In March of this year, social email provider harmon.ie (pronounced ‘harmony') commissioned a survey of 515 IT users working the U.S. and global companies. The purpose of the survey was to better understand the impact that electronic distractions have on the workplace and the findings were incredible, yet somewhat not unexpected. (more…)
LinkedIn recently added new features to the site. Most of you are aware LinkedIn offers a corporate page. The profile you established is for your personal use and it is against LinkedIn’s rules to create a personal profile as a business. Here’s a quick overview of the new functions you may now add to your company’s page. (more…)
This guest post is written by Evan Hackel, President and Founder of Ingage Consulting. Throughout his twenty-five year career, he has seen the need not only for improved engagement but for an understanding of why engagement plays such an important role in any organization. Evan’s company works closely with the managers and leaders of franchises, co-ops, and buying groups, to help them improve their business practices. Evan can be reached directly at ehackel@ingageconsulting.com. (more…)
I will likely write more on this later, but wanted to put up a link to Mark Zuckerberg's blog post entitled Making Control Simple as well as a link to Facebook's new Privacy Guide. Frankly, these are pretty big changes made in a short period of time. Of course, it took an uproar from users to make it happen, (more…)
On April 30th Starbucks rolled out a Facebook app allowing customers to manage their Starbucks cards. The app may be found on the Starbucks Facebook page. The app provides you with the ability to do everything you can do by going to the Starbucks website including loading your card and reviewing your transactions. This is pretty convenient for those of us who spend lots of time on Facebook. We don't have to leave Facebook to perform these tasks. (more…)
