Authentic Social Media

We offer profoundly effective, affordable education, coaching and consultancy to help people, teams, projects and organisations maximise the authentic power of social media – and their own.

Our emphasis in 2007/08 has been authentic blogging, which remains a core specialisation. Increasingly, we are being asked to extend this into the wider, every changing social media / web 2.0 space.

We love it! As a husband and wife team, we live and breathe social media so you don’t have to (unless you want to!) We help you filter out the noise and focus on what’s going to create results, to create positive impacts in the world.

Gasp. Actually, we’ve been a part of the Positive Internet’s evolution for over 20 years… through Gra’s early years in the Electronic Frontier Foundation and big names in Silicon Valley, Libby’s earlier career in communications and stakeholder relations consultancy then online activism and education, through various startups, social enterprises and networks.

We know the online space as ripe with results and potential for new ways of learning, earning, collaborating and creating.

Think blogging, social networks, email campaigns, collaborative tools, photo and video sharing, microblogging, mobiles, event sites – but integrated and effective.

We can teach you:

- how to build a conceptual framework to understand the new paradigm of web 2.0

- what tools are leading the way, and how to manage your time and money to explore them

- how people are successfully integrating them to make real, good things happen.

We help you build capacity, not dependence. We care a lot about your impact.

Whether you are:

- a small or large Third Sector organisation / project wanting to use integrated social media

- or an individual learning to express yourself, we can help.

Whether you already know a little, a lot or not much at all, we can help. Even advanced folk in the space can do with some reflective, practical support to rethink their approach.

See courses for current and upcoming offerings.

If your needs are bespoke, just call +44 (0)7968 687 107 and we can find an approach that will suit you, via our Brighton or London offices.

As we are in the middle of rebranding to reflect this, and to bring Authentic Blogging > Social Media/ Presence Labs and some of our partners / affiliates more tangibly together, please bear with us. The new site is just waiting to be sprung! The name has already been chosen. Can’t wait to share it all.

The key words to describe what we do/are/offer/believe (direct from the rebranding brainstorm, so very very beta…)

integrated social media

education, coaching, consultancy

technical systems integration

affordable, flexible support packages that help you all the way

education/learning
more than training
communications
marketing
technology
stakeholder relations

demystify

filter

make clear

authentic, human

convivial

bringing together soft and hard stuff

training
coaching
education
consultancy

bespoke solutions including building systems

thoughtful
collaboration
connecting
holistic
bespoke
packages
accessible
affordable
practical
passionate
sustainable
enabler, empower
capacity building
values
fun
smart
experimenting
knowledgeble
part of the solution
mass collaboration
creativity
case studies, stat’s, results
journey, becoming, endpoint, milestone
communicating well is central (and we can support this)
blogging is central (personal process, learning, becoming, sharing)
expressing your authentic self (values) is central
words, images, music, video, art, animation – knowledge of all
great animation – to explain the hard to explain

Together, Gra and I have over 30 year’s experience in internet technologies, social media, communications, writing, marketing, education, organisational development and child rearing (well only 7 there technically).

We really care about what we do and create with you – our clients and collaborative community.

Check out where it all began, with our e-book: Essence of Authentic Blogging

More about our current courses.

More about us.

Coming soon:

• a clear guide to service packages.
• case studies and current projects, eg.:

- bespoke training for a major university

- coaching leadership coaches and management consultants in how to blog authentically

- enabling social and environmental entrepreneurs to transform their communications and the world.

- helping small business people think big on a small budget.

While we catch up, please contact us for a chat.

And here’s something for anyone that’s ever been befuddled by new technology. Help is at hand.