We’ve seen an explosion of social spaces during the past couple of years – Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. Many organizations have built their own social space to provide the communication needs of their people. I live in several virtual worlds or neighborhoods, some public and some private, and I just got bit by an ugly downside of this! I teach one MBA class in which we use an online world that includes many of the social networking tools including email. I teach that class one semester every other year. (more...) [...]
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SEM || 12.10.2009 by Leslie Ciesielski
Search Engine Strategies Day 3
Today is day 3 of the Search Engine Strategies Conference in cold Chicago, and it was another good day of brain-info-overload! Here is a brief synopsis of what I learned throughout the day. (more...)
Worthwhile Archive || 12.04.2009 by Christopher Nicholas
Why is Facebook so popular?
Facebook. Can't live with it. Can't live without it. With more than 300 million active users and approximately 8 billion minutes a day worldwide spent on the site, I'd have to say it's pretty popular (click here for more astounding stats). (more...) [...]
Worthwhile Archive || 07.10.2009 by Brandon Godwin
Using "…" on the Web
In public speaking or personal conversation, you have non-verbal communication -- ways of communicating without actually saying words to communicate those elements. You'd think nonverbal communication would be lost with media -- texting, blogs, social networks. Not so. (more...) [...]
Worthwhile Archive || 07.08.2009 by Louisa Stephan
Love or Hate
Taking advantage of our three day holiday weekend, Stephan and I went to Charleston for the day with his brother. On the way down to the beach, we played a little game: Love it or Hate it. Instead of being wishy-washy about our feelings, we were forced to be definitive about whether we loved something more than we hated it and vice versa. For example, I said that I loved mullets while Stephan and his brother both claimed to hate them. For them, their dislike overrode any entertainment they may have gotten from seeing them. (more...) [...]
Worthwhile Archive || 07.01.2009 by Worthwhile
Things that make you tweet hmmm…
I was searching through my faithful laptop bag and I found a gift certificate a friend had given me for Christmas this past year. I totally forgot about it, but between old receipts and expired coupons there was my Horizon Records gift certificate. If you haven't been to Horizon, they have an eclectic variety of tunes, old vinyl records, books, movies, cds and much more. Very cool place, and as a bonus if you go there mid-day you can enjoy the wafting of deliciousness from The Bohemian Cafe lunch menu (I recommend the Cuban sandwich, it's magically delicious). (more...) [...]
Worthwhile Archive || 03.03.2009 by Beth Honshell
Change your Method, Keep your Message
Passion. Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge have been missionaries in Italy for over 50 years. Their work is to plant churches. Their passion is for young people and they have spent their life looking for ways to touch these lives. (more...) [...]
Worthwhile Archive || 02.24.2009 by Beth Honshell
I failed the Facebook Personality Test
I added the Facebook Personality Test and took the 20 question quiz. I wasn't surprised by the little graph that showed my score in 5 areas. Okay, scoring the exact same percentage in 4 of the 5 categories was a little surprising, but not the biggest thing. What WAS surprising were the suggestions for my projected career - secondary education, sociology, and interior design. Hello! Where did those come from? In fact, out of 61 career suggestions, the 59th was Information Technology. (more...) [...]
Worthwhile Archive || 01.15.2009 by Jonathan Pait
Rise of the Sialia sialis
There’s a new bird in town. Perhaps you’ve seen the little blue bird on some of the websites you frequent. Facebook, say hello to Twitter. Twitter is the new Blogger in a sound byte world. Back in my days in media relations I knew that if my message couldn’t be communicated in 15 seconds I might as well keep my mouth shut. Okay, I’m exaggerating about the 15 seconds. Now you only get 140 characters. (more...) [...]
