Connecting with your audience

07/16/2012  |  No Comments

It's summer, a.k.a. festival season, here in Victoria. Again this year, I volunteered at the Victoria International Jazzfest. As a... more

5 Strategies for the Conflict Manager when “the medium is the message”

06/21/2012  |  No Comments

image source: Kenski1970 (Flickr) I spent last week in New York City, visting family and taking a mini-holiday.  I walked long... more

RIM May Be Down, But Are They Out?

RIM May Be Down, But Are They Out?

06/13/2012  |  No Comments

Back in the days of high school I got to learn a form of kick-boxing in one of my gym... more

Managing customer relationships is the most important use of social media: MIT Global Social Business Study

06/06/2012  |  No Comments

The most important use social media is for managing customer relationships.  That’s the word that came down in the recent... more

5 Reasons To Take Your Conflict Public

5 Reasons To Take Your Conflict Public

05/31/2012  |  No Comments

I used to work in a drop-in center where the occasional fight would break out.  One dude would say something... more

Who are You? The move from “Know Thyself” to the “Collaborative Self”

05/23/2012  |  No Comments

“Know thyself”.  You’ve probably heard that old maxim a lot.  Recently, that maxim comes to mind as I try navigate... more

The Power of #UnPopular

The Power of #UnPopular

05/16/2012  |  1 Comment

Here’s the thing about love.  We all want it.  We all want to feel its comfy warmth, wrapped around us... more

So tell me: Just how bad is that conflict?

04/30/2012  |  No Comments

What if we could measure, give a number to, a conflict?   Then we could say “it’s a 5 on the... more

Conflict: A New Strategy For Brands?

Conflict: A New Strategy For Brands?

04/24/2012  |  1 Comment

Where there are brands, you will find people.  Where there are people, you will find conflict.  Brands and people both... more

Learning social media through play

04/16/2012  |  No Comments

Are you avoiding social media?  Maybe it makes you anxious, “I might say the wrong thing or it’ll make me... more