It’s Friday morning and we know you’re on a caffeine jolt before the weekend.  Our hosts Eve and Mary have returned fresh and rejuvenated from a Spring Break get-a-way and they’re especially glad to be back for this week’s ‘Social Media for the CEO‘ radio show since our guest is none other than Mr. Lee Aase, current Director for the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media.  Be sure to join us this morning at 10am CT/11am ET when ‘Social Media for the CEO’ radio show hosts Eve and Mary will interview Lee and discuss the ideas and history behind the Mayo Clinic’s progressive institution.  If you’re curious as to how the Mayo Clinic changed the game when it came to leveraging the communications/media space and raising brand awareness then this is definitely a show for you.

Lee’s Bio:

Lee Aase is director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, a first-of-its-kind social media center focused on health care, which builds on Mayo Clinic’s leadership among health care providers in adopting social media tools. Mayo Clinic has the most popular medical provider channel on YouTube and active, popular outposts on Twitter and Facebook. With its News Blog, podcast blog and Sharing Mayo Clinic, a blog that enables patients and employees to tell their Mayo Clinic stories, Mayo has been a pioneer in hospital blogging.

By night, Lee is Chancellor of Social Media University, Global (SMUG), a free online higher education institution that provides practical, hands-on training in social media for lifelong learners.  Prior to joining Mayo Clinic in 2000, Lee spent more than a decade in political and government communications at the local, state and federal level. He received his B.S. in Political Science from Mankato (Minn.) State University in 1986.

Listen live by visiting blogtalkradio.com/SocialMediafortheCEO on Fridays at 10:00 am CT or visit  www.SM4CEO.com anytime to stream and download past shows. Participate in the discussions by tweeting your questions/comments to @LinkedInQueen (#SM4CEO). See your questions and comments live via a Tweet chat during the show by visiting: Twitter.com/LinkedInQueen or by searching #SM4CEO on Twitter.com.

Join us this morning live from Las Vegas at the beautiful New York New York Hotel for our ‘Morning After the Mashable Awards‘ show today at 8am PST / 10am CT / 11am ET when our hosts Eve and Mary will interview Matan Talmi,  Co-Founder & CEO at Drippler – and a major exhibitor at this year’s CES Showcase.  Eve, Mary and Matan will review the amazing discussion surrounding the 2011 CES Showcase and how Drippler is leaving a powerful footprint across the communications landscape.

Matan Talmi’s Bio

Matan started his career serving in the IDF’s Intelligence Force. Following his military service, Matan graduated his Electrical and Electronics Engineering studies at Tel-Aviv University. During and following his studies, Matan held various R&D positions in the Hi-tech industry.

In 2010, with years of technological and project management experience, Matan founded Drippler, along with Dotan Galron. Drippler brings consumers the latest rumors, news and updates on their products throughout the product life-cycle. Drippler also saves consumers the hassle of searching and browsing, while making sure they don’t miss any valuable information.

“Today, consumers have a tough time keeping track of new content about their products, and often miss out on valuable information. We’re here to make sure you’re always updated, whether it’s a must-have app for your smartphone, a new firmware version for your game console, or a cool new case for your tablet. Our technology allows users to receive personally tailored content: Your Gadgets – Your Updates.”

Listen live by visiting blogtalkradio.com/SocialMediafortheCEO on Fridays at 10:00 am CT or visit www.SM4CEO.com anytime to stream and download past shows. Participate in the discussions by tweeting your questions/comments to @LinkedInQueen (#SM4CEO). See your questions and comments live via a Tweet chat during the show by visiting: Twitter.com/LinkedInQueen or by searching #SM4CEO on Twitter.com.

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As we look back at last year and study the ‘How/Why/Where’ of Twitter’s growth (more than 100 million new accounts were generated in 2010); it’s imperative that we also study where this growth spurt was most prominent and what that means with a new year.  In a recent article on the topic, MediaBistro reported that although, “It might surprise some… Saudi Arabia has been seeing massive growth in social networking and blogging among its younger generation over the past few years. This trend led naturally to skyrocketing Twitter use.”

As a whole, Twitter saw an tremendous growth spurt in 2010, but on the global front, Saudia Arabia was one of the top countries to report a staggering percent of increase.  Research shows that “New users from Saudi Arabia grew 240% over the course of the year in addition to an increase of 440% in daily tweets”

A interesting statistic when one “compares this to the global average of 95% growth in daily tweets from 2010.

The report from MediaBistro goes on to sight that one of Twitter’s attractions in Saudi Arabia stems from how “the platform is able to garner media attention especially for legal cases; Saudi users frequently employ Twitter to bring legal issues to the public attention.” [Read more...]

By Mary B. Adams
The UK is among the top 10 countries for Internet penetration rates. At least 50% of UK households have broadband internet, and many use mobile phones to access broadband internet. In 2009 the broadcast and communications regulatory body, Ofcom, concluded that social networking sites are now a “mainstream communications technology” for many people in Great Britain. Read more →