Among the highlights of the event:

• Outstanding Speakers: Patrick White and Guillaume Brunet;
• Montreal’s community of professional communicators gathering;
• CNW Group’s CEO, Carolyn McGill.

An event that captivated and attracted an audience eager to learn more about a new player in the media landscape that is changing to the way stories are now covered and reaching  online social communities .

“You are all welcome to blog for Le Huffington Post Québec” - Patrick White.

Carolyn McGill, CEO, CNW Group
Photo Courtesy of Jennifer-Lee Gagnon

Interaction between Guillaume Brunet, Moderator and Patrick White, Le Huffington Post Québec
Photo Courtesy of Jennifer-Lee Gagnon

Déjeuner Conférence CNW Telbec
Photo Courtesy of Jennifer-Lee Gagnon

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,100 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 35 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

There is a reason why iTunes named Instagram App of the year! Yet there are several applications for iPhones and though Instagram is one of my favourites, there is also Hipstamatic, Retro Camera, Photoshop Express, better yet, Camera+ that can make a fantastic job when editing your photos and raising the quality of those to a professional level.  Perhaps, we all have an artistic side in our personalities, well hidden and willing to manifest whenever possible?

Here’s some interesting statistics by Comscore 2010 Top Mobile Activities in the U.S.  We can expect these numbers to triple for 2011.

Top Mobile Activities in the U.S.

As per Facebook, we learn that on average, more than 250 million photos are uploaded per day!

Facebook’s Statistics Summary

People on Facebook

• More than 800 million active users
• More than 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
• Average user has 130 friends

Activity on Facebook

• More than 900 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups, events and community pages)
• Average user is connected to 80 community pages, groups and events
• On average, more than 250 million photos are uploaded per day

Global Reach

• More than 70 languages available on the site
• More than 75% of users are outside of the United States
• Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application

Platform

• On average, people on Facebook install apps more than 20 million times every day
• Every month, more than 500 million people use an app on Facebook or experience Facebook Platform on other websites
• More than 7 million apps and websites are integrated with Facebook

Mobile

• More than 350 million active users currently access Facebook through their mobile devices
• More than 475 mobile operators globally work to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products

We want to see you there and won’t take no for an answer.

Buy tickets online now!

Who:    All IABC members / non members / students
What:   IABC Winter Festive Frolic
When:   December 7, 2011, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Where:  Le Local – 740 William, Montréal, H3C 1P1
Why:    Why not?