Conversational Marketing

con·ver·sa·tion[kon-ver-sey-shuhn] –noun 1. informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy. mar·ket·ing [mahr-ki-ting] – noun 1. the act of buying or selling in a market. 2. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, […]

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What is Enterprise 2.0?

According to Charlie, “Enterprise 2.0 is social media behind the firewall.” A good definition. View Scott Gavin’s slide show to see how Charlie uses social media as a serious business and productivity tool. Thanks to Scott Gavin for creating Charlie and Jeremiah Owyang for sharing it. Dean Owen

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Video Resumes

In chatting with an IT recruiter this morning, I asked him about video resumes and what he thought about their use and value. This was prompted by an article from Workopolis.com – A Picture Says a Thousand Words, Video Says a lot More . The recruiter I spoke with thought it was a good idea […]

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Youth and Social Media

In looking through my google reader this morning, I came across the following blog posting: How youths are using social media from J.D. Lasica. It includes a link to a report for “National School Boards Association: Creating and Connecting//Research and Guidelines on Online Social — and Educational — Networking.” BTW: I found my way here from Steve […]

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