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August 2010

Social & Workplace Influence–When the Grapevine is Good (Part I)

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Call it whatever you like, the grapevine, water cooler, gossip, or the rumor mill.  Conversations among co-workers happen.  As human beings, we are social creatures who crave community, engagement, and interaction.  Whether it’s talking shop about the boss, layoff rumors after a less than satisfying quarterly earnings report, or gossip about Susie in Accounting and [...]

August 30, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Special Thank You to Those That Rely on Charm & Good Looks

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Thank you to the hard sellers, posers, underqualified, over-enthusiastic, and those that rely solely on their charm and good looks.  Thank you for the bottom of my heart.  You’re lack of dedication and preparation is what has helped me catapult my business.  Your lack of seriousness has allowed me amazing opportunities and a chance to [...]

August 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How Real Is Reality?

by rblake

A study developed by Oregon State University reports that on average, 45 percent of Americans watch reality television. Does this statistic shock you? The report also states that the majority of the 45% are adults, ages 18 to 29 years old, or a big portion of genY. The oldest reality television show dates back to the 1950s [...]

August 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Falling Out of Love (with blogging)

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

One day it happened.  I fell out of love. . . with blogging. For the past four years, blogging has been a passion, a point of inspiration for me and my business.  But lately blogging has become more of a chore, an action, a requirement, and something that is expected.  Over the last month, I’ve [...]

August 23, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Learn More About Oklahoma Blogger Week

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As someone who’s been a blogger for four years, I can talk about the amazing benefits personally and professionally.  Blogging is a great way to go beyond 140 characters and share with your readers more about you.  And after being part of the Gotta Love Chevy OK Program, I realized I wanted to bring awareness to this [...]

August 19, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Saying Goodbye to Malibu

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

You may remember that I had the opportunity to test drive a Chevy Malibu for 4 weeks as part of the Gotta Love Chevy OK Program.  It’s been an amazing experience and sadly late last week I had to say goodbye to the Chevy Malibu. I enjoyed the experience and was more than satisfied with the Malibu [...]

August 16, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

HeartLine Auctions Hermes Birkin Bag at FOH Gala

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Four and a half years ago, I was new in town looking for a job and opportunities to network and build experience.  A phone call inquiring about volunteer opportunities led me to HeartLine.  HeartLine is an non-profit that services the entire state of Oklahoma doing a lot of different and valuable services including suicide prevention and [...]

August 10, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Learn and Lead with Project Management

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Whether you are an Human Resource professional or business person, the game of life and business is ongoing.  Environments change, rules evolve, and business expands and progresses.  To stay on top of your game as a professional and leader in your industry and organization, you must always be pushing yourself to do and be better. [...]

August 9, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Announcing The Sexy Side of HR

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

This past March I attended my first SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, TX.  The event was an amazing experience as well as a platform for industry leaders from all over the world to discuss technology, mobile, and social media.   I was disappointed to see or meet only 2 other HR professionals who also attended the [...]

August 9, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Converting the Disengaged to the Church of Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Just the other evening, On Episode 55 Steve Boese had a guest that reminded me of the first HR Blog I ever read.  I would also be remiss in not mentioning that Suzanne Lucas also started the Carnival of HR.  I am not exactly sure when that was probably about 4 years ago or so. It got [...]

August 4, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

When Going Viral Goes Bad–3 Cases for Social Media SWOT

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Social Media case studies abound have hit the social media interwebs this week.  Three very powerful and different cases have reared their heads.  It is very important to conduct a SWOT analysis to analyze the environment in everything we do.  As the grey area between professional and personal continues to lessen, what we say offline [...]

August 4, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Twitter Chats & Generation Y

by rblake

Twitter chats have changed the way people come together and talk about different topics. I remember back in the day when I would sign onto AOL and find a chat room that fit whatever I wanted to talk about. No longer do I have to go to a chatroom, because everything is available to me [...]

August 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The HR Blogger Project–2.0

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Last year, I put together a list of HR Bloggers by state and country.  It was a great opportunity to network and build relationships with other HR professionals and bloggers, and it’s time that I updated my list.  Since I first announced the HR Blogger Project and Directory in 2009, the HR social media community has [...]

August 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Diversity in DC

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

In a city where the first question is always what do you do followed very quickly with who do you work for?”  Prestige is a very big part of Washington DC and those who work here. Last Friday gave firms through the country another chance to add to their reputation with the announcement of the [...]

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