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Failure is Nature’s Plan

by Ray_anne

Retention efforts require complete submersion in company culture

“Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.” -Napoleon Hill Five years ago, I worked on a retention campaign within a small technology start-up company. I loved my job and it was made even better by the fact that I hired most of the people on the floor that I daily walked. And [...]

March 28, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Everyone in Business is an Adrenaline Junkie

by Ray_anne

I guess you could say I am a risk-taker When I was six years old, I was a holy terror on roller skates, the jungle gym, and bicycle. I remember swinging around and around on the monkey bars, first whipping around on one leg and then soon graduated to both legs, knees bent over the bar. [...]

March 14, 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 →

Saving Sandcastles – Making Sound Choices Today

by Ray_anne

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 →

Social Media: When Sociology and Technology Collide

by Ray_anne

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 →

To Control – Function 4 of Management

by Ray_anne

Function 4: to CONTROL Take a step back now… Can you see, in full view, the tireless work involved in good management? Many think, now is the time to relax; I doubt that Ray Kroc ever thought that. The minute you let your guard down, a bit of control is lost, motivation drops below sea [...]

November 22, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

A Risk That Paid Off

by Ray_anne

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 →

Some Things Never Change

by Ray_anne

Social Media – what has it done for you? I am continually fascinated by the round of complaints that occur every time technology evolves or improves on networks like Facebook. I rarely notice these changes until somebody else complains. They just are part of the evolution of new media. I embrace these upgrades because I automatically assume [...]

November 4, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Elevation of Innovation: What’s Next?

by Ray_anne

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 →

Cow-a-Bunga at HR Tech, Dude! Surf’s Up!

by Ray_anne

I have been working for the last several months getting ready for the HR Technology Conference. Yesterday, I arrived in Vegas to witness all of my plans to come together, seamlessly. HA! Big fat HA! The technology company for whom I work is exhibiting and we are happy to be here. As you can imagine, [...]

October 3, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Balancing Your Gain – it’s all part of life

by Ray_anne

Part of Life and Part of Business are barely distinguishable for me. And that can be a good thing, but also a bad thing. I have always prided myself with being crystal clear, original, transparent – as what I write about consistently proves. Life sometimes gets in the way of business and business sometimes get [...]

September 22, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

The Universal Code – Golden Rules, part 2

by Ray_anne

There is a code that has lived on in time, as long as man has had conscious thoughts and passed them on or written them down. It is called the universal code – it covers basic ethics – it isn’t an abundance of good – actual “doing” good – but more of “not doing” bad [...]

August 26, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Google Isn’t Earning the Google+ Hype

by Ray_anne

I can remember when I bought my first stereo, it played cassette tapes and had a radio. It was post-the LP /vinyl album era and pre-compact disc. I LOVED it! Since I have already dated myself, I’ll go one further: the first album I ever bought was Billy Joel’s The Nylon Curtain. Eight-track tapes had recently [...]

August 8, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Sourcing Talent & Building Pipelines with Geolocation

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Geolocation systems seem to be on every social media expert’s mind these days. Like any new technology, geolocation is an interesting and untested tool that I believe can be used as a way to further strengthen your company’s brand, drive consumers to your multiple locations, and as well as a great way to inexpensively market [...]

January 12, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

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Failure is Nature’s Plan

Everyone in Business is an Adrenaline Junkie

To Control – Function 4 of Management

Balancing Your Gain – it’s all part of life

The Universal Code – Golden Rules, part 2

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