Facebook: Banned at work

A press release I did through Porter Novelli/3 Mobile got picked up in Queensland: Facebook and other social sites banned by many bosses AUSTRALIAN bosses are more straitlaced than their European counterparts when it comes to allowing access to social networking websites. An online survey of 1000 Australian employees found 55 per cent said their boss…

Event – Future of H.R. Recruitment and Social Media

Melbournites, listen up! Michael Specht is running a conference on H.R and Recruitment and social media. Time Session Speaker 8:30 AM Arrival & Registration with Tea and Coffee 9:00 AM Welcome and Introduction Michael Specht 9:10 AM Keynote – Thoughts from TED 2009 Stephen Collins 10:10 AM Implementation of Enterprise 2.0 and its Value in…

Australia: Corporate Social Media

That title Corporate Social Media looks funny doesn’t it? I mean, some people still think of ‘social‘ as ‘party‘. Like, Corey from Melbourne on MySpace. They don’t realise that ‘social‘ means ‘society‘ – friends and family, yes, but also sports heroes and politicians and other leaders, and those we deem tabloid worthy – the Angelina…

Ripple not Broadcast, WOMMA, Social Media Club

From David Armano – his diagram can explain a ton of different things. In this case, for me, distributing content through blogs not broadcast. I teach “Ripple Distribution” as part of social media marketing campaign courses. We (Chris Saad, Trib (Stephen Collins), badgergravling, jed white, were just having a discussion on Twitter broadcast and symbiotic…

Social networking is a waste of time/money

I first thought it said “waiting for something to bing” – as in email, facebook or twitter notifications. Hmmm actually social networking isn’t a waste of a companies time and money. But it’s a little hard to convince non-believers. Some random facts about my foray into social media, user generated content and online communities: and…

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