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9 Ways Social Media Can Make You a Better Leader (The Video)

Terry Starbucker

A few weeks ago at Portland State University’s Digital Media Conference, I was challenged to present “9 Ways Social Media Can Make You a Better Leader”, in the “Ignite” format (that’s 20 slides in 5 minutes, each one changing over every 15 seconds, whether you are ready for the change or not). It was a great experience, and thanks to PSU, I’m happy to share the result (here is the link if you don’t see the embed: [link] Lead well!

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No More Boring Meetings, Please!

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

I spent my 50 th birthday at the most boring meeting of my life. At one point I had to pinch myself under the table to keep from falling asleep. I’ve attended a lot of meetings that are a waste of time – it’s part of my job. (I help teams improve their performance and often observe to understand their issues before I intervene). However, I must say this was the most boring meeting of my career.

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Five Leadership Lessons From Tee Ball

Leadership Freak

* When our children were young, I coached their tee ball teams. It’s called tee ball because children, ages 4 to 7, hit baseballs off a tee rather than having a pitcher. It gives them a chance to learn the basics. I’ll never forget one summer when a little kid surprised himself by successfully hit the ball [.].

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5 Insights on Creativity from Osho

QAspire

Creativity is at the core of building quality in design. People rarely innovate when they simply follow instructions. This led me to think more about creativity – the act of doing something in an unconventional way, the act of creating something meaningful that changes you and hence the world. Traditionally (in an industrial world), only artists were meant to be creative – painters, dancers, poets and so on.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership Mention in Buffalo News

Mike Cardus

I was interviewed by The Buffalo News about resolutions that companies and individuals can make for a prosperous new year. Sound Advice. Local business experts offer resolutions that companies and individuals can make for a prosperous new year. Below is what I said. * Pare down priorities. Create no more than six goals for 2012, said Michael Cardus, founder and CEO of Create-Learning, a local leadership development company.

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2011 in review – Thanks for Reading

First Friday Book Synopsis

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for our blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 200,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 9 days for that many people to see [.].

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Complimentary Resource – Top 10 Online Brand Protection Strategies for 2012

Strategy Driven

Top 10 Online Brand Protection Strategies for 2012. by MarkMonitor. Now is the time to get proactive on developing a solid online brand protection strategy that will safeguard marketing investments, revenues, and most importantly, customer trust for 2012. Now is the time to get proactive on developing a solid online brand protection strategy that will safeguard marketing investments, revenues, and most importantly, customer trust for 2012.

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When God Tries to Speak to You

Ron Edmondson

So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if He calls you, say, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 1 Samuel 3:9 NIV. Has God been trying to get your attention lately? Is God trying to tell you something? Are you having a hard time hearing? Samuel was in training to be a prophet. He was set apart from birth to be God’s anointed one.

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Which Dreamworks personality are you

Rapid BI

Which Dreamworks personality are you via {EAV:fc60f4f513ca1952} RapidBI is an organizational effectiveness consultancy based in the UK but working internationally. © RapidBI & Mike Morrison 2011 - this article/ page is free to copy and use on the condition that an active link back and reference is made to this site and page. Thank [.].

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Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life

Ron Edmondson

We launched a new series at Grace Community Church this week called “ All In “ This year, we want to give God access to every part of our life. In this message, I addressed the issue of our minds. Are you worried about many things? How can you stop worrying? Maybe Paul has an answer for us. Think About These Things from Gcomchurch Sermons on Vimeo.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Plane, Helicopter and Street Views on Entrepreneurship

Rajesh Setty

Depending on the view, entrepreneurship looks different, very different. 1. View from a plane: Very smooth. Like many things in life, entrepreneurship is quite complex but from far away (such as a view from the plane) it looks smooth and simple. 2. View from a helicopter: Colorful and Exciting. From a reasonable distance, entrepreneurship looks more colorful and exciting.

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Our blog posts on ecademy

Rapid BI

Remember your ecademy "tags" or 50 words – are you missing business? Remember your ecademy “tags” or 50 words – are you missing business? Today it struck me that I had not reviewed these since I set up my ecademy account some time ago. Much like keywords on a website, sometimes the nature of our [.].

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The 10 Best Brand Names Ever

In the CEO Afterlife

Now that we are in the New Year, you can expect to see 2011 rankings by major periodicals on a variety of measures from most valuable global brands to the most innovative companies. My ranking of the “Best Brand Names” has no time constraint. If fact, every quantitative measurement has been removed. I have purposely ignored a brand’s reputation, its place within the market, even its package design.

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