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Social Networking for Business: Does it Really Work? :: Women on.

Women on Business

Example 1: During the 2004 election season, I connected with a new friend through a grassroots Asian Pacific Islander political group. EVEN MORE: Yet another example: a good friend of mine from the 2004 Dean campaign, who was active in the 2008 Obama campaign as well, put in a request for web developers through his Facebook e-mail.

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Lessons from the Best Global Brands 2010: Building trust and.

Strategy Driven

Figure 1: The Interbrand Best 100 Global Brands 2010 A look at two brands’ performances from this year’s table offers insight into how brands can navigate today’s marketplace. which resulted in an increase in brand awareness of 72 percent between 2004 and 2010. He is a frequent lecturer on the subject of branding.

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Corporate Diversity Still Coming Up Short for Women

Strategy Driven

For a full copy of the 2010 study, click here. Bureau of Labor Statistics, February 2010 Report About Calvert Calvert has long been a leader in advocating for corporate diversity. The 2008 report found that while nine companies within the survey showed no public commitment to diversity, only 3 percent demonstrated diversity excellence.

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The Recession Made U.S. Teenagers Less Materialistic

Harvard Business Review

The Great Recession partially reversed a decades-long trend among U.S. adolescents toward greater materialism and less concern for others, according to a study led by Heejung Park of UCLA that analyzed surveys from thousands of high-school seniors. on a 1-to-5 scale.

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9 Ways Social Media Can Make You A Better Leader

Terry Starbucker

Tweet This Post Tagged as: Leadership , Social Media { 17 comments… read them below or add one } Bret Simmons September 12, 2010 at 6:14 pm Love it. Bret Griff Wigley September 13, 2010 at 5:59 pm Thanks for the tweet reply, Terry. Starbucker September 13, 2010 at 6:19 pm Thanks Bret and Griff for your comments!

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Employee Engagement Articles

Chart Your Course

Keep On Engaging Incentive Magazine, December 2010. Turbocharging Employee Engagement (the Power of Recognition) Towers Watson, June 2010. Focus on Workers The Huffington Post, March 2010. Capitalizing on Complexity IBM, 2010. The Things They Do For Love Harvard Business Review, 2004. Want Economic Recovery?

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Does Customer Prejudice Help Drive the Employment Gap Between White and Black Americans?

Harvard Business Review

And a 2010 study of more than 800 retail stores and their surrounding communities found that sales slightly fell in white communities when black employment shares in those stores rose. I used data from the General Social Survey , which has been tracking trends in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes in the U.S. since 1972.

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