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.

May 20th, 2008 - During The CMO Club's "You're Not Alone Anymore" conference in NYC, Spark Media Solutions launched the media network for the CMO-only organization. In a day and a half, Spark Media Solutions produced and promoted a blog with 14 videos, 17 posts, and 52 photographs.

May 2nd, 2008 - Spark discusses how Tim Berners-Lee's landmark decision 15 years ago launched business on the Web and the culture of innovating through an open platform.

April 24th, 2008 - Spark's coverage of the conference includes a breakthrough bad presentation, a radio report, the cool and not-so-cool from Web 2.0, and twelve videos from industry luminaries such as Clay Shirky, Dan Farber, Kara Swisher, and Rafe Needleman.

April 17th, 2008 - Spark shot thirteen videos at the online ad industry conference with industry insiders such as Jim Louderback of Revision3, Tom Foremski of Silicon Valley Insider, Owen Thomas of Valleywag, and Pete Cashmore of Mashable.

April 16th, 2008 - David Spark continues to make appearances on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. On the show we discuss Blockbuster's bid to buy Circuit City, social networking for business, and the most offensive video game to play.

April 14th, 2008 - This "how to" guide will step you through the process of broadcasting your brand while also following your network and key people within your industry.

April 7th, 2008 - Spark discusses why MySpace will be dead in a few years and how nothing that happens on April Fools' Day is actually funny.

March 11th, 2008 - David Spark joins Robert Scoble, Jay Adelson, and Dave McClure in a very silly music video entitled "Rock Band." Lyrics by Randi Zuckerberg, and sung to the tune of "Roxanne" by Police cover band, Stung.

March 5th, 2008 - David Spark makes yet another appearance on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. They discuss Ask.com becoming a women’s portal, Comcast charging customers $2 to stop sending junk mail, Google Sites, Adobe Air, and a lot more.

February 20th, 2008 - "Be the Voice" explains why developing thought leadership is critical to growing your business. You'll learn how to develop lots of content cost efficiently while avoiding common pitfalls that could cause your company's media network to fail.
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February 15th, 2008 - Spark discusses the writers' victory and how it's really a set up for their negotiation when this contract ends.

February 9th, 2008 - Spark explains why Microsoft is looking to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion.

January 17th, 2008 - David Spark makes another appearance on John C. Dvorak's Cranky Geeks show. They talk about CES and some of the best and worst products of the year.

November 30th, 2007 - David Spark returns to KQED to discuss why Google announced its "Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal" plan.

November 18th, 2007 - Amplify the value of the "liveness" of your event by layering it with social media tools to improve physical logistics, distribute information, connect people, and enhance face-to-face conversations. Article includes advice for preparing, staffing, producing, and promoting plus a checklist to make sure you're making the most of your live event. Download the PDF.

November 14th, 2007 - The Personal Broadband Industry Association (PBIA), a non-profit organization focused on driving the market for ubiquitous, affordable broadband invited David Spark to join the group's board of strategic advisors which include Internet industry pioneer Vint Cerf and Tony Perkins, President of AlwaysOn.

November 7th, 2007 - After conducting a variety of ad hoc new and social media seminars, Spark Media Solutions formally introduces "Be the Voice^SM," a one- or two-day seminar on how to become your industry's thought leader through effective and efficient use of new media. Full description here.

September 11th, 2007 - As Facebook opens up its content to search engine indexing, David Spark talks privacy issues with Facebook and other social networks.

August 3rd, 2007 - David Spark returns to discuss why Google's lobbying the FCC to change the rules of the spectrum auction.

July 15th, 2007 - Today, David Spark appeared with Leo Laporte on the popular podcast, This Week in Tech, better known as TWiT. Joining David on the show were Jason Calacanis and Veronica Belmont.

July 1st, 2007 - The tenth installment of "The 12 Principles of New Media: The Conversation Videos", entitled "Be the connector" is now available to watch, listen, or read the transcript. This tenth installment is one of a series of 12 weekly conversation videos with experts offering divergent opinions on the principles. "The 12 Principles of New Media" (PDF) is an essay by David Spark on the 12 issues you need to take into consideration when running a new media campaign.

June 29th, 2007 - A regular on KQED's "This Week in Northern California," David Spark returns to discuss the launch of the iPhone and what it means to us, the tech industry, and content industry.

May 21st, 2007 - Essay by David Spark to compliment a conference session Spark moderated for the PRSA (Public Relations Society of America). This article offers actionable advice for PR professionals on how to engage in the new media space. Inside you'll find coverage on these ten important issues:

Losing control over the conversation
Fueling conversations with content
Become a participant yourself
Who’s talking about you?
Know WHEN people are talking about you and your clients
Who are the top influencers in your space?
Dealing with bad publicity online
So you want bloggers to talk about you and your clients
Just because you’ve got an influencer’s ear, doesn’t mean they’re going to talk positively about you
PR and advertising convergence

May 21st, 2007 - New essay by David Spark offering advice to moderators, panelists, and even attendees on how to deliver and participate in a buzz worthy conference session. Download the PDF.

March 16, 2007 - A regular on KQED's "This Week in Northern California," David Spark returns to discuss Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit against Google/YouTube. David Spark appeared on the show back in October when Google purchased YouTube.

March 14, 2007 - Sprint, the communications company, is also the publisher of Health Mobile, the health industry technology newsletter geared towards healthcare technology executives. In the latest issue of Health Mobile, "Critical Communications in Healthcare: Ending the Healthcare Communication Runaround" Spark spoke to four hospital IT directors about how they’ve been using mobile applications to simplify operations at their respective institutions. All were facing classic communication problems in a healthcare environment until they employed mobile applications like Vocera, PatientKeeper, and Xora. more...

March 13, 2007 - WebEx begins a one month sponsorship of David Spark's twice a week tech update just days before Cisco gobbles them up for a reported $3.2 billion dollars (the price of two YouTubes). "The Spark Minute" is heard Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:40pm Pacific on 960 AM, The Quake (KQKE) in San Francisco.

March 07, 2007 - Spark Media Solutions begins its analyst relationship with the Guidewire Group, a global research firm focused on emerging information technology markets. The Guidewire Group publishes The Guidewire Report, an analysis of emerging trends and of new technology products and services. Spark Media Solutions will provide industry commentary, analysis, and profiles of tech start ups for the twice a month publication. Guidewire Group is best known for the co-production (along with Network World) of the DEMO conferences. Hosted by Guidewire Group's cofounder, Chris Shipley, the DEMO conference is the launch pad for industry setting presentations and companies.

January 12, 2007 - Is the iPhone as cool as it looks? David Spark breaks it down.

January 3, 2007 - Microsoft converts an analyst's whitepaper on hosted messaging into a wiki, opening it up to the tech community to add, modify, and debate.

Working on behalf of Microsoft, Spark Media Solutions has begun managing the editorial development of the wiki. The whitepaper, written by Osterman Research, is entitled "The Advantages of a Hosted Messaging Security Solution." Spark Media Solutions' founder, David Spark, has begun engaging with the blogging community to participate in the debate posed by the whitepaper: is it more cost effective and efficient for companies to pay for a hosted messaging solution vs. building a messaging solution in-house.

Bloggers have commented on the wiki and published posts on their respective blogs as well. Spark Media Solutions works directly for Chautauqua Communications on this project. The whitepaper (in wiki form) can be found at http://www.mehsreport.com. Spark Media Solutions, Chautauqua Communications, and Microsoft all invite you to participate.