Sunday, October 10, 2010

Autoresponder

An useful way to better manage your contacts and to create substantial connections - the autoresponder system. A matter of etiquette and politeness, at the end of the day.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

What social media contact would you put on your business card?

A good question, I didn't figure out, even I prepared a new pack of 100 business cards only one month ago.

I will not put my Facebook, as it is mostly designed for friends, relatives, acquaintances, not exclusively for business purposes - despite the fact that I am posting many links and conversations of professional interest. I will mention, for sure LinkedIn, my blog and, last on the list, the Twitter account - even here I mixed many personal interests with the professional ones. A lot of space, isn't it?

Monday, September 27, 2010

Creative thinking

Why the businessmen would need arts, other than as part of their investments? Is, for example, the direct experience of painting useful for a financial accountant? Why an investment in arts might be desirable as part of the professional career? A possible answer is the possibility of developing new skills and looking for better sources of innovation and knowledge management. Thinking the business as a design to be improved, tested and experienced, combining creativity, the courage to think outside the box and the interest to know and better use your knowledge. A good lecture for the start of the week or for the beginning of a new way of way of thinking. Any start is challenging and it is always up to us to face the challenge of something new every day.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Texting, for teens and adults

A couple of years ago - less than 3, perhaps -, texting was the priviledge and hobby of hype teens. Now, it is the mainstream all over the generations. An answer to this demand are as well the evolving programs adapted for cell phones, providing news, cultural and travel information. This is the challenge for the communications as a whole.

My new interest: the start-ups

So, let's start reading something.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The right of posting

and the obligations - at least, in the American variant.

The first answer is to oppose such a move: it is against the freedom of expression. On the other side, the reality you might encounter on websites or forums is an increasing wave of hate, antisemitism and intolerance, giving the impression that we are living in the world untouched by the apparently evolutive process of civilisation. Most probably, people disputing or arguing on the net will not hesitate to kill each other, if face to face.

But, there are other tools to limit the intellectual pollution represented by dialogues written under the cover of anonimity, for example by instituting filter - programs blocking from publishing comments containing offensive words. And, creating, in parallel, educative programs aiming to help the return of humans to humanity - in schools, in the media, in the universities.