The following is an extract of my tweets (mainly) from the keynote speech by Dr. Daniel Thorniley (British speaker, consultant and economist with a delightful sense of humor) "CIO needs to work IN business, not with business" via Gartner at #LIVE11 Probably could say...
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The making of a worldwide social media experiment (part 2)
The Experiment & the Experience: What happened? In this prior post, I described how I decided to put together a social media experiment around the celebration of my grandfather's 100th birthday. He died December 15, 1944 and surely would have been flummoxed by...
The Making Of A Worldwide Social Media Experiment (Part 1)
An idea, a cause & Facebook On March 21st, 2011, I celebrated with 70 other people around the world what would have been my grandfather’s 100th birthday. Although my grandfather, after whom I was named, was killed December 15, 1944, I wanted to pay tribute...
A picture tells a 1000 words, but the words count all the same
The photo versus the word Inspired by a post by Jim Connolly at Internet Marketing Jam {post now taken down}, that talks about the power of the image, I thought I would take a different spin. Yes, I fully agree that the image grabs the attention and that a photo...
Munich Live ’11: Orange Live event with Orange Business
Getting connected with Information Technology I have been invited to attend Orange Business' Live Munich '11 event next week. One of the key topics on the docket at the conference -- a topic about which I have not been shy about speaking -- is the need to link...
Twitter – Why powerful executives should get on board
Simple and Short"With Twitter, thanks to the DM and 140-char message, I have found that I can reach certain key decision makers in my network. #lovetwitter" If kissing is arguably a cultural topic in the workplace, keeping it simple & short has never been more...
Wajam co-founder & CEO Martin-Luc Archambault
A Social Search Optimizer Martin-Luc Archambault, 30, is a "serial entrepreneur" in the tech/web world. Based out of Montreal, Quebec, he is CEO and co-founder of Wajam, a social search optimizer or add-on that is still in a private beta phase (launched in February...
Social Search impact on SEO?
Is SEO being turned inside out? With the mainstreaming of social search (BING with Facebook, Google +1, Wajam...), it seems that the practice of search engine optimization (SEO) is going to have be thoroughly reviewed yet again. SEO has a habit of being defined...
Social Search: Getting Personal Is Evermore Important For Brand Marketers
Social value embedded in Search Is it clear for you that social search is for real? As Google and Facebook face off against each other, Microsoft and Facebook are getting all the more "friendly." As a result, Social Search is becoming evermore present and...
Wajam: Social Search Top Center
We're jamming on Social Media As social search gains in currency -- especially given the recent flurry of adaptations by Bing and Google -- other related services are cropping up. I have been using for the past few months, Wajam, what I'd call a new social search...

To Book Minter!
I’m Minter Dial and I serve my clients by elevating the debate and energy, telling powerful stories and connecting people and ideas. My mission to insert more meaningfulness into our lives and at work. I relish being an engaging professional speaker on leadership, transformation and branding. I’m known for being someone who walks the talk and delivers on or above expectations. I’m the author of four award-winning books, including the second edition of my award-winning book, Heartificial Empathy (April 2023, available in English and French), You Lead published by Kogan Page that won the Business Book Award 2022, and Futureproof (FT-Press/Pearson) that won the Business Book Award 2018. I’m also the producer of the award-winning WWII book and documentary film The Last Ring Home.
My last major published project was Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations that was published weekly via Substack, over 79 weeks. I am currently working on a new book, The Avatar Trap.










