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12 questions for meaningful online conversations
Jun 2, 2009 | The Harvard Business Review
My recent blog post for Harvard Business Online looks at how companies can best engage the Trojan Horse of social media, and it’s drawn some insightful comments.
4 Mac applications that make you more productive
Jun 2, 2009 | Productivity, Zone, Toolbox
Here are four Mac-only apps that will warm the heart of anyone who’s made the jump from Windows — and thrill long-time Mac users, too.
Engagement planning worksheets to engage your users and move them to action
May 27, 2009 | How nonprofits can use social media, Community
It’s often hard for nonprofits to figure out how they can engage people effectively online. It’s hard enough to get visitors to your site or social media presence, let alone drive them effectively towards action. This post gives you two tools that can help: a user profile worksheet, and an engagement planning worksheet.
When and how to communicate online
Don’t e-mail what you can blog. Don’t blog what you can tweet. Don’t tweet what you can DM. Don’t DM what you wouldn’t publish.
5 time-wasting Internet rules that you should think about breaking
May 6, 2009 | Productivity
Internet sages are full of rules about stupid things you should never do. But like most recommendations delivered as inviolable laws, the cardinal Don’ts of life online mostly distract you from Do’s that would be more rewarding. Here are some don’ts I believe in breaking, and some dos you can undertake once you’ve let go of these time- and worry-wasters.
12 kid-friendly iPhone apps for toddlers and young kids
Apr 29, 2009 | Top Family Posts, Tech advice, Family, Zone
The real power of an iPhone lies in the ability to keep a preschooler silent and occupied for the length of time it takes a grown-up to eat a meal in a restaurant with actual tablecloths.
How Twitter groups can make your twittering more a meaningful, conversational and connected
Apr 26, 2009 | Relationships, Top Twitter Posts, Top Career Posts, Career, Productivity
Learn how I set up a Twitter system that connects me more closely to the people and ideas that matter most in my own life.
Vendetta of the week: Twitter ponzi schemes for building followers
Apr 23, 2009 | Relationships
Twitter friends and followers are more than statistics. They’re real relationships, real people. When we get so obsessed with the number that we’re willing to entrust the following process to a ponzi scheme, we’ve lost sight of the purpose of this — or any other — social network: to connect us, and to help us communicate.
Twitter quickstart: 10 ways to make time to Twitter
Apr 22, 2009 | Productivity, Toolbox
Whether you’re an ambivalent Twitter newbie or a chronic tweeter in the throes of a growing addiction, your tweeting is going to take time that you’re currently using for something else. Here are my suggestions for activities you can pare back on — or give up entirely — to make room for tweeting.
Twitter quickstart: Effective twittering in 5 minutes a week
Apr 21, 2009 | Productivity, Toolbox
If you’re new to Twitter, you want to quickly eliminate the five sure signs you’re a Twitter newbie. Here are some quick ways you can follow people, attract followers, and keep your feed regularly updated — all in less than five minutes a week.