Posts Tagged ‘Media’

Great Idea, CNN – Fire Your Knowledge Assets

OK, I get that Hezbolla is on the wrong side of the tracks but let me get this straight; a traditional media professional is fired for using social media in a manner deemed nontraditional? CNN’s credibility was compromised since their action only serves to demonstrate where the real power is Twitter…

Location is important for your Contact Center too!

Location Based Services (LBS) are becoming all the rage now. Start up companies like Foursquare which is a web based check in service where you can declare your location to your friends, and even popular sites like Twitter and Facebook are getting into the act and attaching location based information about your status updates.

Cory Doctorow in Seattle For The Win

Cory has an interesting sense of abstraction. He’ll spot a trend – or collection of trends – and extrapolates those into some future human condition, with all human complexities dutifully attached….

Browser Wars – Wrong Data

The following analysis demonstrates the need for internet vetting, a market is only as efficient as the vetting mechanism. In the old days this was called truth in advertising. The Internet takes this to a whole new level.

Engage: A Video Introduction

Engage is my new book that helps businesses and brands build, cultivate, and measure success in the new web and it is now available online and hopefully in a book store near you.
Please consider reading the book and if you find it helpful, please also help me share it with those who are looking to [...]

How I Just Got Smarter By Association: Lunchtime Masterminds

A few weeks ago, I was looking to outsource the build out of my own Social Media curriculum and create a members-only area for the new e-course (More about the curriculum below and in forthcoming posts).

The Anonymous Social Currency

I am astonished that people willingly and freely give up huge volumes of information about themselves when they really don’t have to. In earlier times, marketers and advertisers would pay a great deal of money for far less information that people give them for free. People do not understand the value that is stored between their ears or how easy it would be to set up an alternate economy that trades in social currencies.

Future of Money and Technology Summit 2010

I was invited to present at the Future of Money and Technology Summit in San Francisco on Monday April 26. Representing The Ingenesist Project, I’ll be seated on a panel with two very important futurists; Chris Heuer and Micki Krimmel discussing non-quantifiable exchanges. The ever esteemed and respectable Ms. Tara Hunt will be moderating the session.

People on the Move in the Social Business Industry: April 2010

In an effort to recognize the changes in the social media space, I’ve started this post series (see archives) to both track and congratulate folks who get promoted, move, or accept new exciting positions. Please help me congratulate the following folks:

What the Heck is a “Conversation Conductor?”

The job title on my business card and website is ‘Conversation Conductor.’ The title itself is a conversation starter in most cases. It’s also — in my thinking — quite descriptive of what I do daily. One type of conductor…