9th Annual Public Affairs Convention: Social Media and Public Affairs

Remind me not to have more than one glass of red at cocktail parties. At the launch of the 9^th Annual Public Affairs Convention in Sydney I bailed up Ross Dawson, famous for his ‘Trends in Living Networks’ blog -- hopefully Ross will have forgotten some of the conversation!

Ross is a panelist on Enterprise 2.0 at the convention, which has the theme ‘Social Media and Public Relations’. He’s also working on a story for BRW magazine, ‘Top 100 web-based apps in Australia’. Any ideas?

Also met Catherine Lumby, who is most famous for advising the Rugby League to clean up their attitudes towards women following several rape allegations. Catherine and Ross Greenwood, Nine Network’s Finance Editor, both spoke hilariously about this open web of ours where anyone can slag you off in their blog with virtually no right of reply. Both were harangued on the basis of their hair – one for its lack of style, the other for the lack of it!