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Video is the New King of Social Content at Hydro Ottawa #SM4U

May 2, 2017 by Gus Calabrese

Is Video the New King of Social Content?

In Vegas, Elvis may still be King, but on social media, video is King. Thanks to video integration across nearly all social platforms, there is no denying that video traffic is growing globally. The old saying that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, rarely holds true anymore. Join Hydro Ottawa’s Manager of Media and Public Affairs, Daniel Seguin, at the Social Media for Utilities conference, May 8-9, 2017 in Chicago.

Dan leads the development and implementation of all strategies and programs to engage and inform Hydro Ottawa’s key stakeholder audiences, including the media, internal shareholders, and all external stakeholders. Throughout his career, he has managed, prepared, and implemented strategic communications products; provided advice to senior ministerial staff, senior management, and government officials; managed large-scale events and liaised with stakeholders. Dan has been called upon to quickly analyze communications issues and provide advice, identify issues, and possible outcomes based on response to senior management.

Hear how Hydro Ottawa uses video to educate and connect customers to its business, employees, and events in a dynamic way. In his session, Dan will share:

  • The utility’s best practices on how to stand out on social channels
  • Visual storytelling strategies at Hydro Ottawa
  • How to use the power of video to re-energize your brand




Filed Under: Blog, Social Media Tagged With: chicago, Hydro Ottawa, SM4U, social media, social media for utilities

About Gus Calabrese

Starting his professional career as a Petroleum Engineer seems odd for a guy who now plans events, however. the similarities make perfect sense to Gus. Capacity, flow, logistics and attention to the details are major components of both Petroleum and event management. Gus’ event background includes some of Philadelphia’s most recognized events, The Reindeer Romp (3,000 participants), The World’s Largest Bar Crawl (15,000 participants), Xtoberfest (7,500 participants) on average over 50,000 tickets are sold to events produced by Gus. Since early 2011 Gus has been involved with logistics for Conferences Connect. In November of 2014 Gus left the Philadelphia event scene and took on a bigger roll of strategic planning and marketing for Conference Connects. Gus looks forward to the challenge of creating engaging conferences in multiple markets.

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