by Minter Dial | Aug 11, 2010 | Social Media
In a great post titled “Why Executives HATE Social Media” from the executives at DemingHill, we get an unfiltered viewpoint – straight from the executives – on why they hate social media, but could eventually learn to love it. It’s an...
by Minter Dial | Jul 25, 2010 | Social Media
Have you not heard of Johnnie Boden? Talk about turning your life into a brand! I am impressed with the UK clothing retailer Boden (not to be mixed up with Boden, the store fixtures retailer). Johnnie Boden, a failed banker-turned-teacher, launched a...
by Minter Dial | Jul 20, 2010 | Social Media
What is going to happen to your Facebook profile after you die? Your Facebook legacy This is surely not one of the most top-of-mind topics for many people on Facebook; but, after I read yesterday’s Herald Tribune/NY Times article, entitled “Facebook...
by Minter Dial | Jul 16, 2010 | Social Media
(Update July 28) With the massive leak of over 91,000 documents from the US Army operations in Afghanistan to Wikileaks, the notions of security, confidentiality, privacy and piracy have hit the front pages of mass media around the world. The role of the internet and...
by Minter Dial | Jul 4, 2010 | Social Media
BP under fire The calamity of the Gulf of Mexico does not need one more person (me) to harangue BP. They are surely paying the BIG price as it is. But, in terms of crisis management, I do not believe the history books or case studies will be particularly...
by Minter Dial | Jul 3, 2010 | Leadership, Responsibility, Social Media
Facebook’s sweeping success is, in very large part, because it is a hybrid social media, brokering the gap of personal and professional. The rules of the social media game privilege ‘personal’ communications; and companies that manage to insert...
