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How Marc Belton's Online Communities Are Boosting Boomer Health

Marc Belton is boosting boomers' health by creating engaging and interactive communities online.READ»

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Information Demands People

With the right data you can make educated decisions, more captivating client experiences, and ultimately create stronger financial returns. With the right people, putting that information in context, you can do anything. READ»

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Rewiring for Social Commerce

Sale made. Gift given. Little girl ecstatic. Chalk up another wonderful transaction to social commerce. Is your organization ready for the next buyer?READ»

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Blue Collar Collaboration

People on the front lines, doing nitty-gritty manual work, can teach us plenty about real collaboration. READ»

Twitterbursts: It’s Not About The Tools; It’s All About The Tools

If you think microsharing (Twitter and it's enterprise-strength counterparts) is new, consider that humans have conveyed short messages, rife with meaning, for over thirty thousand years. Smoke signals have traversed the airways. Expressive quips filled Seinfeld’s show. At all stages and ages, we burst forward. So what is new, what makes this a revolution?READ»

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TMI, advice, opinions & other confusion for job seekers

These days, there may seem to be a shortage of jobs, but absolutely no shortage of information on how to get one! Recently, I’ve noticed an influx of experts touting all sorts of solutions for job seekers. Various sources of ...READ»

Learn More with Less: Nontraditional Fundraising for Corporate Education

Fundraising for your education department. Why not?READ»

Twitter Your Time-of-Day

Wonder if you're learning all you can from Twitter and Facebook? Consider the time of day.READ»

Learn More With Less: Corporate Education in the Current Economy

With less money available for corporate education efforts, how can organizations learn more now? Some suggestions are old school, others post-modern. This is the first in a series of articles focused on learning as the money runs out.READ»

Can Twittering Create an Economy of Words?

How companies should use Twitter. More answers to executives' tough questions about microsharing in the enterprise.READ»

Are Employees Twittering Away Productivity?

Answers to executives' tough questions about microsharing in the enterprise. As the enterprise microsharing market grows all in, I hear from skeptical leaders befuddled by this trend, wanting to be reassured their people aren't ...READ»

The New Media Skills

It's time to review the new set of skills people of all ages require to succeed. After my son told me recently he couldn't find one of his favorite books and that I should, "order another one online," he climbed into my office ...READ»

Face to Facebook Learning

I'm a voracious learner. In addition to reading magazines, books, blogs, tweets, and faces, I persistently look for patterns, connections, anomalies and what's new. I tolerated school only because it was where my friends were and ...READ»

Selling Wine the Web 2.0 Way

Fast Interview: Gary Vaynerchuk, one of the most successful personal branders on the new media frontier, grew his family business from $4 million in sales to $50 million. Here he talks about the power of social media and Web TV for building business and, you guessed it, your personal brand.READ»

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What I Learned During My Summer Vacation

June through August, when I was young, entailed family trips around the state. In September, when asked about my vacation, I would say brightly, "I visited Mexico, Paris and Lebanon," and then in a quieter voice, ...READ»

YouTube and the Context of "Being Social"

As an anthropologist, Michael Wesch is providing a fascinating analysis of the shifts in society and culture that are already underway. In this video he shows how user generated content + user generated filtering + user generated ...READ»

Invitation to a Party

Many of my colleagues recently attended the Web2.0Expo in San Francisco. From over 2K miles away I followed those twittering the fine details, longing for a way to easily get to the West Coast. This expo captivated my attention ...READ»

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Red Herring 100 Europe Awards

trivago wins Red Herring 100 Europe Award The European travel website trivago is one of Europe’s most promising young internet companies according to Red Herring. With the cost-free internet service travelers always find ...READ»

Socially Awkward Networks

A woman, who as a girl in gradeschool taunted me enthusiastically, contacted me through a social network site asking if I planned to attend an upcoming reunion. At first I didn't think much about it. I assumed she was on some ...READ»

The Latest in Learning Fast: edu-Twittering

A decade ago the hot app on everyone's desktop was PointCast, a personalized headline service of content emblazoned across your screensaver through a pre-RSS feed. No typing required, no link to click through. While on the phone or ...READ»