Who Should Own Your Digital Workplace?

The title question came to me during the recent ALI SharePoint for Internal Communications conference in NYC. So, I’ve written up my perspective in a new post for SharePoint Pro Magazine....

From basement coder to leader

I’m reading Steve Jobs’ biography. What strikes me as interesting is the initiative he took in his youth. Learning, studying, building, trying. It makes me think of my 13-year-old son. Like any kid his age in 2012, he plays a lot of video games. Several years...

Did I build it? Or did government build it?

I started Eloquor in 2001, three weeks after 9/11. It took me three years to get comfortable with the ambiguity of not knowing when the next big project was coming in and the stress of selling and working projects at the same time. It took me six years to learn how to...

Driving conversation into performance management

Internal communicators are no longer in the business of creating information – we are in the business of creating conversation. I said this to a listserve with which I participate recently and was bombarded with supportive replies. It’s true. Our role is...

Being personal in social technology

One thing that worries many organizations and individuals about social technology is the opportunity to be personally attacked by others who can freely comment and critique. This singular fear keeps many from blogging, tweeting and just contributing in general. You...