Yesterday I had the privilege of giving two presentations for the 2009 Virginia Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (VACCE) Institute. Bob Leveque, VP Manufacturing, RR Donnelley, provided the keynote address entitled, “The Power of Attitude in Tough Times.”
OK, my earlier post was a bit premature. It’s April Fool’s Day and SlideShare played a prank on it’s users. Read about it here and watch the Twitter reactions here. I love a good joke. I have a pretty good sense of humor. I love April Fool’s day pranks. Usually. My favorite April Fool’s story [...]
Last Friday was a busy day with a fun surprise that caught me completely off guard! The surprise came as a random act of kindness by a Twitter friend, Dee Stewart. Unbeknownst to me, Dee waged a Twitter campaign to help me reach 2000 followers. A meeting in Charlottesville had me off the grid for [...]
You know how to use airport check in, right? You check the big luggage that you don’t want to carry onto the plane with you. The stuff you take on the plane is the stuff you need in case you loose your luggage (or more aptly put, in case the airline looses your luggage). Carry-on [...]
“It seems like when you give people easier ways to share information, more good things happen.”
With the advent of social media, you tell all your friends and they blog about it and share it with all their readers. The impact is much greater! Here’s a recent example of a friend who is using Facebook to share her complaint about an Old Navy promotion gone bad. Companies large and small should [...]
Thanks to Margaret Clevenstine, news reporter for ABC13 in Central Virginia, for covering social media. You can watch the 41 second segment here This text will be replaced : Is your business using social media/social networking? If so, how? If not, why not?
I just sat in on the first Twebinar thanks to Chris Brogan, Marcel LeBrun and many others at Cross Tech Media and Radian 6. What a GREAT first-time experience combining a webinar with the power of twitter to broaden the conversation. In case you missed it, here’s a summary of what stood out most for [...]
