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Get Visual Get Seen

“I see you” – a phrase most recently made famous in the film Avatar, where the Na’vi tribe use the phrase as a greeting, with a deeper meaning, where the ‘see’ implies a connection with other person. The word ‘see’ is a curious one in the English language. We can ‘see‘ things, but I can […]

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Social Media – Giving Introverts a Chance in the Workplace?

This post is, at least in part, triggered by a guest post on Vicky Beeching’s cybersoul blog: Introverts, extroverts, and why Twitter is like Narnia. The post is by Tanya Marlow, and she brings a unique perspective to the issue. It resonated with a couple of posts written here back in 2008, so it seems like a […]

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The Power of Crowds – We Will Gather

One area that Social Media has revolutionised more than any other is crowdsourcing. It was one of the communication shifts that prompted the foundation of Redcatco, and was the topic of my talk at the first Social Media in Business event in the UK. At the time the focus was on sourcing information and ideas; […]

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Social Media and the Growing Business

Recently I had the pleasure of joining a round table discussion on the future of Social Media for Small and Medium Business, hosted by Dell and chaired by Neville Hobson – you can read the post on his blog too. It was a Google hangout, with Shel Holtz, Kerry Bridge (Social Media Manager), Lionel Menchaca (Dell’s chief […]

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Social Business – Beyond Social Commercials

At the end of 2011, during an interview at the Social Workplace Conference, in London one of the questions posed to me was “what conversations would you like to be having about social media in the work place in 24 months time?” Well, it’s twelve months on, so it’s an interesting checkpoint to see what sort of conversations […]

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WHY Communication Is So Important

A couple of weeks ago, a dozen or so of us gathered in a cosy room next to Whitehall, to meet with Evernote CEO, Phil Libin, and some of the team. It was great to hear the inside story of Evernote and news of upcoming features (if you haven’t tried Evernote, download it and give it a go), […]

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The Participation Pyramid

One of the most often cited statistics, when it comes to conversations about the percentage of people who contribute content versus people consuming it, is the 90-10-1 rule. You can read the original post from Jakob Nielsen’s blog, or there is a shorter summary on wikipatterns. It is usually mentioned in the same breath as […]

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