If you have not heard about #truDublin and you are in the role of recruitment, talent management or human resources, then take a moment to read a little about these terrific events. You will have seen me tweeting about it over the last few weeks.

#truDublin is one of a series of global events spearheaded by Bill Boorman and facilitates the profession coming together to discuss and share insights and trends.

I was fortunate to be able to attend the first #truDublin in May last year but missed the November 2011 event due to my diary commitments.

What is particualrly impressive is that the event has gone from strength to strength and this forthcoming event now spans two days - there are a limited number of one day tickets available.

Date: 16-17 May 2012

Location: The Sycamore Club, Temple Bar, Dublin 2

How to book your place: Book online

Unlike other conference you may have attended recently there are four simple rules:

1: No PowerPoint (or KeyNote, or Prezi...)

2: No Presenting

3: No Name Badges (Just ask!)

4: No Pitching.

This means that the discussion leaders for the topics are there to share briefly their experience (with an introduction to their topic of no more than five minutes)  but their main role is to facilitate the discussion.

For the remaining 55 minutes of the session, anyone can contribute, offer an opinion, ask questions, tell a story or even direct the conversation into a brand new topic.

Take a look at the current agenda of discussion tracks - you will see from looking at the speakers it reads like a 'who's who' of recruitment with facilitators from Eircom, Google, Oracle, Zynga and recruitment firms including Monster, BrightWater, CPL, LinkedIn, Hays and Sigmar.

Current Agenda #truDublin 16 May 2012

The event would not be taking place without the fantastic support and energy of Johnny Campbell the founder of Social Talent. If you are not following him and are in the business of talent management in your company on Twitter you must - he is a great source of top tips in the new world of resourcing and his company also delivers great social recruiting workshops in Ireland and the UK if you are looking to build the capability of your people in social recruiting.

By the way - if you want to become more actively involved in #truDublin than as a participant in the sessions, if you’re interested in leading a track or sponsoring truDublin, don;t hesitate to contact holly@socialtalent.co.

I will be attending the afternoon of both days - I just wish my diary were not so full of great meetings and events this week so I could be there for the full two day session - I'm delighted that Johnny approached me to facilitate a session titled "Everyone in Recruitment is a Marketeer". I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the subject if you join that discusstion track.

I am researching this week ahead of an event on the use of social media for the property sector - including estate agencies, auctioneers, facilities and property management. It has been more than six months since I presented to this industry - unfortunately I have seen few examples in the sector that i can highlight as best practice in social media in the real estate industry in the UK and Ireland.

If you know of some great examples please do share them below.

In the meantime here is an infographic I found from April 2011 created by Postling who reviewed 500 Postling accounts specific to real estate in the US and more than 7,000 small business accounts to find information on how the real estate industryin the US is using social media which I hope you will find of interest if you are in this sector.

I hope this inspires you in your social media marketing in 2012.

This conference is aimed particularly at social media practitioners and will bring together journalists, academics, politicians, and business people with an interest in web-based technologies to look at some of the complex issues facing Ireland's economy.

The European Commission Representation in Ireland is supporting a one day conference in Galway for social media practitioners  "The Challenges facing the Irish Economy ".

In summary the details are as follows:

Date: Saturday 24th March 2012 - registration from 10.30 am

Venue: Aras Moyola Building, National University of Ireland, Galway

The following people will be leading discussions at the conference:

• Professor John McHale, Professor and Head of Economics at the National University of Ireland
• Dr Alan Ahearne, Lecturer in economics at the National University of Ireland
• Seamus Coffey, Lecturer in economics at the University College Cork
• Ronan Lyons, Independent economist

For more details you can visit the conference website.

Entry is free but places are limited - register to attend by sending an e-mail to Sarah.Pearcey(at)ec.europa.eu

In a Twitter chat that took place on 28 February 2012, Dell shared their tips for what they have learnt when connecting to small businesses using social media.

I have curated the tips I think you will find the most interesting and helpful here or view the slide show below.

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Have you started  to use Pinterest in your organisation?

If so do please leave a note belowof your Pinterest account so I can add you to my Pinboard or organisations using Pinterest which you will find here: http://pinterest.com/krishnade/organisations-using-pinterest

Here is a helpful illustration about Pinterest and I would encourage you to explore it particularly if you have products or services that are represented with great graphics.

I'll be leading a webinar soon about how to get started with Pinterest so leave your questions below if you are wondering how it could be relevant to your business.

Some 625,000 Google+ subscribers join each day and in just six months it already has 90 million users and is on pace to break through the 100 million user mark in February 2012.

Image from 6SMarketing

Here is a helpful template from DreamGrow correct as at October 2011 with the dimensions for the different elements on Facebook:

Profile Picture For Facebook Pages

Width: 180px
Height: 540px

Facebook Page Avatar - displayed against every post

Width: 90px
Height: 90px

Facebook Landing Page

Width: 520px
Height: Unlimited

Maximum Size Of Pictures That Can Be Uploaded

Width: 2048px
Height: 2048px

Maximum Size Of A Picture As Displayed

Width: 960px
Height: 720px
Facebook ads

Facebook Adverts

Picture width: 110px and height: 80px
Size: 5MB

Header: 25 characters
Body copy: 135 characters

Facebook Status Update

Status update length: 63,206 characters
Comment length: unlimited

Video

The maximum size of vide you can upload is 1024MB and a length of 20 minutes

And a bonus tip for your personal presence on Facebook:

Facebook Profile Timeline Image

Width: 851px
Height: 315px

If you are a non profit I am sure you are looking for new ways to raise awareness for your organisation and attract volunteers or donations.

Here is a great example of the Anthony Nolan association doing that in the UK.

Over on their Facebook Page they posted this great image of a 'collection box' but designed as a sofa.

• Right now, there’s £42.9m in loose change down the back of the nation’s sofas
• Just think how many lives we could save with that!
• Don’t let your change disappear behind your cushions.

Pop it in a 'Sofa of Change' collection box instead – and help us provide more lifesaving transplants.

I recall the Anthony Nolan association from when I lived in the UK. Their goal is to save the lives of people with blood cancer by matching them to people willing to donate their blood stem cells for lifesaving transplants.

Apparently only 30% of suitable doners can be found within a family. In 2009/10 Anthony Nolan found 937 matches.

You will find the organisation active through social media on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and their blog.

Learn more about their cause through this video - again a great execution explaining how you can become a stem cell donor.

If you are in the UK and want to get involved as a stem cell donor contact Anthony Nolan at http://www.anthonynolan.org

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Icons to indicate privacy status, if monetization is enabled and scheduled publish status.

You can find more information on the YouTube help page and also you can see a video walk through below.

You might also find this graphic of interest showing the history of YouTube from Freemake.com: