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Japan ain’t Central New York

By On January 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

When I think of the culture I think of Japan. Having moved from Japan to Central New York a few years ago I can easily distinguish the differences between the two. The best example would be customer service. A Japan fast food hamburger looks like the picture on the menu and is [...]

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Social Media for HR – Policy, Recruiting, Legal

By On January 18, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Last Wednesday, the Southern Tier Association of Human Resources (STAHR) hosted a three part discussion on social media in Binghamton, NY. Topics discussed included:

Social media policy considerations for human resources, Social media for recruiting, and Legal issues relating to social media issues.

I was fortunate to present “Social Media for Recruiting” along side [...]

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SOPA: Some Officials just Pass Acronyms

By On January 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

When pirates take hostages off the Ethiopian coast the U.S. President sends in a Navy SEAL sniper team and issues an order to kill. Alternatively, every day other pirates profit off stolen online content yet our government hesitates to pull the trigger on legislation to prevent it. Pirates are pirates, right?

Assuming this link [...]

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Change in Times: We’re Connected and Empowered

By On November 4, 2011 · 2 Comments

Change in Times: We’re Connected and Empowered.

We can look at life and technology and feel that we are going through change at an unprecedented pace. Generations before us probably felt the same way about change and advancement of technology in their lives.

I contend though that not since the invention of the Printing Press [...]

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Steve Jobs; Pursuing the Perfect

By On October 5, 2011 · 3 Comments

It’s amazing the great sadness the world is expressing about the news of Steve Jobs passing. Breaking headlines in the media convey the message as if a national leader has died. Even my children knew Jobs and were taken aback.

Now consider the current American political environment in which [...]

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The ROI Cop-Out

By On September 23, 2011 · 4 Comments

Are you avoiding social media platforms because you can’t prove out the ROI? This is a must-read conversation.

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Checking-in or Checking-out . . . Is Geolocation Relevant?

By On September 1, 2011 · 3 Comments

This week I struggled to report on the changing landscape of geolocation as it relates to B2B. The application for B2C is clear and powerful but I was convinced that sites like Gowalla, Foursquare and functions like Facebook Places has no immediate effect on the B2B arena – so why talk about it.

In the [...]

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