micro-blogging Archive

As I’ve said before, micro-blogging inside an organization could be coined the ‘liquid knowledge network‘. There is so much to like about it. The following 6 use cases are intended for nascent users who might not fully appreciate the myriad benefits to micro-blogging inside an organization. 1) I’ve got a question When an employee is tapped into the micro-blogging platform, he or she now has access to the collective intelligence of the entire organization in ways email, phones and meetings will never reach. Ask a question on the micro-blogging platform and the spirit of human collaboration will surface with an answer more readily than if trying to find the ‘right person’ to answer the question in more traditional ways. 2) I’ve got something to share Putting paper notices

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Are you a tweet king or a pretty thing? The crux of that argument is whether you believe micro-blogging is an active behavior or whether you treat it as passive oversight. Micro-blogging — to truly become effective whether personally or organizationally — ought to become both a personal and an organizational habit. “Habit refers to the extent to which behavior has become automatic as a result of prior learning.” Limayem, M., Hirt, S.G., and Cheung, C.M.K., “How habit limits the predictive power of intention: The case of information systems continuance,” MIS Quarterly (31:4), 2007, 705-737. The intention of micro-blogging, ergo, is to share. The act of sharing, therefore, should become a behavioural habit, irrespective of where you sit on the chain of command hierarchy. Quite

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In Canada, the Tuesday after the Labour Day statutory holiday signals the return to school for most students attending kindergarten through higher education bachelor, masters and diploma programs. It is colloquially denoted as “Back to School” week.  For many retailers, it is also considered the second most important period of the year next to the December holiday season.  What about the parents? What type of environment are they creating with their children to ensure students of any age are successful in their back to school stage? I’m arguing that parents need to invoke a “back to cool“ regime to help with their child’s academic success regardless of age. Parents in today’s age of collaboration need to become intertwined with the digital footprint of their children.

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Throughout the months of July and August in 2011 I descended upon a self-induced experiment to curb my participation in external and internal (enterprise) social media. Specifically, I refrained from blogging as well as posting any comments anywhere in the months of July and August. In August itself, I refrained from micro-blogging either in Twitter or Google+ or within the tool we use where I work. I also wanted to see if I could go without using any mobile devices in the month of August. Why? In part, I think I needed a bit of a mental break. Between June 15th and August 20th I travelled 48,000 kilometers, spoke at six public events, wrote 3 magazine articles, attended the Game 7 Stanley Cup final and

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