I’ve always been a frequent user of public libraries. In fact, I paid my high school and college tuition by working at the Bexley Public Library in Columbus, Ohio.
We have a great public library system here in Alexandria Virginia. I’ve been using it steadily ever since my kids were little and we took them to weekly story hours at the Queen Street Branch.
In A Map of My Online Networking Tools: Part 1 I described the use of the MindMeister, a "mind mapping" tool, to display an organized list of the sites I use in relation to personal and professional networking.A different type of tool for mapping relationships that I have written about before is Kartoo. Kartoo displays relationships among web sites based on links and concept groupings.
I am experimenting with development of a graphical map of the online networking tools I use for personal and professional networking. I started this as a way to illustrate to people how different tools can be used and how their features differ.
What department should manage a corporate “social networking” program for generating business leads?
I thought about this while responding to the question posed on Linkedin Answers by Dave Biskner, How would you implement a staff-wide networking program?
Last night I attended the monthly meeting of DC CopyNight at a bar within walking distance of the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro stop in Washington DC. Here’s the official description of the group:
I heard a story recently that might be true. The younger employees of a large international company had started to use Google Calendar for listing company events, and they started entering upcoming conference call-in information. Some of them set the "share" feature to "on."
Linkedin’s recent announcement about opening up to developers may also open it up to what is happening to Facebook.
CIO.com's Seven Reasons for Your Company to Start an Internal Blog lists the following:
1. Your enterprise e-mail applications are not easy to search.
2. Your e-mail is lost in the eye of the “cc storm.”
3. Ex-employees can take it with them.
4. Too much wasted time checking in with colleagues.
5. With blogs, the humble and the egotist both win.
6. Organizational openness and accountability.
7. People might already be using them.
Carey Lening (a fellow member of the group DC CopyNight) pointed out some news: Lawrence Lessig has announced he is “shifting gears” and moving on to devote his “next ten years” to a different set of issues from those that have consumed him for the past decade.
A Short Definition of "Strategic Planning"
A while back I wrote How To Develop a Business-Aligned Social Media & Social Networking Strategy which described a structured approach to strategic planning. That turned into a 2,200-word white paper and described a process for those situations where structured development process is called for.
A recent editorial in the China Post (online version) titled Outsourcing practice now targeting core jobs in the West comments on what anyone familiar with the business process outsourcing business already knows: high paying service jobs in developed countries are the next target for offshoring, and not just to save money, but to provide quality service.
While writing up notes for my Project Blog Survey, I learned from George Dearing about the new MindMeister product, a web based “mindmapping” tool that supports graphical concept mapping, collaboration, and group Skype calling.
Google announced on June 12 some additions to the new Google Analytics service. Chief among these is the availability of hourly updates, which allows for more realtime tracking, which occasionally comes in handy.
The OECD has published the Executive Summary of a major report on international trade involving counterfeited and pirated products. The report, The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting and Piracy, estimates that international trade in 2005 involving counterfeit or pirated works totalled $200 billion US.
Reports are coming out of MIT of successful experiments to transmit electricity wirelessly over a distance to power a lightbulb.
I was sitting here working on a business proposal when the announcer on WAMU-FM reminded listeners of the pending fly-over by the International Space Station.
Ana Caraveli in the Journal of Association Leadership has published a lengthy and thoughtful article titled Building the Future on Member Value: Codevelopment as a Key to Customer Relationships in the 21st Century.
A couple of nights ago we had dinner out on our deck overlooking the yard we have been landscaping over the past few years. It was a beautiful evening. We enjoyed the breeze, the bird songs, and the conversation. As darkness fell, I brought out some kerosene lamps to provide some gentle illumination. My son brought out his laptop and entertained us with selected YouTube videos streamed from the house's wireless system.
An Associated Press story on Yahoo! News titled AMA wants doctors to swap idea online describes how the AMA has started an ad-free, subscriber based network for use by physicans in conjunction with Sermo, Inc. The network is used for sharing questions, answers, and medical opinions.
I received an email today from Penny Edwards, who is studying for an MBA. Penny is conducting a survey on wiki use in a business environment.