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Twitter Story: Conferences
I am definitely not the first person – and I’m sure I won’t be the last – to have my Twitter epiphany at a conference. Mine came at Great Ideas 2009. I seem to have…
Read More →Twitter Story: Advocacy
One answer to the “why” of Twitter: advocacy campaigns. This past spring, a little issue popped up. You may even have heard something about it. “Health care reform” ring any bells? Sure, we all knew…
Read More →Forget the “How” – Worry about the “Why”
Leslie White and I did a two hour (well, actually 1:15 after you took out the breaks and the fact that the predecessor session went long) session on Twitter at ASAE’s social media workshop last…
Read More →Paradox of Choice
I recently had the opportunity to hear Barry Schwartz speak. He’s a professor at Swarthmore who is most well known for his work on the Paradox of Choice. So what’s the deal with the Paradox…
Read More →Great quote for a rainy Tuesday
“Don’t let your imagination and enthusiasm be dampened by organizational politics or institutional caution.” This is from a white paper on guerrilla social media strategy by Colin McKay (shout out to Mads for the link),…
Read More →“I don’t care about your personal brand.”
I’ve been sitting on this quote from Aaron Brazell (@technosailor) since BlogPotomac back in June. A few thoughts about branding: NACHRI is currently going through a major branding initiative – consultants, fonts, colors, phrases, brand…
Read More →The Wisdom of Engineers, Part 2
Remember how I told you that I’m surrounded by engineers in my family? Well, engineers, aside from knowing lots of good jokes about themselves, frequently come up with a lot of wisdom. One of my…
Read More →The Wisdom of Engineers, Part 1
My dad’s an engineer. My brother’s an engineer. My spouse is an engineer. I’m surrounded by super-smart DISC profile “C” types. Ever in a situation you really don’t know how to fix/resolve? Apply one of…
Read More →How do you unplug?
Why do we feel like we have to be “on” all the time? OK, sometimes you genuinely have too much work to do in 40ish hours a week. That was the case for me at…
Read More →Not Turkey AGAIN!
When I was 5 years old, I went to a small elementary school that, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, provided a full turkey meal with all the trimmings for the students. That year, we had the…
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