Business Education Breakfast – Social Media for Business

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We had a great morning at the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce Business Education Breakfast. Thank you to the Chamber for inviting us and to the St. Catharines Enterprise Centre for presenting the morning session. It was great to see so many faces this morning. We hope that the presentation gave you some ideas, answered some questions [...]

KONY 2012 – thoughts

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I admit that I was quick to share the KONY 2012 video on the first day it was shared with the world. I reacted to the emotion of it.  It was powerful. It moved me. And I didn’t really give it much additional thought. As I scrolled through my Twitter and Facebook feeds, I saw [...]

What does ‘Real’ really mean?

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Who am I?  A lofty question? Perhaps, but it’s one that I’ve been thinking a lot about since watching the TEDx talk by Alexandra Samuel (you can watch it below) titled ‘Ten Reasons to Stop Apologizing for your Online Life’  that looks at how there is no longer (in fact there never has been) a difference [...]

How Business + Social Media = Social Business

Think social business by developing a strategy in the context of your whole business rather than in silos, understanding the context of a person’s emotional life, and seeing the whole person not just the part that meets your demographic.  I think Judi Samuels of Maritz Canada hit the mark at the Social Media Masters conference [...]