Business goals drive social tech investments

This fall is a big speaking season for me. I’ve got four conferences/workshops in a two month period. I am speaking for ALI for the first time. Here’s the title and description: Using Strategic Business Goals To Guide Social Technology Investments For...

It’s the practice that makes us great!

Those of you who know me well, know that I am a seamstress. I’ve been sewing for more than 30 years. Mostly apparel, some house wares. I have a passion for fabric, texture, color and buttons. Sometimes, when people who don’t sew see something I’ve made, they...

Handling the people side

Success with technology depends on so much. What the people do, the tools you give them, the direction given and taken, choices made along the way, cultural tendencies. So many of the organizations we work with are at first apt to focus on the doing of things, the...

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...

Turn your social technology thinking on its head

I was talking with a client last week about how they could enable different parts of the organization to provide RSS news feeds for their SharePoint portal. I said it was as simple as using the SharePoint blog template. That’s right, use the blog template, but...

Being truly transparent is hard

I used to think of myself as gregarious, out going. I recently went on my first girl’s weekend with my best friend. The very first evening, I realized she is the most transparent, open person I’ve ever seen. We were walking through Times Square and she walked...