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Ben Vadasz, the founder of Think! Social Media, met with a small group of town representatives Feb. 22 in advance of a larger and more public session on Feb. 26. Vadasz, who operates out of Vancouver, had some encouraging things to say about how the town and its businesses are poised to handle social media. He also had some constructive criticism to offer about how the town – and also the NWT – is missing the social media express.
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The Honourable J. Michael Miltenberger delivered the opening plenary talk at Connecting Water Resources 2013: Changing the Water Paradigm. Miltenberger's talk, "NWT Water 101: Changing the Paradigm", kicked off the first day of the conference with the theme of "Innovation: The Possibilities of Changing the Paradigm". 10
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The Honourable J. Michael Miltenberger delivered the opening plenary talk at Connecting Water Resources 2013: Changing the Water Paradigm. Miltenberger's talk, "NWT Water 101: Changing the Paradigm", kicked off the first day of the conference with the theme of "Innovation: The Possibilities of Changing the Paradigm". 10Delete the scoop?
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[excerpt.. free login required] Thebacha MLA Michael Miltenberger is gearing up for what he said is even more stressful than an election campaign - running for premier. "The intensity levels ratchet up as we go along, and the temperature rises," Miltenberger told The Journal. "There's a smaller number of people (than during the election for MLA), you're in a confined space for hours together for days. There's politics, priorities, personal agendas, it's very fluid." Delete the scoop?
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"... Lower still was the use of Twitter and some of the other forms of social media, including Trip Advisor, one of the monster entities in the field, he said.
He pointed to some entries on the Trip Advisor forums for Inuvik and the NWT, including a question from a prospective visitor wondering if it was possible to drive to Inuvik. Luckily, several local people had hopped on the forum to answer the question in the affirmative. Vadasz said he's seen cases where questions have been left unanswered for months at a time.
"There's also no business-related blog here," he said...."