by Whitney | Oct 29, 2008 | business, community, new media, social media
“Business Relationships” used to sound like an oxymoron- there was business, and then there were relationships, friendships, you had outside of the business or work world. Companies classically (and probably still do in many places) discourage workplace...
by Whitney | Oct 16, 2008 | books, business, economics, finance, new media, recommendations
I picked up a book the other day that sounded intriguing- The Knack- How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up, by Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham. The authors both work for Inc. magazine, and Norm writes their Street Smarts column. Norm also...
by Whitney | Oct 16, 2008 | business, community, economics, finance, happiness, learning, new media, recommendations
I’m interviewing Marcus Buckingham for my podcast, and I got to thinking about a quote from an old book of his that can be best paraphrased as what’s common sense and obvious to you, isn’t always obvious to the next person. Your insights seem like...
by Whitney | Oct 15, 2008 | business, community, new media, podcamp, politics, social media
For those of you who may be new here, I’ve been “embedded” in social media now for almost three years. Not as long as some, longer than others. I never saw myself as doing anything radical, or against the tide. I always saw new media as a way to...
by Whitney | Oct 5, 2008 | community, learning, new media, podcamp, podcampphilly, recommendations, social media, Uncategorized
Mitch Joel had a great idea- to create his own “conference” through his favorite online videos. Chris Brogan, in turn, challenged each of us to do the same, and create a stream of personalized pixelated conferences. I thought I would take this one step...
by Whitney | May 19, 2008 | education, learning, new media
A friend of mine asked what I thought about lawyers using social media tools for communication and networking. I wrote a long email back, and it became clear there was a blog post brewing, so here it is- my thoughts on the use of social media for professions,...
