Community is for Suckers
Building a community takes time, effort, a cause, and a little bit of crazy. As human beings, we are forever social animals. The concept of community is a foundation piece of social and cultural...
View ArticleThe Corporate Revolution Meets the Social Revolution
Social Power and the Coming Corporate Revolution While heading to the Direct Employers Conference in Indianapolis today, I picked up a copy of this week’s Forbes magazine. When I travel, I make a...
View ArticleInformation Sharing & Personal Connections in the Digital Age
The Era of Corporate Social Media Discrimination Series has been one of my most popular series. I’m dusting off the series because I recently learned of some new court cases and information I hadn’t...
View ArticleTwo Votes For Social Media Training at Work From Google & the Bloggess
I am a firm believer in providing social media training for new hires and employees within organizations. Companies spend millions billions of dollars with union avoidance training, employee...
View ArticleJust The Facts About Workplace Social Media
I’m captivated by infographics. They, in my mind are the preferred alternative to boring reports and bullet-filled craptastic powerpoint presentations. For me an infographic is a great way to explain...
View ArticleWhy Tweeting About Getting High Isn't a Good Idea at Work
I had an interesting conversation this week with someone in human resources about social media, particularly Twitter. They had an interesting social media workplace scenario come up that I thought I...
View ArticleA Social Media Workplace & HR Story: Almost Dooced
Since last week when I shared my story about how my personal brand, namely my blog was causing tension between me and my former company, a number of social media and blogging savvy professionals have...
View ArticleManaging Your Social Media Mullet — Part 1
According to Wikipedia, a mullet is a unisex hair style that is short in the front and long in the back. The mullet began making appearances in the popular media in the 1960s and 1970s but did not...
View ArticleWorkplace Social Media CYA
This is a 4 part series on Managing Your Social Media Mullet. You can view Part 1 where I discussed the concept of social media mullet and “Business in the front. Party in the back.” In Part 2, the...
View ArticleSolutions to Mitigating Risk of Corporate Social Media
This is a two part series on corporate social media risk. Check out Part 1: As Social Media Adoption Grows So Does Corporate Risk. HR’s Role in Workplace and Social Media Adoption Organizations...
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