Category Archives: Social Media

Blogging: A Shout into the Void?

I have a love/hate relationship with blogging. I love having something to say and the channel to do so. I love the reader reaction, positive …

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The Training Webinar is Dead

Dear Corporate Training Departments, It’s time to kill the training webinar. For years your employees have put up with tech checks (“Can you see the …

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Hear That? It’s the Sound of Irrelevance

A pink cammo bow and arrow set… that was the elusive gift this year for my niece. She had to have it in order to …

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5 Lessons from a Twitter Convert

I love social media and all of its possibilities, most of which weren’t even fathomed by the tool creators. It appeals to my sense of …

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What’s up with Social Technology and Talent Management?

What’s up with Social Technology and Talent Management? Not much. Sure you’ve got recruiters getting the hang of LinkedIn to find candidates. But that has …

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Don’t Be A LinkedIn “Ignoridiot!”

I just got back from a presentation where I asked audience members to raise their hands to show if they were LinkedIn … and as …

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Don’t Take it Profersonally!

Until recently I followed a blogger who was widely hailed as a “career guru.” The blog graced all sorts of most-influential blog lists. I’ll call …

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Social Media: Just Say No

At the risk of being pilloried here, I’m going to say it … social media isn’t always the cure. Sometimes it’s not even part of …

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Takeaways from #ODNconf2011

The annual Organization Development Network Conference for 2011 is this week in Baltimore. On November 1, my colleague Michelle Milam Davis (@MilamDavis) and I will deliver …

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