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Following Jake: The Awesome Adventures of Garmin’s Blogger (and Tweeter!)

July 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Guest Posts, Social Media

Sometime back in during the Tour of California, I was doing a lot of blogging and Tweeting about the cycling world and social media. That’s when I found and followed one of the best “corporate” Tweeters and bloggers out there. If you’re on Twitter, you might know him as @JakesJournal. His real name is Jake [...]

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What inspires you?

March 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Guest Posts, Presentation Goodness

I know I’ve definitely run into my fair share of writers block trying to keep this blog going and I always come up with mental blocks as a trainer and coach when I’m trying to come up with fresh ideas to convey my messages. I usually get around these blocks by either going for along [...]

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Guest Post: Where there’s people, there’s problems

March 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Agile Practices, Corporate Culture (or not), Guest Posts

Jurgen Appelo
Guest Post by Jurgen Appelo:
I once read that “managing is harder than programming, because making people do what is needed is far more difficult than making computers do what is needed”. (Don’t flame me if you don’t agree. I’m quoting from an unknown source here.)
This quote kept running through my mind when I recently [...]

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Guest Post: 7 Ways to Use Twitter to Engage Your Audience

February 24th, 2009 · 12 Comments · Guest Posts, Presentation Goodness, Social Media, Twitter

You’ve been there before.  You’re speaking at a conference and you scan the audience.  You see the flood of laptops, iPhones, and Blackberries in the audience furiously Tweeting away or using some conference IRC back channel to chat about YOUR presentation.  Instead of ignoring it or asking your audience to turn off their electronics, this [...]

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