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Using Twitter as a Prediction Engine
April 2, 2010 – 12:59 pm | View Comments

Reading the Fast Company article on how Twitter is being used now as an accurate means of predicting sales or behavior.  In this case movies.  While the application of Twitter as an effective prediction engine …

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Video: Is Twitter a Boon or a Bane for Business?
November 30, 2009 – 1:17 pm | View Comments
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What would you suggest companies do to quantify how Twitter is benefiting / hurting them? (from my Radar Post – Peter P)
(OK – so a big caveat here — The quality of  my counsel depends …

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Video: Keeping Up With People – Not Technology
November 28, 2009 – 12:55 pm | View Comments
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I would give you this piece of advice for how to keep up with new technology – don’t try. Use the technology to subscribe to people that you trust – and follow their lead.

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Subscribing to People – Not Magazines. One More Reason Why Twitter Matters
October 4, 2009 – 8:57 pm | View Comments

If you’re company is building an approach to Twitter – great. If you are focused on using it to meet business objectives – great. If you aren’t thinking about how Twitter can make everyone in your organization smarter – you are missing what I think is the biggest opportunity.

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How to Balance Personal and Professional on Twitter
September 16, 2009 – 2:42 pm | View Comments
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Answering the question: What percentage of tweets should be personal/professional interests?

Loose Transcript
I find this question fascinating because with social technologies business IS personal so that line is very blurry. – Think about some …

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To Tweet Or Not to Tweet – Handling Employee Use of Social Technologies
September 14, 2009 – 2:31 pm | View Comments
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This is the second installment of my new series on Forbes focusing on Social Media Guidelines and Etiquette.

Here is a rough transcript of this segment:
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How should I deal with employees using tools like Twitter for …

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The Productivity Myth – Step Away From the Twitter – Get Back to Work
August 12, 2009 – 4:44 am | View Comments

This is a cross-post from Radar
Ever since I posted a how-to on establishing guidelines for social media in the workplace, the issue that has generated the most energy concerns productivity. Employers it seems are very …

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Social Media Blurs the Lines between Business Functions
July 17, 2009 – 10:46 am | View Comments
Social Media Blurs the Lines between Business Functions

This single screen capture from Peets Tweets is a great example of how Social Media blurs the boundaries between business functions.

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Michel Foucault and Social Media Group Think
June 25, 2009 – 5:37 pm | View Comments
Michel Foucault and Social Media Group Think

“We know what we do.  We know why we do what we do.  What we don’t know is what what we do does” – Michel Foucualt*

@lucatoledo reminded me that it is the 25th anniversary …

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Twitter, Iran and the Social Nervous System
June 23, 2009 – 4:44 pm | View Comments

Today Ken Majer – change-agent and leadership guru to many large corporations -  asked for my opinion on why Twitter was receiving so much attention – how much of it is well deserved, how much …

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