“Companies should not dismiss staff who use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo at work as merely time-wasters, a Demos study suggests. Attempts to control employees’ use of such software could damage firms in the long run by…
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Demos: Bosses "should embrace Facebook"
by Allan Jenkins on October 31, 2008
Would anyone like to explain the point of the IABC eXchange?
by Allan Jenkins on March 19, 2008
I stumbled into the IABC eXchange (that’s how they spell it) today. Had a look around, came out and walked around some, then went back in. Wasn’t any better. Is there a point I am missing? Here’s the gush from…
Why Web 2.0 is a godsend to poltical activists
by Allan Jenkins on July 18, 2007
Ethan Zuckerman describes why “banal” social media tools used mainly for entertainment are proving a boon to political activists, especially in repressive countries: …while Web 1.0 was invented so that theoretical physicists could publish research online, Web 2.0 was created…
24 hours of Twitter
by Allan Jenkins on March 20, 2007
I rarely trot in David Weinberger’s footsteps. Not that I don’t want to, or even be ahead of him, but he’s just generally ahead of the game. So I was amused that we both joined Twitter this week, and are…
Special podcast from the Stibo Graphic Forum
by Allan Jenkins on September 18, 2006
Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of talking about social media at the annual Stibo Forum held by Stibo Graphic for its many customers. Never missing a chance to show off their command of the medium, Lee Hopkins and I…
Copenhagen meetup and interview with Eric Schwartzman, PR blogger and podcaster, Sept. 23
by Allan Jenkins on September 10, 2006
UPDATE: We will meet at Café André Citroên at 1900. Again, let me know if you want to be a part, we have a couple of spaces left. Eric Schwartzman’s On the Record podcast and his blog Spinfluencer are required…
Heads up! Read Albrycht on Web 2.0
by Allan Jenkins on May 16, 2006
Elizabeth Albrycht has posted a recent speech she gave about Web 2.0. Great insights, and I can only imagine the discussion afterwards. With all due respect to Elizabeth, she started down an interesting path, only to draw back just as…
The 2004 Tsunami; what other “nobodies” accomplished
by Allan Jenkins on April 10, 2006
Fellow nobody Lee Hopkins, on his Better Communication Results blog, wrote yesterday about “How to create a global project management tool in 72 hours.” He was writing about the International Association of Nobodies, of course, but let me share the…
Goodbye RocketPost, Hello again, Ecto!
by Allan Jenkins on April 9, 2006
Neville Hobson and I were on the same wavelength, today. [Update: I see Lee radiated the thought yesterday from Australia... are we all joined at the brain?] I’ve been mentally composing this post about why I am dropping the utterly…
Dallas students use MySpace to prompt pro-immigration rally
by Allan Jenkins on March 28, 2006
From Jake McKee comes this nice nugget about 4000 Dallas highschool students organizing themselves via MySpace, walking out of class, going to the park and protesting the growing anti-immigration sentiment in the US. Scene from a Dallas home tonight: Mom…
