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Nov 1, 2011, 11:07 am
A lively panel here today at the Social Media Workplace conference. The afternoon panel on Social Media for employee communications lead to a lively discussion. The panel consisted of:
Jenni Wheller, SSP UK.
Rebecca Richmond, Melcrum.
Christian McMahon, Global CIO, Jamaza.
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Sep 26, 2011, 8:13 am
WordPress 3.2 has been with us for a little while now – WordPress 3.3 is just around the corner (targeting the end of November as of this post), but in the Intranet world it’s been a longer journey than usual. WordPress 3.2 dropped support for Internet Explorer 6, and WordPress 3.3 will most li... Comment - Like
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Apr 5, 2011, 5:36 am
Many of you, like me, may have been affected the the Epsilon data breach. It has impacted on dozens of businesses who make use of their marketing services, including companies like Target, Marriot, Hilton Hotels, Best Buy, JP Morgan, Capital One, and the list goes on…
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Apr 1, 2011, 12:54 pm
This post is a narrative on thoughts about community in and around the on-line world. It’s not complete, possibly not coherent, and is long. However, it does represents the output of a fascinating and thought provoking roundtable discussion convened by Bernie Mitchell, in the company of Misae Rich... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2010, 5:13 am
Almost everyone loves a bit of celebration and recognition, so last night was a very special one for us, as theblueballroom and redcatco received this years Digital Impact Award for ‘Best digital employee communication’ based on our work with DHL. It was an incredibly exciting project to work ... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2010, 5:00 pm
This is part 1 of 4 in a series of posts inspired by Steve Farnsworth. I was nudged to join in by Steve Lamb (his post is up already), and so here I am, blogging about the ethics and issues of Ghost Blogging. Before we go any further, I would like to point out that I absolutely wrote this post myse... Comment - Like
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Sep 1, 2010, 10:40 am
I first watched this video a while ago, but it seems to be becoming more poignant. Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell of Schell Games dives into a world of game development that is emerging from the “Facebook Games” era.
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Jul 20, 2010, 4:24 am
This weekend was the third WordCamp in the UK, with the good and the faithful from the UK WordPress community gathering in Manchester to share knowledge, tips and experiences. I spoke twice during the weekend. This post is on the second of the talks “Building for Accessibility and Getting Ready fo... Comment - Like
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Jul 19, 2010, 4:05 am
News is out today that Rackspace and 22 other organisations are collaborating to develop an open-source cloud community, focusing on creating a set of interoperable standards for cloud computing. Until now, each cloud vendor has had a relatively proprietary system, and moving between cloud providers... Comment - Like
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Jun 22, 2010, 6:41 am
Last week I spent a few days with a number of other bloggers at Orange Business Services at their Orange Business Live event. From my perspective, bringing a team of outside bloggers into a key customer event was a brave and bold move by them – and a very forward looking one. Brave, because most l... Comment - Like
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Jun 16, 2010, 8:06 am
Amsterdam is a handy place for Orange Business Services to have an event – not so much because it’s one of the most connected hubs in Europe, but because the place is swathed in orange! It feels like they have branded the entire city. Location aside, it has been a timely moment to reflect on wha... Comment - Like
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Jun 4, 2010, 8:27 am
Benjamin Ellis and Sam Michel - Photo (cc) Janet Davis
Two CEOs, three days, 8 hours of train journey and one Thinking Digital 2010. Talking technology, ideas and the future in Newcastle. I’ve been wanting to go to Thinking Digital for a number of years, and this year I finally made it, joining ... Comment - Like
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May 26, 2010, 7:41 am
Photo with thanks to Mel Carson of Microsoft Advertising
At Dell’s second Business to business social media event, Neville Hobson gave a great overview of the current status quo in social media. My synopsis:
Social media is about relationships. Word of mouth has an increasing impact on purchasin... Comment - Like
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May 17, 2010, 5:25 pm
Friday is Audana’s Social Media in Business ’10 aka SMiB, in London, and just like last years Social Media in Business event, I’ll be interviewing many of the speakers via ipadio in the run up.
The theme of this year’s event is community relations. I think the term nicely encapsulates how ... Comment - Like
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May 12, 2010, 6:30 am
Things have been frenetically busy with projects and event-related travel, with longer form writing taking a bit of a back seat, given the amount of coding and blog set up going on around the office as well. That hasn’t stopped the tweeting of course! WordPress training activity has also stepped ... Comment - Like
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Apr 12, 2010, 7:01 am
Success has its challenges. Anyone who has a web presence already popular with visitors, but wanting to increase the use of the site, as well as attracting new audiences, has a tall order on their hands. On Thursday I spent an evening in the company of the Gumtree crew at their Richmond offices, al... Comment - Like
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Mar 22, 2010, 5:37 am
Gordon Brown - photo by Paul Clarke
Well, he didn’t say Gov 2.0, but he may as well have done. This morning UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a sweeping set of changes to the way that technology is used in government. In a speech on Building Britain’s Digital Future, he was talking abou... Comment - Like
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Mar 9, 2010, 4:52 am
Digital Mission, Round 5, starts this week. That means I’m off to join over 17,000 of the world’s Interactive/Digital industry folks at SXSW for Digital Mission to SXSWi ’10, together with 40 of the UKs hottest Digital Media businesses. Sam, CEO of founders/organisers Chinwag explains more:
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Feb 28, 2010, 10:53 am
I’m literally just back from the Like Minds conference in Exeter. I say I’m back, but between the ongoing conversations on Twitter and the comment exchanges on the flickr photos it does feel a little like I am still there. The event was an excellent opportunity to transfer the on-line conversat... Comment - Like
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Jan 29, 2010, 2:15 pm
Roll up roll up, it is Social Media Week. Obviously every week is social media week these days, but this is an extra special series of events all around the world. First of all, by way of full disclosure, I am on the advisory board for the London Events, which might make me even more enthusiastic th... Comment - Like
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Jan 21, 2010, 3:37 am
Today sees the launch of data.gov.uk. Over the last few months I’ve had some privileged peaks behind the scenes, and I’m very excited to see it all now live. The front paragraphs on the site put it well:
Advised by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt and others, government are open... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2010, 2:35 pm
Back in June I wrote a post: “Twitter to Replace the Phone?” - suggesting that Twitter isn’t just another marketing channel, but it is a communications channel that may end up as important as the phone. It looks like that has come to pass faster than I had imagined. This post has loitered ... Comment - Like
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Dec 8, 2009, 6:59 am
Yesterday I joined Steve Lamb, Neville Hobson and a host of speakers at Dell’s B2B Social Media Huddle event. It’s always a bit nerve wracking taking to the stage after Neville and Steve, but good for getting the mental juices going – this time about making the business case for social media.... Comment - Like
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Nov 25, 2009, 10:49 am
Every so often something happens to bring a moment of clarity. Having literally just returned from New York (see The Digital Mission Blog), I headed to Coventry on Monday to the UKTI-organised Technology World 09 event. Aside from meeting UK and overseas delegates, I was there to speak on the keyn... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 7:09 am
One of the unusual things about social media in the business context is the dramatic way it impacts on business culture. Dennis Howlett wrote a long and interesting piece on his Zdnet blog about the Enterprsie 2.0 debate, or lack thereof. It is one that is intertwined with much of what I do, using b... Comment - Like
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