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Automation vs. Organic & Real: what do we lose?

by Ray_anne
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Satisfy, Justify, Mystify You’ve probably heard of Spotify.  I have it on my iPhone, laptop, and all three of my desktops.  I love it.  It has changed the way I select, play, and listen to music.  If you haven’t yet checked it out, you should.  A new world of free music is just a click [...]

March 27, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Why SXSW? Innovation. Evolution. A Better Way.

by Ray_anne

Innovation. Evolution.  A Better Way. And at SXSW 2012. It wasn’t too long ago that I sat in a meeting with two entrepreneurial men who understood the strength and necessity of social media. Their activity on Twitter, Facebook, Xing, LinkedIn, Skype, and Plaxo created the frenzy they intended as they sought second-round funding for a [...]

March 6, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Employer Social Media Could Save US Companies $370 Billion in 2012

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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  I’ve long been a fan of social media for the purposes of research, information sharing, and relationship building.  It’s also a perfect solution for knowledge sharing. The social intranet or employee social network is defined as an internal platform where all employees can author content and connect easily.  These corporate social networking platforms offer a [...]

February 21, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Evolving Rules of Social Media

by Ray_anne
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  How often should you update your social media profiles? Recently, I did a walk through our offices and reminded the employees that they need to go to LinkedIn and update their profiles. Several looked at me blankly, one even said to me, “Am I supposed to have a profile?” I nodded patiently and said [...]

January 9, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Saving Sandcastles – Making Sound Choices Today

by Ray_anne
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Last summer, I sat in my beach chair, flanked by my two daughters and enjoyed the Sunday afternoon sun as we watched our surfers. The day had started off a bit foggy but the midday heat soon erased the memory of our cooler morning. The sounds of children delighted squealing and mothers’ seagull-like beckoning filled [...]

January 6, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Challenging the Idea of Talent Community

by Ray_anne
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Community. It seems to have been the talk of the town for a few years now.  And as of late, the “talent community” talk has quite a few excited but still others baffled that this concept could even subsist, let alone – money be made from it.  For those of us who have worked hard [...]

December 23, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Media: When Sociology and Technology Collide

by Ray_anne
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What is Social Media? The fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologues (one to many) into dialogues (many to many) and is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers. Three years ago, this was part of the definition of Social Media given by Answers.com, as stolen from Wikipedia. I find the [...]

December 19, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Right Timing

by Ray_anne
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“Everyone who has been in this industry has had a chance to participate in something very exciting. It is kind of like early steam engines or factories or something. The timing was right for the people who got to do it. And that is a lucky thing…” ~Bill Gates Having spent most of my adult [...]

December 13, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What Always Worked Before: Learn to Be Flexible

by Ray_anne
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Several years ago, I sat in front of the CEO of a small company that called itself a start-up for start-ups. I was new to this type of organization, a technology-based company, trying to get off the ground with little funding and big ideas. I had worked for the whole of my career, up until that point, [...]

December 7, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

5 Rules for Going Virtual – How to Make it Work

by Ray_anne
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“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” Where is your office? Do you have a traditional work arrangement in a corporate environment or are you on the road more than a broken yellow line? Is your office in a corner of your home and are you one [...]

November 30, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Life Moves Pretty Fast…

by Ray_anne
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“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once and a while, you could miss it.”-Ferris Bueller. Recently, someone asked me if I was always on vacation. I kind of had to chuckle a bit because anyone who knows me, knows that I am an utter and complete work-aholic.  But I answered, [...]

November 11, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

A Risk That Paid Off

by Ray_anne
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Four years ago I saw the writing on the wall. My job as a corporate recruiter was at risk. The trickling fall-in of the recession was taking its toll, seemingly one soul at a time. I surveyed the landscape of my gig and realized that, due to the changes that were taking place within my company and on Wall Street, I [...]

November 9, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Media is the Icebreaker, Not the Party

by Ray_anne
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  Here’s the thing, as much as most of us LOVE social media, as much as we engage…, there is nothing like a face-to-face greeting or meeting. There is nothing like that chance to sit down and actually have a conversation where real eye contact can be made. It is easy to forget, as we sit behind [...]

November 2, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Elevation of Innovation: What’s Next?

by Ray_anne
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Is relevance just a matter of perspective?  Of course, it is. I attended a marketing summit recently.  It was not a recruiting conference or a recruiting unconference.  It was a meeting of local marketing minds from mobile, public relations, social media, and…, wait for it…, the soon-to-be extinct direct marketing.  I have attended multiple tech [...]

October 13, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Twitter Communities Present Opportunities for Networking

by Ray_anne
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Twitter communities present myriad opportunities for networking. Think of it asa Match.com for business relationships.  The ability to search topics and/or keywords defines a new age, creating professional networking opportunities and openings into a “club” or association. I have met many of my best friends through networking on Twitter and many of my business associates [...]

September 29, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Death, the Internet, & Social Media

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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Losing a friend or family member is painful enough.  When someone passes away, what happens to their social media profiles and digital footprint on the Internet?  As someone who has lost several close family members over the past several years, it’s a draining and overwhelming process sorting through papers, pictures, and making plans for the [...]

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