Last Friday I had the opportunity to speak at the Talent Net Live conference in Dallas. It is a social recruiting conference primarily attended by recruiters from Texas, but in it’s second year, it is garnering attention nationwide.
Last Friday I had the opportunity to speak at the Talent Net Live conference in Dallas. It is a social recruiting conference primarily attended by recruiters from Texas, but in it’s second year, it is garnering attention nationwide.
What bothered me is that so often in daily life, we’re told we’re doing it wrong. What ever happened to learn about ways to communicate that are positive and that encourage people to be creative and innovative. Maybe there is a better way.
This got me thinking about social media and all of us who pitch the idea. How effective are we? Do we have the characteristics and behaviors to really “sell” this idea to more people?
What if all the non-adopters are the ones who are right? What if all we’re doing is stirring things up that will eventually just die down and wither away instead of revolutionizing work and home? What if THEY are the NORMAL ones and we are not?
As a frequent user of social media, I am often asked how organizations should write their social media policies. I’m not a believer in putting together a 15 page document of all the do’s and don’ts of using the Internet. If a company didn’t need it before FaceBook and Twitter, they shouldn’t need it now. [...]
Steve Boese, co-host of the HR Happy Hour radio show on Blogtalk radio, hosted last Thursday’s show live from Gettysburg, PA.
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