Archives for the month "April 2009"

Social media workshop a roaring success

April 30, 2009 · Posted in professional development, social media  

The participants in the workshop, Promoting Yourself and Your Career, said they felt a little overwhelmed, but all said they were very glad they attended. It was diverse group, from consultants to a singer/songwriter and a photographer. Best line of the day: My daughter told my son that I was going to a workshop to [...]

Who says they don’t RTFM?

April 28, 2009 · Posted in Content Development  

Knowing that people are reading the manuals is good reason to create a manual worth reading.

The Content is Not in the Tool: Using Blogging, Microblogging, and Related Social Media Tools to Get Jobs and Influence People (or not)

April 18, 2009 · Posted in professional development, social media  

Left behind when it comes to new technologies? Create and protect your personal brand. Learn to use social media in a smart, responsible, career-enhancing way.

CMS selection practices need maturation

April 11, 2009 · Posted in Events, content management  

Janus Boye, a content management analyst whose skills I have long admired, recently posted an article Is Corruption [in the CM industry] an Issue? In it, he discusses some of the ways that vendors inadvertently, or purposefully, incent buyers to favour their products. I believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg, as [...]

5 Top Business Benefits of Content Re-Use

April 8, 2009 · Posted in content management  

How do you know if a component content management system (CCMS) is right for you? Consultants may have sophisticated formulas for calculating the ROI of a CCMS, but here are some simple questions that you can answer as a self-test: Do you re-use a lot of the same content in difference manuals, or in different [...]

Content strategy includes convergence, integration, and syndication

April 7, 2009 · Posted in Content Strategies, content convergence, social media, user experience  

A look at the changing nature of content, treating content as a valued corporate asset, and the changes in processes to support its use.

Having community means growing community

April 2, 2009 · Posted in professional development, social media  

This month, Fast Company magazine has a couple of articles on community, and the use of social media in the corporate context. Some of the content is inspiring – I’m sending the article about the baby-faced 25-year-old Facebook cofounder, Chris Hughes, to my grandson to show him some possibilities outside of the more traditional career [...]