Yesterday was Wordcamp Melbourne 2007. I arrived a few hours late, overslept a long story, but what I did see was great. Some of the highlights for me:- Darren Rowse: Good insight into the different types of ads and how the perform on different types of blogs. I need to think through some of theseContinue reading “Wordcamp Melbourne”
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WordCamp Melbourne this weekend
Australian WordPress evangelist, Edublogs owner, James Farmer has setup up WordCamp Melbourne for this weekend, unfortunately if you have not already registered you will not be able to attend now as it is sold out! The day kicks off at 11am with drinks and a pre camp chat, then we have some amazing speakers. AlexContinue reading “WordCamp Melbourne this weekend”
WordCamp Melbourne
James Farmer, edublogs.org fame, is organising a WordCamp for Melbourne on Saturday 17th November. He has secured a sponsor, Eight Black, who incidentally are support lots of activities down in Melbourne, so if you need any form of online marketing campaigns check them out! Got a venue WaterMark Bar, and a program that looks good.Continue reading “WordCamp Melbourne”
Felt like blogging, but the feeling passed
It is interesting the change Twitter has made to my mindset on blogging. I basically I think of something, think can I express the idea or even a portion of the idea in 140 characters. If yes it goes to Twitter, otherwise I turn to the blog. Once I get to the blog I findContinue reading “Felt like blogging, but the feeling passed”
Slide show available online
I have put the slides from last night’s presentation online at SlideShare, they can be viewed via http://www.slideshare.net/mspecht/intro-for-hr-on-blogs-web-20/, only issue is you miss out on my fantastic commentary. A couple of points The cartoons are all Hugh Macleod’s of gapingvoid fame To review the buzz words you need to view the CommonCraft Show videos ToContinue reading “Slide show available online”
Employees and Web 2.0
One of the topics I covered during last night’s presentation was how to build safeguards within your organisation so that employees for who were interacting in this brave new web 2.0 world. (Converts of Web 2.0 you might think I have lost it so before you all stand up and walk out hear me outContinue reading “Employees and Web 2.0”
Web 2.0 and HR
Over the last few weeks I have been preparing a presentation on Web 2.0 and Social Networks to give to a group of HR professionals. The topics I plan to cover are:- Provide a quick overview of what this all is How they help employees use them for good not evil How Enterprises can useContinue reading “Web 2.0 and HR”
Blogging to be a little light on
Right now blogging is a little light on due to many reasons, things should right themselves soon. Having said that the fact of writing one post will probably generate me to post lots more. 🙂 Anyway if I don’t post for now, I’m sorry, I will soon.
Blasts from the Past
Over the last couple of days I have been looking for inspiration on what to blog about, so I started researching a couple of topics on communication, collaboration and employee engagement. Funny enough I found some of my old posts, so I thought instead of writing something new I would give you “5 Blasts fromContinue reading “Blasts from the Past”
My Link Blog
Over the last year or more I have been sharing items from Google Reader in my Link Blog, it occurred to me that I have no idea if anyone actually subscribes to it and if so should I keep up sharing what I read. The answer? FeedBurner. I took my really unfriendly Google Shared ItemsContinue reading “My Link Blog”
Michael Specht 