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In his book “Tribes,” Seth Godin describes how tribes are defining the new economy. We have moved away from a world of mass advertising, where huge marketing budgets determined whether you owned a market or not. The plunging cost of technology has democratized the tools of

London is one of the most important centers for non-profits and membership associations outside of the United States. It’s also the destination this week for Small World Labs’ Andy Jones, a native Londoner and our VP of New Business, in a trade mission organized by the City of Austin, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), and the Tech City Investment Organization (TCIO).

The Small World Labs team is in London as part of the Tech City Investment Organization (TCIO) and the British Consulate-General in Houston, in order to fuel two- way investment and further help nurture the UK’s creative industries.

Texas' leading digital companies heading to London’s Tech City

The Small World Labs team will be at the Convio Nonprofit Summit in Baltimore October 3-5. We are a Gold Sponsor and happy to be helping out with the conference. Over 2,000 social media, fundraising, and advocacy technologists will be attending. We’ll also be giving two presentations. Here are the summaries:

We'll be at Social Media Day 2011 in San Salvador, El Salvador! If you happen to be attending or will be in the area, let us know.

The event is being produced by Grupo Dutriz and will be held at the Hotel Sheraton Presidente on Thursday, June 30 from 2-10pm.

Small World Labs will be opening up the event and speaking on the topic (in Spanish) How Online Communities and Social Media Work Together.

Thanks to everyone that could join us for our recent webinars!
We had an excellent turnout for "How Online Communities and Social Media Work Together - Post, Like, Tweet, Repeat" by Michael Wilson, Small World Labs CEO.

You can download a PDF file of the presentation here. The video below starts with several seconds of silence, so fast forward a bit for the full presentation. Let us know what you think!

It's been a busy week here at Small World Labs! After spending Friday through Tuesday at SXSW Interactive events, we're now in DC for the NTEN Conference. NTEN is a nonprofit technology network with the goal of  "helping nonprofits use all aspects of technology more effectively," and the belief that technology allows organizations and causes to have a greater social impact. And of course, we couldn't agree more!

When I first joined Twitter in 2009, it was fairly easy to keep track of people, follow ongoing conversations throughout the day, and engage meaningfully. Oh have times changed. I by no means have a large number of follows/followers compared to many people, but unless I have Hootsuite open 24/7 (which is difficult to do, whether in a client meeting or yoga class) I find it difficult to interact as much as I would like.

An article in Mashable today talked about the positive buzz of Google versus Facebook in 2010. The numbers and graph are interesting and demonstrate that although Google still out-klouts Facebook, the gap is narrowing. However, the article caused me to think about a different question. If I had to choose one, Facebook or Google, which would it be?

This year at the Sundance film festival, a video will premiere that is actually a compilation of 1125 different videos submitted from individuals from around the world. Life in a Day captures the activities of each of these people over the course of a 24-hour period, specifically the 24-hours that made up July 24, 2010.