s top 3 Twitterers (by followers, by location):

Hong Kong

Singapore

Malaysia

China

India

Japan

Vietnam

Thailand

Indonesia

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

Taiwan

Korea

Nepal

Cambodia

Philipines

Lance Armstrong’s foundation, Livestrong.org - Disclosure: Ogilvy client - is looking to gather the world’s best Social Entrepreneurs in Cancer to attend their Dublin summit Aug 24-26.

Participants will receive a travel scholarship to attend. I recently met Doug Ulman (@twitter.com/livestrongceo), CEO of the Livestrong foundation and the program sounds excellent. They may also be including training on how social entrepreneurs can use social media most effectively.

More details on the meeting and scholarships here:

The LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit will provide a platform on which world leaders, organizations and individuals can achieve greater visibility and resonance for their efforts. Up to 250 organizations and individuals making extraordinary commitments will be invited to attend the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with other advocates, network, gain media exposure and access tools and resources. Travel scholarships will be available for invited participants.

Deadline is technically June 1, but since I only just heard about the scholarships, perhaps I can ask Doug to make a slight extension of the deadline if you contact me.

Technorati Tags: Doug Ulman, LAF, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Livestrong