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June 4th, 2009 - Social media has incredible powers to connect people in times of need. David Spark describes five such tales in an article on Mashable entitled "5 Unique Stories of Social Media Saving the Day."
May 25th, 2009 - Reporting for WAN optimization device manufacturer Riverbed, David Spark delivers some of the highlights from the IT networking conference. Check out the coverage of 40 articles of which 30 include video interviews.
April 28th, 2009 - In an article on Mashable by David Spark, read about ten successful network growing techniques and the 12 inspiring stories of the people who made them happen.
April 25th, 2009 - David Spark appeared on KQED's "This Week in Northern California" to talk about Oracle's purchase of Sun Microsystems. Spark discusses Oracle's plans, and what this means for the rest of the Silicon Valley ecosystem.
March 25th, 2009 - On this week's episode John C. Dvorak and David Spark talk about the death of email, social media rule breakers, and whether or not Facebook should listen to its customers.
March 16th, 2009 - I attended the GTD Summit in San Francisco and asked everyone what bad habits did they have that they’ve eradicated thanks to David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD). Watch the HD video (Time: 5:51)
March 10th, 2009 - In an article on Mashable, David Spark tells the tale of five people who were told you can't do that in social media, ignored the advice, did it anyway, and succeeded.
March 3rd, 2009 - This week David Spark officially joined forces with socialmedia.biz, J.D. Lasica’s long running blog about social media. Honored to be selected to participate, Spark is joined by other social luminaries, each providing a different expertise when developing a comprehensive social media strategy. See the press release.
February 24th, 2009 - Working at an event for the Jewish Community Federation's Business Leadership Council, David Spark got a chance to interview Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place about how President Bill Clinton unwittingly developed his company's business plan. Watch the interview and read the full article about how Better Place is rolling out an oil independent transportation network.
February 8th, 2009 -
Don't just attend or sponsor an event, report on it, from your voice. If you do report you'll get a lot more value, attention, and connections.
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February 4th, 2009 - On this week's episode John C. Dvorak lays into David Spark about refusing to expose a PR firm's inappropriate behavior. Watch the opening segment that references Spark's story, "Hey PR, bloggers are not tools to be used."
November 26th, 2008 - This week on Cranky Geeks, David Spark joins John C. Dvorak and Garnett Lee of 1Up.com to discuss Verizon, Microsoft, and Pentagon security.
November 25th, 2008 -
De-friending is the act of removing someone from your social network. The Mashable article tells 12 true stories of de-friending. The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD picked it up and Spark was also interviewed by Curtis Sliwa on ABC Radio (listen).
November 22nd, 2008 - Spark covers issues like why Yang stepped down, are they an acquisition target for Microsoft, and what will be their next steps be.
October 15th, 2008 - David Spark joins John C. Dvorak for yet another appearance on his show, Cranky Geeks. We talk about Apple's new MacBook Pro units, a jumbo jet that was taken down by a wireless mouse, and sex robots.
August 18th, 2008 -
David Spark just finished a series of advice and "how to" videos for the "everything about business" site, AllBusiness.com. David offers beginner advice on business social networking, VoIP, computer security, and document management.
July 30th, 2008 - Just a month since his last appearance, David Spark joins John C. Dvorak for another appearance on his show, Cranky Geeks. We talked about the new search engine Cuil, Microsoft revisiting the Folders’ Crystals switcheroo with its suprise Mojave operating system which was really just Vista in disguise, and a redneck that got angry at his lawnmower so he shot it with his shotgun.
July 18th, 2008 - What does the Google-Yahoo ad deal mean to consumers and advertisers? Watch and find out.
July 8th, 2008 -
Spark Media Solutions launches it's editorial production for live events. Read all about our services, client testimonials, and what Spark Media Solutions can do for your conference across multiple media platforms.
June 25th, 2008 - David Spark stops in the ZD studios for another appearance on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. On the show we discuss every tech pub getting an "exclusive interview" with Bill Gates as he leaves, the Yahoo! exodus of senior executives, and how Web 2.0 technologies are infiltrating enterprise-sized companies.
June 4th, 2008 -
John Gilles and Patrick Newbery of Method join David Spark in a BNET Webcast about “Optimizing Online Customer Interactions.” Throughout the hour conversation, we discussed best types of engagement and how to measure success. Give it a listen.


