Rethinking It All

Robert Michael Murray, National Geographic’s (relatively) new Vice President for Social Media, was in Hawaii last week for a conference called [Re]Think:

At its core, the week is about connecting entrepreneurs and investors during a series of panels, lunches, excursions, dinners, cocktails and aloha style exchange of ideas and relationship building in Hawaii. Our focus is bringing a core group of people from our collective networks together who have a shared interest in solving problems and rethinking tech, business and sustainability.

While [Re]Think has a Facebook page, a Twitter hashtag, and photos on Flickr, there isn’t any live streaming or archived videos of the panel discussions or presentations. There are no podcasts. No transcripts. (If you find any, please post links in the comments, below.)

Looking for some hint of what our Society’s representative might have learned in Hawaii, we turned to Robert’s Twitter feed (@rmmdc), which we’ve captured below. (Best we can tell, Robert hasn’t blogged a word since he started working at National Geographic in June. And thus far, his public presence on the Society’s web site is virtually zero.)

Once Robert returns to DC, we hope he’ll share some of the highlights of this five-day conference — on his personal blog, on the Society’s site, here at Society Matters… anywhere at all. We’re excited to hear his new ideas about how social media can help our Society stop its free fall and find its footing again.

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   rmmdc Just landed in Honolulu. Watched 500 Days of Summer and Adam, probably not the most uplifting inflight movies. #rethink 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   rmmdc Defs missing out –> Geeks #PearlHarbor Museum cocktails & tour #rethink #goap http://twitpic.com/o79i8 (via @PacificAviation @davemcclure) 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   rmmdc Okay, totes going on a shopping tour of Waikiki Beach … oh how you tempt me on the way to the hotel. Should resist. But. Will. Not. 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   rmmdc Jealous. Flight needed to be faster from DC –> Leaving @PacificAviation Museum Pearl Harbor, great museum #ReThink (via @techmama) 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   rmmdc Been up since 8:00 am EST, is now 8:00 pm in Honolulu. You do the math. Btw, may have had 8 pints of something as well. Love my 8s. #rethink 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   rmmdc Uhm, do I really have a conference call at 6am local (1 pm EST)? And panel at 9am? Don’t folks realize I’m in Honolulu? #rethink #justsayin 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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   rmmdc Had a great conversation with @blogworld; looking forward to the panel discussion in the am (despite the 9am start time). 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie in reply to blogworld
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   rmmdc @christinelu @davemcclure have been unbelievable hosts since my arrival; am honored to have earned #goap membership. Psyched for #rethink 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie in reply to davemcclure
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   rmmdc @j_behl srrsly. Need to change the flavor, no more haterade! 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie in reply to j_behl
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    rmmdc Microsoft Redesigns MSN, Adds Twitter and Facebook – http://bit.ly/VBcfd (via @mashable) 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc These were effin awesome –> I brought coco puffs come to the back of the room #rethink say hi to rickyli99 (via @rickyli99) 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc Fantastic conversation with @nathankam @neenz @tcastor and Jay Talwar at #ReThink. Big kudos to @blogworld for running a great panel. 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc Hawaii is geographically an ideal place for more face to face East Meets West exchanges. #rethink (via @christinelu) 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc @kaiserkuo: “Korea has an unholy alliance between manufacturers….it’s a techno dystopia” #rethink (via @rickyli99) 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc @Xeus true dat! Some great conversations going on out here. 04 Nov 2009 from Tweetie in reply to Xeus
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    rmmdc Hope you enjoy it –> http://bestc.am/I0sd Every single National Geographic just showed up. On a hard drive! (via @scobleizer) 05 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc @amanda is rocking the non-profit case study panel at #rethink letting folks know about the evolution and growth of @twestival. 05 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc Up next at #rethink Hawaii, @jowyang talking social media case studies with @tedr and @slangille with new hashtag: #recase 05 Nov 2009 from Tweetie
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    rmmdc Srrsly, WTF was that -> I’m on stage at #rethink, a half naked man streaked through our panel. Everything stopped. It was @kk (via @jowyang) 05 Nov 2009 from Tweetie

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