From the monthly archives:

August 2010

Want a Better Conference Experience? Advice from Pamela Slim

by CV HarquailAugust 5, 2010

Our first colleague contributions! Woo hoo! Scroll around and discover what’s here! From Pamela Slim, author of Escape From Cubicle Nation, and noted blogger:
Pamela offers some ideas for getting into the right frame of mind at conferences…. starting by recognizing just how silly some of the conference dynamics can feel…
… As creatures still stinging from [...]

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5 Reasons Why Management Scholars Should Be Reading Blogs

by CV HarquailAugust 5, 2010

[Reposted from AuthenticOrganizations.com] July 2009
Very few management professors read blogs about management, leadership, strategy or organizations.
I have no hard data, no scientific survey, to support this claim, but I know it’s true.
As I’ve talked with colleagues over the last two years about this blog, about other blogs that I learn from, about blogs as a [...]

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10 Common Objections to Using Social Media

by CV HarquailAugust 4, 2010

Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond
[This article was originally published, in expanded form, on ReadWriteWeb. Read the original article.]
Marshall Kirkpatrick, ReadWriteWeb
It can be hard to convince leadership that working with social media doesn’t mean they’ve been paying you to catch up with friends on Facebook. You’ve probably heard some [...]

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Beware of Darth Commenter by Vicki Davis

by CV HarquailAugust 4, 2010

Vicki Davis is a high school teacher who blogs at the Cool Cat Teacher blog, which won the 2008 Edublog Award for Best Teacher Blog and other awards. Her site is full of great resources… like this post:
Beware of Darth Commenter

http://www.cocomment.com/http://www.cocomment.com/Beware of Darth Commenter!
I believe that there are some people who are so abrasive and [...]

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Introducing Your Esteemed Colleagues to New Techniques: 7 Tips from The Politics of Design

by CV HarquailAugust 4, 2010

Have you found yourself struggling to convince faculty colleagues that blogs, Twitter and Facebook might be useful tool?
Just for fun, consider these 7 Helpful “Legacy Programmer Boss” Tips from The Politics of Design by mike.marshall@politicsofdesign.com.

I’ve enjoyed reading some the the Spolsky-generated articles recently, but I was snagged by the viewpoints put forth by Daniel [...]

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Using Blogs to Support Your Teaching

by CV HarquailAugust 3, 2010

From BlogWalker:
Based on work with several teachers who very much want to join the blogosphere, but are a bit overwhelmed by the learning curve, here are five tips for teachers just beginning to weave blogging into their classroom toolkit:
Tip #1: Start the process of reading, writing, and responding to blog posts as a whole class [...]

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