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Further evidence that FaceBook is mainstream in South Africa – not that you need it

On December 19, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Fun, Social Media, Trends, Video   /   Leave a comment
Further evidence that FaceBook is mainstream in South Africa – not that you need it

It’s the holidays. Today marks my last official day of work for 2011, and I leave tonight with my family for our annual pilgrimage of rest and fun. For those still at work, and those with time to drop in on websites like this one, here’s my

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Will your next job come from a Social Media Platform?

On December 13, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Infographic, Social Business, Social Media, Trends   /   Leave a comment
Will your next job come from a Social Media Platform?

I’ve argued for some time now that loyalty is moving from vertical to horizontal. In short, for many young people their next job is going to come from their social networks and not their manager. It’s one of the reasons online profiles are so pristine, well kept

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How to do better searches using Google

On November 29, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Social Media, Technology   /   2 Comments
How to do better searches using Google

Mashable posted this infographic last week from HackCollege.com on how to improve your searches on Google. There are some really good tips for those that could use a little more improvement.

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All business and commerce will eventually be Social business and commerce

On November 16, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Social Business, Social Media, Technology, Trends   /   Leave a comment

Once upon a time there were online businesses and brick and mortar businesses, and a few got to play in both spaces. It was acceptable to pronounce you were either one or the other. And life was good. When you take a look at the infographic below

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Can your company deal with your self-promotion

On November 14, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Social Business, Social Media, Talent, Trends   /   2 Comments

Business is going to have to get it’s head around the growing trend of self-promotion amongst their employees. Social Media has made this both easy to do and in-vogue amongst today’s smart-phone totting hip and happening set (both young and old). Go back 20 years and it

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The State of MXit – And it’s not a small State at all

On November 11, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Innovation, Social Business, Social Media, Technology, Trends   /   Leave a comment

MXit is the biggest South African Social Media platform never spoken about when people talk social media. Just in case you’re reading this and you’ve been living in a cave: MXit is a FREE online mobile instant messenger and social network. Shop, play and explore a multi-million

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Whichever way you cut it, Justin Bieber gets Social Media. Or maybe it gets him?

On November 10, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Fun, Generations, Social Business, Social Media, Talent, Technology   /   Leave a comment

I’m guessing you’ve seen the movie? Never say Never. Who hasn’t? Especially if you have kids. And even more especially if those kids happen to be of the female variety. I went in kicking and screaming, and came out a raving Justin Bieber fan. Very simply because

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Newly connected younger workforce, is already influencing coworkers

On November 9, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Leadership, Social Business, Social Media, Talent, Technology, Trends   /   Leave a comment

Yesterday I posted some information from the Cisco global research report on today’s younger workers. Here’s an infographic pulled from their report. Makes for some interesting thinking. The highlights of the report are social media and mobility (flexibility in time and space) What’s interesting to add is that it’s

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The Summer Medley Mashup from Kurt and Sam. DJ Earworm you have nothing to worry about

On November 8, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Fun, Generations, Innovation, Social Media, Video   /   Leave a comment

I’m certain this isn’t my usual contribution to this particular blog. But December is on it’s way. Summer is warming up nicely, and I figured a little bit of something to help you ease into the mood can only be a good thing. You’ve probably heard music

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Social Media v Salary? Which is the more influential factor in recruitment?

On November 7, 2011   /   Blog, Featured, Future World of Work, Generations, Leadership, Social Business, Social Media, Talent, Trends   /   1 Comment

Four years ago I stood in what must have been my 20th one day course that year, exploring ‘Talent Management‘ with 30 senior leaders from one of South Africa’s largest banks, and the question was raised….. “how important is social media really, to today’s young people?” Great

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