From the monthly archives:

July 2009

How to Contribute a Post to InsightsToActions

by CV HarquailJuly 30, 2009

Our first colleague contributions! Woo hoo! Scroll around and discover what’s here! Are you psyched by the idea that you, yes you, could publish a post that anyone in the Academy (and beyond) can see and respond to? Good, because it’s every bit as fun as you think, and probably a lot easier too.
In addition [...]

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Groundswell’s Social Technigraphics ™ Ladder

by CV HarquailJuly 27, 2009

Participation across the web, and especially with Web 2.0 (interactive, social media) tools, varies greatly. Even among people who are “users” and “online”, what they actually do and how often they do whatever it is that they do and so on is hard to know. So think of it in terms of the depth of [...]

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Prep Steps for Phase 3: Build Your Blog MiniWorkshop

by CV HarquailJuly 22, 2009

All the prework you need to do to prepare for Phase 3, the Build a Blog Workshop, is included here.

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Blogging as an Extreme Sport

by CV HarquailJuly 17, 2009
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Lest you wonder… Web 2.0 Literacy

by CV HarquailJuly 14, 2009

Lest you wonder about your web 2.0 literacy and that of the average ‘person on the street’, take heart.
Here’s a funny little video with a wild message: how much or little we know about tools we use every single day.
(This video, created by a Google employee to help craft an argument for his colleagues, was [...]

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Software Tools for a Digital Life

by CV HarquailJuly 11, 2009

Everyone has her or his favorite set of software programs to make an information-filled life easier and more fun.
Obviously your computer (Mac or PC), your phone, your organization’s preferences and support (if you are lucky), and the tasks you do most often drive the software you choose. I’ve discovered, however, that both ‘who you know’ [...]

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Posts on the Relevance of Blogs & Blogging to Scholars

by CV HarquailJuly 8, 2009

So that you can develop a sense of what blogs are and how you might use them as a scholar, we have assembled a list of posts – on blogs!- that discuss an array of relevant issues. Read these to get oreinted, to answer some simple questions, and to prepare for the Workshop.

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Welcome to the PDW on Blogging for Management Scholars!

by CV HarquailJuly 6, 2009

Welcome to the latest — and perhaps most expansive — opportunity to influence management thinking and practice!
We’re excited that you’ll be joining us for some or all of the Academy of Management’s Professional Development Workshop: Blogging for Management Scholars: Why & How to Read Blogs, Write for Blogs, and Create your Own Blog, being held [...]

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How the Professional Development Workshop is organized

by CV HarquailJuly 6, 2009

We’re trying to do something a bit different with the workshop’s flow, so that you can adjust your participation time to the degree of involvement that you expect to have in blogs&blogging.
The workshop is organized in three phases that will teach members how to use blogs at three levels of increasing engagement, from reading [...]

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Agenda for Phase 1: Introduction to Blogs & Blogging

by CV HarquailJuly 6, 2009

Welcome & Overview of Workshop (15 minutes)
Part 1: What is the Blogosphere and why should management scholars create a presence here?
A. Survey of the Landscape
B. Web 2.0: The opportunity and challenge for management academics
Part 2: Pioneers’ Panel Discussion: Who are the active Academy blogger-colleagues? What are they doing, and why are they doing it?
A: Portfolio [...]

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