Monthly Archives: March 2011

Creating effective governance for social media and social networks in regulated business environments

New social technologies have become part of the mainstream and they will clearly impact the privacy landscape for the foreseeable future. However, the web 2.0 world is very much the wild, wild West with technology advances far outstripping existing consumer protections and regulatory statues. While we are strong advocates of the use of these tools…

Keeping up with the endless fire hose of data – how do you remain current and relevant online?

As today’s business students prepare for their future careers, new professions are opening up in social media even in the most mainstream businesses.  Companies, eager to create an “online brand presence”, clearly understand the need for educated resources who are comfortable online whether its developing and/or managing social media sites, online communities, blogs, podcasts, video…

Work-arounds – why do we tolerate them?

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I have had two experiences recently that left me scratching my head.  This summer I flew to London on Virgin Atlantic…a nice enough airline – for an airline.  As I was checking in, I was informed my carry-on was too heavy and I needed to remove some of the weight.  The counter person watched me…