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Great sex and social media, it’s all about the response

November 13, 2011

How to make your social media more responsive I’m sitting in the “gas station” Starbucks in Lakeland this morning working, and listening to four other people, who are very loud and discussing tech related topics and brands as follows: Amazon Kindle Fire American Express Delta Starbucks Apple iCloud service iPad Target Ten major retail/consumer brands [...]

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Labor negotiations now a social process

October 10, 2011

Social media and labor negotiations at the UAW In a presentation I gave recently at the Ohio HR Conference, I mentioned some of the ways unions have adopted social media into the labor negotiations process, including the use of Twitter and private groups on Facebook. Turns out, it is progressing faster than I realized. The [...]

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Seven things I have learned about social media since leaving HR

October 2, 2011

How social media keeps me out of trouble at HREvolution I am now batting .500 on HREvolution events.  So far, I have missed all the events held in cities that start with L. That simply sucks, but it’s life.  Since assuming my glamorous new duties as a social media community manager, I simply can’t travel [...]

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Don’t be a dummy when it comes to social media job search!

September 6, 2011

Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies I don’t many book reviews on this blog, but I got excited when I was asked to read an advance copy of Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies by Joshua Waldman.   Josh is the founder of the Career Enlightenment blog, and has put together a great resource [...]

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HR Florida and social media: to change or not to change

September 3, 2011

 Time to change my role? That is the question. I feel like I am at something of a personal crossroads, and I am looking for some feedback. I have attended the HR Florida show and been involved with social media at the event every year since 2008.   The trajectory of my involvement with HR Florida [...]

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This ain’t no social media Hogwarts, kids

August 10, 2011

Learn about social media for HR from HR pros This ain’t no Hogwarts. It ain’t even magical. It is in Orlando, and it’s pretty damn cool, if I do say so myself!  (and I just did) If you are attending the 2011 HR Florida state conference, here is something you might want to get in [...]

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From my Reader: good labor reads

August 5, 2011

Stuff I have been reading about this week: No content, and no commentary.  Just a list of stuff I have been reading this week…mostly labor relations. Ikea furniture workers win union drive, with international help Twitter bombing the boss could become the norm Labor unions unhappy with Obama slogan “it could have been worse.” Why [...]

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The big Facebook launch day

July 2, 2011

Worried how the Facebook page launch would go I usually don’t write about my day job very much.   I sometimes write about things that come up there  that give me ideas to talk about here, but I not about the day-to-day activities.  I am going to change-up on that one today. You may recall that [...]

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Cool tools: Twylah and Paper.li make viewing Twitter easier

June 12, 2011

Different ways to consume Twitter Have you created your Twylah yet? I created my Twylah a few days ago, and it is pretty cool. What is a Twylah you may ask.     Twylah is a web site that takes you twitter stream and turns it into a more attractive web site.   Twylah is similar to paper.li [...]

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You are always on stage with social media

June 11, 2011

The social media spotlight A quick story about social media and the value of reputation. An HR colleague just hired my wife to do a web design project (smart) via a post from LinkedIn that I noticed and responded to.  She was not the only choice for this project. There were several other bidders. What [...]

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