Zero Strategist

Perpetual Beta

Todd Pitt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:02:55 +0000

Today we are happy to announce that Zero Strategist is officially released into Perpetual Beta. What this means is that all feedback that we received from the Beta development phase has been analyzed, implemented into the site and the web presence is for all intensive purposes, final. Of course the “perpetual” part of this ongoing [...]

Big Two Weeks

Todd Pitt — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:27:55 +0000

It has been a big two weeks for us at ZS. It has been a virtual deluge of PDX social media events, client meetings, proposal writing, internet research, training, white papers, multiple web development projects, data migration, preparation for upcoming conferences and barcamps. Be careful what you ask for right? Things are shaping [...]

Yammer Launches Next Wave of Enterprise Microblogging: Communities

Todd Pitt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:25:47 +0000

Today Yammer announced during a special launch webcast event this morning that they are launching a major redesign of Yammer (the popular enterprise 2.0 microblogging platform) which will go live on March 1st 2010. The major makeover will include an entirely new interface with a new “communities” feature, a new iPhone application and new desktop [...]

Three Tools To Monitor and Measure Social Media Panel at Webtrends

Todd Pitt — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0000

Ventured down to Webtrends to catch a web 2.0 monitoring platform presentation and panel discussion yesterday – Three Tools To Monitor & Measure Social Media: PositivePress, ScoutLabs and Radian6. Scout Labs Monitoring Platform Demo A graph depicting the recent social media dispute via keywords “Kevin Smith” Another graph showing the flip side of the conversation via keywords “Southwest” The [...]

PDX Net Tuesday Meetup – Social Media Toolbox

Todd Pitt — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:31:29 +0000

I ventured out the the Portland Net Tuesday Meetup on tonight the topic for this month was Social Media: Setting up your toolbox. It was a solid primer considering the presentation time was limited, but just enough to scratch the social surface. Had a good time, interesting conversation, and met some great people! I like the [...]

Reflections On A #4Change Twitter Chat

Todd Pitt — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:40:39 +0000

Last week I facilitated the #4Change global twitter chat with Tom Dawkins on Cause Fatigue. It was an awesome one, you can read recap here. When the chat ended I was left with what I have just call in the past “the feeling.” The purpose of this article is to explore exactly what that “feeling” [...]

Twitter #4Change Chat Recap: Cause Fatigue

Todd Pitt — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:39:49 +0000

Thanks everyone who attended or contributed to February’s #4Change Chat on the topic of Cause Fatigue, the chat was indeed interesting and lively! I had a great time moderating the twitter chat with Tomjd. This is not at complete transcript of the conversation, but rather a curated recap which aims to tie the conversation threads [...]

A Visual Summary of Our Redesign

Todd Pitt — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:51:00 +0000

Here is a visual summary of Zero Strategist’s complete web presence redesign, these words represent the core of web presence we wanted to create. Doing visualizations help creators and designers to solidify a concrete vision of very abstract thoughts. After the creation process, use your visualizations to decide if you have achieved the intended objective. To [...]

#4Change February Twitter Chat Topic: Cause Fatigue

Todd Pitt — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:23:55 +0000

Running campaigns in support of one or many great causes can be very time consuming and demanding for all of those who are determined to make a change. It seems easier in the beginning when a fresh campaign for a cause is just launched – supporters are jumping on board, influencers are engaged, buzz is [...]

Beta Launch!

Todd Pitt — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:26:35 +0000

Today we very proud to announce the launch of Zero Strategist into Beta! The site is live and fully functional. We invite you to look around and see what we are all about. We would appreciate your feedback as we continue to enrich aspects of the website over then next week!