18
Dec

Tech Tool Tuesday: Twitter Chats and #hashtags

If you know me, you know I love Twitter. In fact, you may be one of the hundreds of people I have met through Twitter. I’ve been using twitter for about 4 years now, to learn, share and get to know people around the world. When I started participating in Twitter Chats is when my Twitter experience became really impactful. Here’s how I got …
11
Dec

Tech Tool Tuesday: WritePad App for Productivity and Going Green

Over the past several weeks, I have been in meeting after meeting. That means I’ve been making great use of my Writepad app for ipad. It is a great app for productivity improvement and has saved me tons of time. I often get asked what I am using and how it works, so I thought I’d share it with you in the second edition of Tech Tool Tuesday. …
04
Dec

Tech Tool Tuesday: Brilliant Education Resources for Teachers

I’m no expert – just a classic early adopter who loves to spread the word about brilliant technology tools like social media platforms, resources, apps and more. Every Tuesday I’ll share a tool that I’ve tried or learned about recently, to help you decide what tools you would like to try. I’d love your suggestions on tools …
10
Oct

Why Killing Zombies and Gaming Develops More Resourceful Employees

Lately, I’ve been experiencing and hearing a certain problem from leaders on a regular basis. They need resourceful employees, but are faced with employees who are not thinking for themselves, who abdicate or ignore problems rather than investigating and resolving them, and who aren’t able to think through solutions to new problems they …
25
May

Social Workplace Tools

Social media is a fundamental change in the way we communicate with customers, businesses, friends, and coworkers. Organizations who are embracing social media in the workplace are seeing great returns as their teams are more productive, collaborative, connected, and innovative. On the Social Media Pearls Voice of America radio show on May 24th, 2012, …
01
Mar

5 Reasons HR needs to increase digital IQ and embrace social media

The internet has changed the way businesses market, the way we shop, get our news, watch TV, and communicate with friends and family. It’s time that HR and organizations realized that we must also embrace web 2.0 to better connect and engage our workforce. The Social Business, Enterprise 2.0, or whatever you want to call it, is here to stay, and …
23
Jan

HR Resources – More Innovative HR – Social Media Monitoring

I promised to add HR Resources and updates to my Innovative HR page as I play with new tools or come across examples. One of the questions I’ve been asked by HR professionals as they start to explore social media is how can I monitor what’s being said about my company? There are several ways to monitor social media. Many large companies …
03
Oct

HR Professional – Key Traits for Next-Gen HR

Last week I came across an article by Williams Recognition about the 5 traits of a Human Resources Professional. The traits they listed were: Commitment to company and employee; superior organizational skills; ability to multitask; impartiality; and continuous improvement. To me, this seems really 1980s, and helps to prolong the unfortunate stereotype …