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Raise Your Corporate Engagement – A Guide to social media

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

Trevor Cook has published a great read on Social Media “Social Media or how I learned to stop worrying and love communication – The Power of Web 2.0″. It is free to download. Download it, print it (if you are so inclined) and make some action plans for your organization. The article covers blogging, podcasting and RSS, including examples of organizations using these tools for increase communications.

The big benefits of these technologies will come when organizations embrace these tools within their enterprises.

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Seatbelts save lives

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Wearing your seatbelt can save your life or reduce the injuries you may sustain in a motor vehicle crash. With all the knowledge we have, why is seatbelt use not at 100%?  Maybe putting this sticker in every automobile will change that.

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Take a break from your Blackberry

Friday, June 9th, 2006

For everyone who lives by their Blackberry, here is a novel way to get some breathing time. Gizmodo reports on a Chicago hotel that offers to lockup your Blackberry. This is another way of accountability to allow you to get some freedom from that little device.

From Reuters

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HP cuts back on telecommuting

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Who would have thought. HP a leader in so many things, is withdrawing from telecommuting. This is such a short sighted move and is sure to cause many high performing individuals to look for alternative employment.

With gas prices ever increasing, increase pollution from moving people from one place to another, just so they can be in the same room and the decreasing amount of time parents have to spend with their families, this is just a no-win strategy.

The benefits of telecommuting have been documented for several years now. If there is a problem, it is most likely with people management skills of those involved with staff hwo are telecommuting. Having staff all in one place is not going to solve that problem.

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