I was listening to a Recode Media podcast episode with guest Paddy Cosgrove, the co-founder of the very large Web Summit conference. In it, he talked about the shift to a 100% virtual event due to COVID, something large event producers everywhere are contending with. He made an interesting point early on that we all […]
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For many now, remotely working, the only shared experiences are in the work we do together. No office to go to, no commute, no hallways, or break rooms with cold coffee. No physical building with iconic brand images, unifying colors, and no parking lot. No serendipitous observations of new shirts, haircuts, and glasses to marvel
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With all the attention on using Zoom these days I figured I’d share how we used it at my local ATD chapter to provide a semi-formal online learning event with the video meeting tool. Last October we executed a 1/2 day conference using Zoom Video Conferencing platform (for meetings). It went really, really well. And
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This past Friday morning I met with four enthusiastic folks involved in tech from a local company for a casual coffee about using social media. This is a bit of a departure from my usual posts but they had such great questions and perspectives that I thought it could benefit others to share the advice
According to a recent CLO Magazine article/survey, executives added or supported social tech for 3 very big and very common reasons: increase collaboration (47%), increase engagement (42%) and create a culture of continuous learning (60%). Each is sincere but since an investment has been made, measurability is desired and rarely found. There are two problems.
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