Welcome to another installment of ‘A Day in the Life of…’ Well, we’ve started off with some of the male bloggers out there and I thought it was time to bring some women into the mix. Who better than a strong, smart, female HR blogger? The woman I’m highlighting this week really needs no introduction. [...]
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Monthly Archives: August 2009
HR Guide to Using Yammer to Stay in Touch with Employees and Colleagues
One challenge I face in my job as a regional HR director supporting multiple offices/regions is staying “in touch” with what employees are working on. Recently, I signed up for Yammer and I am already finding it beneficial in keeping me connected.
A Saturday Rant- Celebs Paid to Tweet
So, I just heard another story about how companies are spamming Twitter users. Celebrities, and I use that word VERY loosely, are now being paid per tweet to recommend certain brands to all their followers. Some get up to $20,000 per tweet. People like Holly Madison (Hef’s ex-girlfriend) and Kim Kardashian are now tweeting to their followers about [...]
Collaboration- A Challenge for You
It’s Friday and I’m throwing out a challenge to anyone involved in social media- I challenge you to find at least one person you met online (via blogging, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and collaborate with that person on something. It can be something simple like guest posting for each other’s blogs, or a bigger commitment like [...]
Part 2: Anonymous Bloggers
Thank you to everyone who read and commented on yesterday’s post about the rights of anonymous bloggers, or any bloggers for that matter. There were so many detailed comments that I think it’s fitting to dig a little deeper today in another post. So, I asked a couple questions yesterday about the rights of anonymous [...]
Anonymous Bloggers- What Are Your Rights?
For the last several days, I’ve been following new developments in the case of a formerly anonymous blogger, Rosemary Port who wrote a blog called “Skanks of NYC” in which she made personal written attacks on a model she knew. Recently, the New York Supreme Court ruled in favor of the model who was trying [...]
A Day in the Life of Mike VanDervort- of The Human Race Horses
Good Morning and welcome to week two of “A Day in the Life of…” your favorite HR blogger. There was such a tremendous response to our first week with Kris Dunn (The HR Capitalist and founder of Fistful of Talent) that I was very excited anticipating who to highlight in week two. Well ladies and [...]
The HRevolution is Coming
Are you a HR blogger or aspiring HR blogger? Do you follow other HR pros on Twitter but never had a chance to meet them all? Then the HRevolution is for you! What IS the HRevolution? It is an “un-conference” for HR bloggers and aspiring bloggers to have an opportunity to meet and also share [...]
