Peter Bowden

Curious George promo with kids

Peter Bowden — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:45:30 +0000

Here’s a fun promo for Curious George including some of the live action. Each Curious George story is followed by an interstitial segment featuring kids modeling how viewers can engage with the same science, math and design engineering concepts as George did.

If you want to engage, you need to go where the people are…

Peter Bowden — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 01:56:03 +0000

As someone working with communication, social media is becoming an increasingly important part of my work. Every time I speak and mention Facebook there is almost always someone who declares they are never going on Facebook. For these people I think I need to print out wallet cards with this infographic. Okay, maybe too complex for a wallet card. A poster? If you want to engage with people, you need to know where they are. Facebook! Graphic Source: The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic.

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Source: The Growth of Social Media: An Infographic

Social Media on Star Island next week

Peter Bowden — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:27:27 +0000

Next week I’ll be on Star Island, an island off the coast of NH, leading a week-long workshop on Social Media, Technology and Culture Change as it relates to congregations.

Interested in scheduling an event for your organization? Let’s talk… Write to me and we can schedule a call. Email Facebook Twitter

Video Blogging with the UU World Magazine

Peter Bowden — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:28:46 +0000

During the 2011 annual conference of the Unitarian Universalist Association June 22-26 I did some video blogging in partnership with the UU World Magazine. 14 videos all together. You can see them all here.

Keeping up with Social Media

Peter Bowden — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:39:12 +0000

This Spring I’ve been speaking regularly on the impact of cultural, demographic and technological trends on non-profits, including liberal congregations. Particularly how social media is changing how organizations need to engage with their constituents. What was particularly telling is that from one keynote and workshop to another, generally one or two weeks apart, the technology was changing on me! New offerings from Skype, changing Facebook layouts, and on and on. So, for the record, let me say that it is not easy keeping up. It takes consistent energy and intention. Kind of reminds me of that classic I Love Lucy segment in the chocolate factory (below). The changes keep coming and coming and coming…

Social Media Revolution (refreshed)

Peter Bowden — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:28:12 +0000

This week I mentioned the refreshed version of Erik Qualman’s Social Media Revolution video in a keynote I was offering to a group of educators. For conference participants, here’s the video as promised.

Peep Season 5

Peter Bowden — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:18:12 +0000

Right now we’re working on filming the live action segments for Peep and the Big Wide World season 5. We first started working on this show in early 2002. Almost 10 years! Take a look at this list of activity segments we’ve produced so far.

Making Giant Icicle Castles

Peter Bowden — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:06:30 +0000

Here in Boston our roof is producing icicles at an amazing rate. I’ve been removing them from the roof of our front porch when they get over three feet long. What to do with all those icicles? Make icicle castles!

This photo was taken after several days of melting, but you get the idea. The larger chunk on the right is what was left after knocking a five foot icicle off the edge of the roof.

“Peep and the Big Wide World” inspired craft projects

Peter Bowden — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:52:14 +0000

Here are some fun activities for kids posted on WGBH’s website inspired by the show Peep and the Big Wide World. I’m on the team producing the live action segments. Always fun to see what people do at home. The video and original post are by Angel Street Mom and are cross posted on the WGBH site.

Note there are more activities in the post than in the video. Make sure your check out the full Angel Street Mom post.

To succeed, first you must exist…

Peter Bowden — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:24:11 +0000

I’ve been helping a number of people get up to speed with blogging, Facebook and Twitter this month.

Mostly people who are launching projects of their own and need to set up an online presence. I think a lot of people are catching on to the fact that they need to keep up with these tools or they’re going to miss out.

We’ve entered a time when we all need to be thinking about personal branding and think of ourselves as our own bosses — even if you work for someone else…

A recent client of mine was told, “I love what you said, but I Googled you and you don’t exist. Let me know when you exist…” With a little help he does.

Do you exist?

If you’re going to succeed, I think you need to. At least online.