Michael Specht

A blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and recruitment.

Entries Tagged as 'Social Networks'

Tips on managing social media in the workplace

February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · HR Management, Interviews, Social Networks · 615 views

Last week I did a short podcast with Nick McCormick, author of Lead Well and Prosper, looking at tips for managing social media in the workplace.
We spoke about implementing guidelines/policies within the workplace along with some of the potential issues and how to manage them.  However given the short format of the podcast, it is only 8 [...]

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Do brands have a Dunbar’s number?

December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Branding, Social Networks · 1,090 views

Well do they?
(You do know what Dunbar’s number is right?)
This question was posed by Manu Prasad over in India, thanks to Gautam Gosh for pointing it out.
Manu ponders that:
if there was a Dunbar number for brands, dictated by the number of people the brand can connect with- internally as well as externally? There are [...]

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Twitter and LinkedIn

November 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Recruitment, Social Networks · 1,256 views

Earlier this week Twitter and LinkedIn announced a partnership whereby you can now share updates between both services. Given that according to Pew Internet & American Life Project a total of 19% of American online adults have posted a status update this change is significant.
Firstly it will give all those professionals on LinkedIn who feel [...]

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Twitter Lists for All

October 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · HR Management, Recruitment, Social Networks · 1,741 views

For the last couple of months Twitter has been testing out a new feature, Lists, and as of yesterday Lists were available to all users. So what is a list?
Anyone can curate and publish lists, so if you have an idea for one, just click “New list” in the sidebar of your Twitter account and [...]

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ATC Social Media Conference

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Branding, HR Management, HRIS, Recruitment, Social Networks, Technology · 1,346 views

We are coming to the end of the early bird discount period for the joint event between Inspecht and ATC Social Media: A Recruitment Revolution. while the early bird discount is good, register 2 or more delegates and you get an even better deal.
So why attend?

Listen to Australian case studies from Ernst & Young and [...]

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