Here’s a piece Dorian wrote on Google’s privacy issues more than 5 years ago. Seems particularly pertinent with what’s going on now.

Dorian had a great time today talking about “The ROI of Social Media” at Columbia Journalism School’s Social Media Weekend (#smwknd). Many asked if the presentation would be available. Yes, here it is.

Dorian will be introducing VC extraodinaire Fred Wilson, for his keynote address on Friday evening to kick off Social Media Weekend in NY. Great to have one of the highest-profile investors around talk at the Columbia J-school about what makes it all work. (Sorry, no seats available for tonight, though there are spots for the rest of the festivities.)

On Saturday, Dorian will be presenting on “The ROI of Social Media”: How can you measure whether what you’re doing to be part of the Twitter, Facebook and every other “conversation” is actually worth what it’s costing you?

Once again, Dorian appeared on the Word of Mouth program on New Hampshire Public Radio, defending his position that journalists can benefit from learning about the business side of editorial. The discussion began with a post he wrote on PBS MediaShift, for which he is a frequent contributor (and which is also a Teeming Media client). Though newsrooms are traditionally divided between editorial and sales, Dorian suggests reporters tear down the wall — it just might help save the industry.

Dorian’s been writing about media, business and technology — as usual — and has launched a new series business models for media on PBS MediaShift. You can find links to all of his writings at this Delicious link, or use this RSS feed.

Meanwhile, here are few of the most recent:
* 6 Tips to Support Digital News Through Advertising
* E-Book Publishers Must Provide Flexible Access to Avoid ‘Media Hell’
* 5 Questions Publishers Should Ask Before Committing to a Social Platform

Wednesday, September 21 · 7pm – 9pm
Location:
Storyville (formerly The Saint)
90 Exeter St.
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 236-1134
This mixer, co-hosted by MediaShift and the ONA, is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Please RSVP for the event with this form.
(Note: You don’t have to be registered for the #ONA11 conference to attend the mixer.)

Dorian was again on NHPR’s “Word of Mouth” program with host Virginia Prescott, talking today about Kids & Media, spurred by the PBS MediaShift special he contributed to. (The archived audio should be available by the evening of Aug. 15.) It’s a new world for parents, different from even a couple of years ago. Here’s a list of the stories links from the MediaShift special page:

> Screen Time for Kids: Balancing Fun, Learning, Media Creation by Tina Barseghian
> How to Control (Or At Least Influence) Children’s Media Access by Dorian Benkoil
> The Parent Show: Will Augmented Reality Be Our Kids’ Reality? by PBS Parents
> The Literacy of Gaming: What Kids Learn From Playing by Aran Levasseur
> Glaser & Son Dissect the Best Screens for Kids by Mark Glaser
> Twitter Chat: How to Avoid Ads for Kids, Share Meaningful Media Moments moderated by Mark Glaser, with guests Courtney Lowery Cowill from MediaShift, Caroline Knorr from Common Sense Media and Tracey Wynne from PBS Parents.
> When Should You Introduce Your Child to a Smartphone or Tablet? by Laura Lewis Brown of PBSParents
> Overexposed? Baby Photos in An Age of Facebook by Courtney Lowery Cowgill
> A Parent’s Guide to Streaming Video by Chris Pursell.

Dorian also talked about Google+ and buying Motorola.

There’s a lot of talk at the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit (#svis11 and #aosummit for Twitterers) about HTML5 vs. Apps, and mobile devices. Doing business and communication strategy for Treesaver, we did a lot of thinking about the topic. Investor and rock musician Roger McNamee (@RogerMcNamee) went on about this a lot, making a clarion call, basically for HTML5 developers to create the new appified Web –> and to use WiMax to access that Web and get around the main phone carriers, such as Verizon and AT&T.

Here’s the deck of a presentation Dorian gives on the topic. It’s constantly updated. This one is from May.

HTML vs Apps

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A number of people have asked for the presentation from Dorian’s presentation on “Social Media ROI” panel at Social Media Weekend (#smwknd) at Columbia University. Here it is. And HERE, is a great stream of Tweets (via storyify.com) that tell a concurrent and sometimes sardonic version.

The ROI of Social Media