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How many languages do you speak?

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Once again, I’m pleased to bring you a guest post from Twitter friend and savvy social communicator, Arik Hanson. I love shining the spotlight on smart, compelling people and Arik certainly fits that bill. Do take the time to check out Arik’s blog at Communications Conversations, and be sure to Read more »

People Watching in a World of Avatars

For as digital as my life is, I’m a self-confessed people watcher. I revel in observing people, to the point where sometimes I find myself darn near staring at someone. Today, I was fascinated by my flight attendant, Doris. She was older than the average flight attendant – I’d put Read more »

New Books, New Covers

There’s a curious phenomenon afoot. We’re such social creatures now – at least in the online world – networked across every online node we can find. We put our profile blurbs up and our photos and snippets of our daily lives. We post our thoughts and opinions and musings on Read more »

The Social Media Team: Roles and Responsibilities

So you’ve assembled your social media team, and you’re starting to put the road beneath your feet. Time to start sorting out who does what, right? Here are some things to consider in regard to roles and responsibilities for your team and building an approach that will work for your Read more »

Assembling the Social Media Team

When you’re assembling a team of people to head social media efforts, it can be a daunting task.  What characteristics and skills do you look for? What departments/disciplines should be represented? And how do you prepare for the inevitable turnover? Let’s take these in turn. Nunchuck Skills, Bow Hunting Skills… Read more »

New Series: Equipping a Social Media Team

I started to write a post about Equipping your Team for Social Media. And it grew and grew and grew until it became clear to me that this was much more digestible as a series. So today’s the start of what’ll probably end up being 4 or 5 posts about Read more »