Friending. Tweeting. Now, Pinning? It is hard to ignore Pinterest, growing at a record-setting pace to become the third most visited social site in the world this year and valued at over $7 billion. Individuals can share recipes and marketers can promote products on Pinterest,...
Why would companies want to add video, yet another form of internal communication, to the mix? To keep the frantic pace of social business, employees already juggle all types of communication - e-mails, text messages, online chats, and phone calls, not to mention face-to-face meetings. It’s...
Clout used to be a vague term that referred to someone’s influence in general. You could have a lot of clout in certain circles, some clout in general or no clout at all. It was fuzzy and that was fine. That was before Klout. Now...
Enterprise social media engages employees. I’ve mentioned that a time or two on this blog. But it also has the power to recognize and encourage those particularly special employees I call “emergent leaders.” Never heard of ‘em. What are emergent leaders? This term is...
Something that you need to optimize from your employees is Time and attendance. Without your employee's engagement then work just won't be done and your business will suffer. If you doubt the value of employee engagement, it’s not hard to become a believer. On Elizabeth...
[Update: Making this post a game!] Post a comment with one potential use of gamification at your company. Top 3 ideas (those getting the most likes) will be featured in a follow up post - clearly a fast track to extreme fame and fortune -...
You can’t throw enterprise social tools at any company and expect them to stick. Certain critical pieces have to be in place in order for the technology and the tactics to boost employee engagement, recruit and retain employees, break down knowledge silos and more for...
The role of the corporate communicator has not changed. It is still his or her job to provide employees with information that supports their work and their company. How corporate communicators carry out this role has changed drastically. When it all shakes out, the options...
No matter what your job title is or responsibilities are, if you use a computer, you probably have to log in. If you’re like most modern workers who jump from task to task or even location to location, you log into more than one program...