What’s The Story With That New Hashtag, #humanbiz?
Have you noticed folks have been using the #humanbiz hashtag lately on Twitter? #humanbiz is short for The Human Side of Business, our new motto at Switch and Shift....
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Creating Personal Connection in an Electronically Connected World
In today’s technology-fueled world, where email, social media and other forms of electronic communication thrives, are we drawing nearer to each other, or further...
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Social Business Needs a Culture of Social Leadership
I have been arguing for several years now that the real value of social media goes way beyond marketing and communications: it is teaching us a new way to lead and...
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My Most Asked Twitter Question, Answered
My most-read blog post of all time, hands-down, is my twitter follow-back policy. It took me a long time to develop that policy, tweak it, and think about it. Before I...
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The Secret to Social Media Success Is Constancy of Purpose
“How did you get so many Twitter followers?” I get this question a lot. Now, this is what I hope is the real reason: that some of what I share on Twitter – re-tweets of...
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The Gap Between Social Media and Business Impact: 6 Stages of Social Business Transformation
Social media is becoming a lot like email for business; every company uses it. In an Altimeter Group survey of 700 executives and social strategists fielded in late...
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Do You Like, Link, or Tweet?
As I sit to write this post, there are still only three main social media outlets: LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Chances are, before this goes live, a fourth network...
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Best Practices for Enterprise Social Media Management
For those executives who thought or still think that social is a fad, it’s time to reevaluate your thinking. Our very own Ted Coine is featured in a Slideshare...
Read More18 Ways to Engage and Build Teams in a Social Era
Social has taken away numerous connection barriers within the workplace, giving companies more direct access to not just push information out to their employees, but to...
Read MoreTed’s Favorite Twitter Tools
I’m frequently asked what tools I use to make Twitter more manageable. There are no secrets here, but I realize I haven’t written about them all in one...
Read MoreThe Social Leader
When Charlene Li published Open Leadership my friends and I groaned. We wished we had written the book. Charlene masterfully helped us peer into the influence of social...
Read MoreTrue Transparency
Leaders: how committed are you to actual, bona fide transparency? Tell me your thoughts on the following challenge, and I’ll tell you how sincere you are to open...
Read MoreShawn's New Book on Snippet
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