I’ve been a fan of TED and TED Talks for years. (No really, see this blog post from 2007). I’m excited to be part of the team bringing TED to Knoxville for the first time, in the form of TEDxKnoxville. Our theme? Explore the meaning of human potential. So come on out for one-night [...]
Last week, I wrote a post on the New Streak (where I blog for work), on my participation on a panel at the Entrepreneurial Imperative 2010, a conference focused on entrepreneurship and hosted here in Knoxville, TN. I’d highly recommend this conference as it’s one of the biggest groupings of entrepreneurial minded folks I’ve seen in Knoxville. My [...]
Image via Wikipedia I came across this blog post recently where a waiter was fired for twittering while on the job. This wasn’t a case where they were fired just for twittering, it’s because who the tweets were about which is a whole new kind of fail whale. Let’s cut to the chase, if you [...]
I caught a piece on eMarketer by Clark Fredricksen today about the dilemma of customer engagement companies face when moving into social media. The basis of the post is found in the video embedded below. Tension ramps up between the desire to have a presence and the need to participate. To quote the post: Most businesses have [...]
David Armano makes a three predictions for 2010 on social media and business. 1. Scale 2. Integration 3. Policy I think he’s right on for 2 and 3. I’d add an additional prediction – that social networking sites and tools will begin to add offerings that appeal to business. I’m not talking about CoTweet ramping [...]