The iPad, my Blog, and Clicky Keyboards

Eerily similar to “the dog ate my homework,” I have a perfectly good reason for allowing my blog to grow weeds. Pure and simple, it is the fault of technology. As my laptop wheezed its way to certain death, my iPad was working a diabolical plot. With its hip energy and snuggle-in-bed-affection, it lured me [...]

Mind Maps, Mobility, and Breakthroughs on SMChat

Can we, as innovative folks, use mind mapping to drive break-throughs and eliminate the waste of good brain power?

Chock Full of Goodness: 10+ Article Faves

Here are 10 share-worthy articles from 2009. If you care about communication, collaboration or leadership, dedicate your next coffee break to reading them.

Your LinkedIn Status: Are You In?

A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and at last published count, over 45 million professionals are linked in. As far as I’m concerned, it’s not “if” you’re on LinkedIn, but what you’re doing with it. Weigh in on what kind of user you are in this a one-question poll.

Deconstructing Your Failure

Prematurely leaving a job feels like a failed mission. It’s one thing to admit defeat but altogether castrating when someone else calls the time of death for you. Shed your sense of failure once and for all with these questions and lessons learned.

How much time do you invest in your blog?

There’s no way around it — blog content takes time to create. How much time does it take YOU to create a single blog article? (Plus links to great articles about blogging and time management)

Blogging Workload: a Poll

The proliferation of blogging tools and platforms doesn’t equate to a writer’s Easy Bake Oven. Weigh in on how long it takes you to write blog content.

Powerful Clicks: 5 Great People, Causes or Concepts

What a gift it is to meet someone or encounter an idea that compels you to DO something new or think differently. Here are a few I’m sharing in my Top 5 Click List.

“Social Media Made Me Do It” and Other Silly Notions

Once as separate as church and state, technology and social engagement are now inextricably bound together. The whole notion scares the bejeebees out of some people, and they’re convinced social media is bad career juju. Instead of sticking your head in the sand, use it as a career advantage.

What Would Bacon Do?

If bacon-loving Americans get squeamish about pork, our economy (and the pork industry) will take another painful hit. Want to show some love to hog farmers everywhere? Here’s a light-hearted way you can do it.

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