Internet Skills

Last week, I heard about another teacher telling students their papers would be discarded if they used Wikipedia. Dana wrote about the teacher in Texas confiscating open source software CDs since they were “stolen” and “unlicensed.” Journalists dismiss bloggers for lack of “professionalism.” People complain about not being able to trust unrecognized sources of informationRead… Read more »

Resumes Are Like Bikinis

Truth be told … it’s a crap-shoot finding recruiters & staffing specialists at the top of their game! And, since there are no real rules for writing résumés, the odds of getting one’s résumé beyond that cursory first read are stacked against us! Staffing specialists and professional recruiters have their own personal rules about whatRead… Read more »

Social media for diplomats – practical guide 2.0

About a year ago I wrote a post explaining basic guidelines on using social media by diplomats (here: http://diplomatstalk.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-diplomats-should-use-social-media.html).One year later, I would like to update some things and add others. After all, there is nothing like experience…I will comment about three major tools: Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Here are the topics discussed: So whyRead… Read more »

Hashtags make or break an event (on Twitter, that is)

(Original post at www.kristyfifelski.com.) It should simply be another step in the event management process to select and promote an appropriate Twitter hashtag for any contemporary event. I attended the 2010 Women’s Summit in Reno, Nevada, on June 1. Attendees were very excited for keynote speaker Michelle Obama and several expert panels, and were tweetingRead… Read more »

“The Daily Influence” – Customizable RSS Aggregator

Ogilvy Worldwide and Netvibes developed this tool in January, although I discovered it today. Selection of RSS feeds evidently is customizable if one sets up an account on Netvibes. This could be the best English-language aggregation of Word of Mouth marketing sources. I think studying these sources can help us motivate employees to engage inRead… Read more »

The Cost of Data

MAYBE just POSSIBLY if enough people brought this issue to the attention of the carriers and FCC maybe this thing will get legs and the results will be the same as what happened when David Pogue NY Times blog brought to everyone’s attention regarding charges for the providers waiting 5 seconds to allow voice mailRead… Read more »