Is the business cocktail party dead? No, but business networking is definitely changing. A while back, Debbie and I had the great pleasure of presenting to an organization called YES (which stands for Young Executives for Success). They asked us to talk about how business networking has changed in the past couple of years, since the emergence of Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools. It was a cool topic, and a different lens for us since we typically discuss how social media changes PR, marketing and branding. Here’s a link to the Soya Marketing: La Geek, C’est Chic powerpoint presentation from that event. I hope you find it useful!

Attention business owners in and around Vancouver: you might just want to check out the Crave Business event this coming Monday, March 30, 2009. This is a chance to spend a day getting some new skills and insights for running a successful business. Soya is a sponsor. Our co-founder Deborah  Collins will be moderating the social networking panel and fellow co-founder Jacqueline Voci will be on the PR panel. Here’s the itineary.

We attended Crave’s Seattle event a couple of days ago. It was a smashing success and we met some wonderful people. We’ve gotta to get to Seattle more often – what a great city.

Soya’s very own Deborah Collins will be presenting at ‘Ideas on Tap’ on October 16 at Yaletown Brewing Co. Does anyone else remember the lively ‘Ideas on Tap’ events? Well, the folks at 6S Marketing have reinvented them. Business owners have 60 seconds to wow the audience with a cool business concept. Deb will be talking Web PR! Come on by! We hope to see you there.