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The Context for the Connecting Canadians Strategy back in 1995 - More relevant today I think
before social software - it was all speculative. Tags: Canada Natural Organization Organizations and Cultur I went back to my files today to find the summary of my report to Doug as he worked on developing the one and only complete strategy to put Canada ahead of the world by using the web. This was written 15 years ago before the browser, before high speed.
Robert Paterson's Weblog - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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The reward of being truly effective in the public service - you get pushed out
Canada is now #12 ) Have a look at what he did - this is truly visionary - it was organic too - for instance the Digital Collections Program enabled teen agers to get paid experience - silverorange on PEI was born out of this program as the then boys worked for Veterans Affairs. His efforts have helped all Canadians and their communities get connected through 20,000 schools and libraries, 9,000 public access points and 10,000 voluntary organizations. In my posts about CAP sites and Canada's now sad position globally on the web - I mentioned Doug Hull - whom I see as being the best public servant in the country.
Robert Paterson's Weblog - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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DoubleDutch: Build Your Own Check-In App For Your Event, Business or School
Ten year old local business rating company RateItAll has released a white-label location based mobile social networking platform called DoubleDutch . Events organizers, companies that work with multiple locations and others can work with DoubleDutch to offer their patrons a branded check-in app targeted specifically to their use case. I think it's a smart effort to make location based social networking more mainstream. You might say that DoubleDutch is to Foursquare what Ning is to Facebook. We caught up with CEO Lawrence Coburn at SXSW and found out how the service
ReadWriteWeb - Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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  • Six Social Media Trends for 2010
    In 2009 we saw exponential growth of social media. So what could social media look like in 2010? In 2010, social media will get even more popular, more mobile, and more exclusive — at least, that's my guess. Social media begins to look less social With According to Nielson Online, Twitter alone grew 1,382% year-over-year in February , registering a total of just more than 7 million unique visitors in the US for the month. Meanwhile, Facebook continued to outpace MySpace.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, November 2, 2009
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  • Debunking Social Media Myths
    He said "I was selling in the idea that social media is free, until the community manager headcount came in." This underscores a fundamental truth to social media that many organizations underestimate-- being social means having real live people who actively participate in your initiatives. The economics of using social media in business require the participation of people to fuel it. I recently spoke at and attended the Conversational Marketing Summit in NYC. On day two, I heard something from Brian Wallace of Blackberry that echoed thoughts I've been
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, June 29, 2009
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  • Yes, Your Social Media Strategy Needs Design
    In nearly every conference room across the business landscape it's inevitable that at some point the phrase "social media" enters the discussion. What if we looked at "social media" as a design problem? As someone who started a career as a designer (graphic design and user experience design) and is currently exploring business opportunities in social media — which I think of as social business design — I can't help but Marketers, PR and salespeople are among the first to engage in the discussions, trying to figure how networks can be leveraged to sell more stuff.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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  • Three Instantly Effective Social Media Strategies
    If you've got an experienced social media team, a solid budget and an appetite for innovation, you can create an original online presence that engages your customers or supporters in an entirely new kind of online experience. But many organizations lack the time, budget or experience to start from scratch. That doesn't limit your social Here are three great options for robust social media presences that let you manage cost and risk by building on existing tools and established best practices. 1.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, July 27, 2009
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  • Intel's Social Media Training
    Are you exploring how to create a social media strategy for your company? One employee in particular, Josh Bancroft, started to build out our social infrastructure in 2004. Over time, Intel created a comprehensive set of social media policies simply called the Intel Social Media Guidelines . These guidelines Are you looking for a company to benchmark? One you might consider looking at first is Intel Corporation.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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  • Why Non-Profits Are So Good at Social Media
    Online community and social media are hot areas for business these days, as companies recognize the Internet's potential to deepen customer relationships , share knowledge and strengthen teams . NGO-run online communities and social media presences offered nonprofits a new way of stoking and harnessing their members' loyalty and passion; and in their many successes, businesses can find key lessons for using social media to enhance customer relationships, too: In the nonprofit sector, relationships have always been the key currency: the relationships with the members, donors and supporters that NGOs depend on for volunteer labor, financial support and advocacy muscle.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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  • The Über-Connected Organization: A Mandate for 2010
    Think about your organization and ask yourself these two questions: Are external social media sites restricted or blocked while at work? Is the use of social media in the workplace inhibited or frowned upon? If you answered yes, then your organization is one of the majority of firms with over 100 employees that have yet to embrace In a study conducted by Robert Half Technology entitled " Whistle But Don't Tweet At Work ," many organizations are struggling with how to integrate social media into the workplace. However, there are a growing
    HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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  • Do You Live Social?
    Some have asked, Where does social media live? Is it a combination of multiple business units and functions, and if so, who leads the efforts and how does an organization choose partners? Social media is still emerging and being defined in real time. There's a question missing from that litany, one that organizations or Is it marketing? Is it public relations?
    HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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  • How to Extend Your Customer Experience Through Social Media
    On Sunday, my wife, son, and I had a delightful meal there, one that would not have happened without social media. How can social media augment, fill out, and improve the customer experience? Two companies who lead the way in using social media, Southwest Airlines and Zappos (disclosure: Zappos is a client of Adaptive Path ), empower their staff to engage with social media on the company's behalf. I'm in Toronto this week on business. Arriving a few days early to play tourist, I tweeted for recommendations for places to eat and things to do.
    HarvardBusiness.org - Monday, August 24, 2009
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  • When Your Company Culture Isn't Ready for Social Media
    Are you considering whether your company should use social media to connect not only with your customers, but also with your employees, partners, and suppliers? Before you decide to encourage your key executives to blog, or start looking at private social networking Enterprise 2.0 The company implements an internal-only social networking platform that allows rating, tagging, and comments on products and services. platforms, consider the following two scenarios based upon real examples and ask how the executives at your company would react: An executive publishes her
    HarvardBusiness.org - Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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