Boxcar: A great notification management system I had the chance to interview Jonathan George, founder of the Boxcar (btw the url ends in .io) service. Boxcar is a rapidly growing system that allows you to centralize your notifications between Facebook, Twitter...
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Women and men on the internet and social media across 6 countries
Gender & cultural differences abound After having attended the International Women's Forum 2011 in Deauville, where I spoke about Muscling up one's eReputation with the dynamic Caroline Ghosn (Slideshare presentation available here), I was happy to hear about a...
Buy, buy, buy? Or is it bye-bye? 5 keys to improving digital marketing efforts
The digital marketing gold rushThere is a certain inevitability to what is going on in the internet and digital marketing world. Companies have cottoned on and the rush to "do" social media is leading inexorably to higher pricing at Google and Facebook. The...
Advertising: great messages that make great brands
Marketer's delight: Ads that surprise While watching television (the film Hurt Locker and #RWC11) this weekend on my trip to Liverpool (UK), I was delighted by two sets of ads. Not very often that happens, so I thought I would share the experience. ...
Boosting Your eReputation – A Personal Affair
Why should you build an online presence?Because the risk of not having a strong and consistent identity is growing every day. The risks are multiple and concern pretty much everyone. Especially for the younger generations, but increasingly a reflex for all alike,...
To think, to advise, to do? How brand, agency & consultancy can work together to create engagement
Working toward ENGAGEMENT in digital marketing After a 16-year career at L'Oreal -- managing a brand worldwide (Redken), running a subsidiary (Canada) and as head of business development & digital marketing (ExCom Worldwide) -- I was lucky enough to work with some...
MDE#15: Barbara Mallinson, CEO and Founder of OBAMI, a robust social network designed specifically for schools
Barbara Mallinson founded OBAMI, a social network and eLearning platform specifically designed for schools. Barbara is on a mission to bring the best eTools and social networking to teachers and learners. OBAMI enables the teachers to distribute resources, to...
How to Stop MobileMe from Synchronizing on Mac
MOBILEME PROBLEM ON THE MAC: If you have an Apple Mac and have not signed up for Mobile Me, it is possible that you too have suffered from a repetitive synchronization with a non-existant service that draws your wonderful Mac down to a veritable crawl. Some of...
How to avoid marketing blunders: Market research needs more SEARCH before looking for answers
Despite access to so much research, not all data is collectable At Newark airport, about 10 minutes before boarding recently, I was asked to fill in a written questionnaire. The woman who recruited me was nice enough. The ideal respondent had to speak...
5 Best Productivity Tools: Lists, Groups & Filters with GMAIL (#5 of 5)
The power of digital organization In this, the last of the 5 posts on the best productivity tools, the focus here is on the power of lists, groups and filters. Call it your Digital Network Organization (D.N.O.). Best in class management skills inevitably...

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.










