Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries Tagged as 'Engagement'

Great places to work in Australia

September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Engagement, HR Management, Work Life Balance · 177 views

I missed the launch last year by the Great Place to Work Institute opened their doors downunder. Spearheading by Chris Taylor and Trish Dagg two organisational development types out of Western Australian university.
In mid-August they release their first list for Australia called “Best Companies to Work for in Australia“, no real surprise there. Although the [...]

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Generation V podcast

July 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Engagement, Enterprise 2.0, New Media, Privacy, Social Networks · 472 views

Yesterday while I was in the middle of my PRINCE2 course I ducked outside (literally outside in the freezing Melbourne wind) for 30 minutes to participate in The Scoop podcast for MIS Australia hosted by Mark Jones. The topic Generation V, or generation virtual. I was a little uncertain what to expect as the fellow [...]

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Enterprise 2.0, employees and profits

June 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Communication, Engagement, Enterprise 2.0, Management, Productivity, Social Networks · 913 views

Last night at PubCamp I led a small unconference session around Enterprise 2.0, employees and profits, overall it was Ok but not as good as I would have liked. A part of the issue was a couple of vocal participants in the front row who kept heckling the group the robust debate going, Duncan Riley [...]

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PubCamp Melbourne

June 16th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Engagement, Enterprise 2.0, Productivity, Social Networks · 620 views

I have been able to clear my schedule and can now attend PubCamp Melbourne on 23rd June. What is PubCamp and why should you attend? Glad you asked, from their site:

Understand the most important trends and technologies for Web 2.0 and beyond - social and citizen media, the semantic web, widgets, the shift to online [...]

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Glasshouses allow you to see inside

June 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Engagement, HR Management · 1,311 views

Today I saw two posts float past on the Friendfeed feed in Twhirl about a new startup Glassdoor that has recently launched so I figured I needed to take a look. The first post was from my newest tech news location The Inquisitr, which provided a good basic “tech like” overview of the service.
Glassdoor takes [...]

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