I will never forget my first bylined article in the Financial Times of London. It was back when Kathy Lee Gifford was in trouble as her clothing line for Wal-Mart was accused of violating the child labor laws in Honduras. As an aspiring journalist, I did a ton of research and preparation for this article.Read… Read more »
PROJECT LEAD, Alberta Climate DialogueAlberta Climate Dialogue (ABCD) seeks a Project Lead to guide an ambitious citizen engagement initiative that will operate first in municipalities across Alberta and then scale up to the provincial level. ABCD is a five-year project premised on the conviction that well-designed citizen deliberations can play a crucial role in creatingRead… Read more »
In the aftermath of a recent “Bridging Generational Communication” workshop with a major DC utility, I coined two new concepts – “Gentor” ™ and “Gentoring” ™. (My Webmaster frequently notes how Spell-check is not impressed by my wordsmith proclivities!) And a showcase essay, “Gentoring” ™: Building a New Mentoring Role for Bridging the Generational-Digital DivideRead… Read more »
A colleague has asked an interesting question and I’d like some help answering. The question: I am working with one of our development teams on their needs/development plans and I wanted to bring external best practices in this area.Do you have any examples (or theory /articles) on how to develop effectively developers / technology teams?Read… Read more »
Gadi Ben-Yehuda The 411 for when You’re 404: TechCrunch reports on a whitepaper by Microsoft and Psychster that details how companies (and by extension, government organizations) can use Twitter to communicate when their sites go down. Whose House? 25 – 44 Year-Olds’ House! Take a look at this chart detailing the demographics of various socialRead… Read more »
Few days ago, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) eGovernment has officially released a set of guidelines documents; one of them was Guidelines for Social Media Usage in UAE Government Entities. The document offers a set of guidelines for the government entities in UAE to manage their presence on social media websites and take actions onRead… Read more »
This afternoon, I had the pleasure of presenting for the ACT-IAC Human Capital Special Interest Group. My working title was “Surfacing Top Talent with Social Media.” I built on a previous slide deck, adding 6 examples of agencies and people using social media as part of the recruitment and hiring process. I’ll let the slidesRead… Read more »
Plan ahead; anticipate the unexpected, take steps to prevent problems before they occur. Success at work, home, or at school is not living in crisis. Even firefighters only spend 3 to 5 percent of their time fighting fires. Instead spend more of your time doing things that are important – value added – when they’reRead… Read more »
Following up on my post about the importance of listening to what people are saying about you and your organisation online, we’re delighted to be running a free webinar on the subject along with our friends at RepKnight. It’s taking place on Wednesday 16th March between 10:30am and 11:30am. The webinar will include some generalRead… Read more »
It’s a small world. That’s what I find myself thinking almost every day. I constantly meet people who I am very glad to know even when I am just sitting on an airplane. I also make a habit to hand out business cards to most of the people I meet. Am I job hunting? No,Read… Read more »