Twitter to Fizzle or Flare? There has been a fair amount of chatter (not just tweeting) suggesting that the Twitterevolution is beginning to fade. On the heels of the news that 6 million Americans and 1.5 million Canadians have "left" Facebook, there is much...
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Where’s the real value in Twitter?
Discretion in Selection To the extent that Twitter is becoming the go-to resource for finding information and staying up to date, the real value of Twitter is in the quality of those you follow. This means that you need to be selective about who you follow. There are...
Women in Social Media – A golden opportunity for and in business
Have you noticed that the social media frontier is lined with women? An article in USA Today “Groupon Mania ignites fight for ad dollars with deals” alerted me to a fact: women are playing a larger role in social media business than is the case in ‘regular’ business....
Interesting Site: Famecount, social media counter for the stars
Friday's here!Starting today, Friday I am going to create a new "corner" on Mydial. It is going to be a place where I feature an interesting site that caught my attention recently. I will endeavour to explain why it is interesting. Think of this as...
Why companies need to get IT to move upstream?
Technology is strategic Having just attended Orange Business Services' Live Munich 2011 as a blogger journalist (#live11 for live blogging on Twitter), I wanted to report back on a couple of key thoughts about the importance of technology in business. As suggested by...
Tweet stream @mdial from Dr Daniel Thorniley & more at Orange Live 2011 #live11
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...
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...
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.
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