Tech

Innovative Companies Invest More in ICT

A research paper “Business Innovation and the Use of Information and Communications Technology” by Jessica Todhunter and Ruel Abello at the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that innovative companies invest more ICT. But what the analysis can’t show is if using ICT makes the company more innovative, or just that companies invest more to supportRead… Read more »

Visual Recording on the iPad (video)

This 12-minute video by Rachel S. Smith of The Grove is a great introduction to how visual/graphic recording can be done using the iPad. This practice is growing in popularity (and is becoming more and more affordable) in the graphid facilitation realm. Watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRJG46hUAW8. Rachel covers her usage of several iPhone apps:Read… Read more »

Live at Transportation Camp East NYC

TransportationCamp East TransportationCamp East will be held in New York City on Saturday March 5 and Sunday March 6, 2011 at the New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, New York NY (map). TransportationCamp East is sold-out, but you can join the wait list. Why Attend? Transportation is a major metropolitan issue, with direct impactsRead… Read more »

Tips on SharePoint Deployment Services

My thanks to Mack Sigman and Jay Dennis of ActioNet, and to Greg Valentine of WINS for being guests on the February 25 episode of my “Collaboration Tech Talk” Show! Here are some additional reference links on SDPS as covered in this interview: Planning Services, and Software Assurance Topics SharePoint Deployment Planning Services Brochure AnyRead… Read more »

How to Write an Effective Mission Statement for Your Community

Yogi Berra said: “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” The same holds true for any community. Mission statements are not new. Yet with online communities popping up, bringing people together from town to town, coast to coast, and country to country, crafting an effective mission statement is moreRead… Read more »

Pulling, Not Pushing: How To Make Me Pay Attention

In my previous post about online listening, I mentioned RepKnight, a soon to launch lightweight tool for tracking keywords across social media services. In this guest post, RepKnight’s Lyra McKee talks about getting people’s attention online without irritating them. Social media is like the Internet in 1999; no one’s quite sure how best to useRead… Read more »