Sometimes I get tired of telling the same story, but very often, that’s exactly what it takes to induce change. That change is the very root of social media and its associated tools, networks, and concepts. Since everyone learns at a different pace,...
Topics: challenges, communication, enterprise, learning, message, people, sharing, social media, teaching, work

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Doesn’t it seem like we talk a lot about social media as a tool for sales or marketing?  It certainly is a great channel for that in the right context, and the right usage.  I’m curious how many folks who talk about building a...
Topics: collaboration, communication, community, enterprise, leadership, professional, social media, teams, workplace

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Sometimes it’s the simple things that we overlook the most. For Personal Branding, this is occasionally the email signature. If you look over the most frequent and pervasive communications tools we have, email is still a top contender for the vast...
Topics: email, personal brand, professional, signature, writing

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Some say that plain text is best. Who am I to complain? When something as simple as 140 characters is enough on Twitter to convey a message, or 160 characters for a mobile text message? We can communicate a lot with very little – and a very simple...
Topics: debate, formatting, html, opinion, text, thinking, uncategorized

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Learning something about myself: I’m not an IT guy anymore.
Topics: career, happiness, information, learning, life, new, phases

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