As in all things in life, sometimes the best advice is the stuff that comes from the professionals. Anecdotal evidence from well-meaning friends and colleagues sometimes doesn’t ‘cut it’.
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nonverbal communication
The Atlantic Project – why should it be limited to just USA?
by Lee Hopkins on November 13, 2008 · View Comments
Challenging content, great videos, great photos… do your brain a favour.
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Beautiful photographs of Adelaide
by Lee Hopkins on November 6, 2008 · View Comments
in clippings,internal communications,nonverbal communication,tools
If you are interested in decorating your office with gorgeous images of Adelaide you should check out Robby Cummins’ gorgeous work – http://wxnorth.redbubble.com/works
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Companies should embrace Facebook et al
by Lee Hopkins on November 5, 2008 · View Comments
in clippings,ethics,housekeeping,internal communications,nonverbal communication,tools
Attempts to control employees’ use of such software could damage firms in the long run by limiting the way staff communicate, the think tank ‘Demos’ have said.
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Lee, Murphy’s Law and Presentation SNAFUs
by Lee Hopkins on November 2, 2008 · View Comments
in housekeeping,nonverbal communication,public speaking,tools
G’day! Thanks for returning! There are three ‘Lee’s you need to take note of in this Business Communication end of the Social Media universe: Lee LeFever and his wife Sachi — creators of the ever-brilliant ‘CommonCraft‘ series of videos that explain Social Media tools and philosophies in such an effective way Lee Potts — creator [...]
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Melcrum Social Media 101 Workshop – reflections
by Lee Hopkins on October 29, 2008 · View Comments
in Second Life,Second Life & 3D virtual worlds,blogging,customer service,ethics,internal communications,marketing,micro-blogging,nonverbal communication,podcasting,public speaking,tools
Well, Day One of my two day Melcrum workshop has finished. I’m back at the hotel and after having had a fabulous meal and even having indulged in an hour of tv (an unheard-of luxury for me), it is back to work. Today was fraught with technological meltdowns whose warning rumblings started yesterday evening. Last [...]
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…that in a city where we pride ourselves on being the ‘Boston of the Southern Hemisphere’, a city where technologists and creatives are often born and then move eastwards, we STILL have folks who just don’t ‘get it’. There is a marketing company — let’s call them ‘Aldo Mar’ for want of a better name [...]
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HR & Social Networking: can they co-exist?
by Lee Hopkins on September 12, 2008 · View Comments
in ethics,internal communications,micro-blogging,nonverbal communication,public speaking,tools
Yesterday I attempted to persuade senior HR folks of the necessity to allow social networking at work. I was presenting at the Adelaide leg of the Australian HR Industry’s annual roadshow, attempting to answer the question ‘Should Social Networking be allowed in the workplace?’ My view is strongly ‘YES!’ and here’s why: We ask of [...]
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How innovation spreads through a community via communication
by Lee Hopkins on July 29, 2008 · View Comments
in Second Life & 3D virtual worlds,academic research,nonverbal communication,tools
"Can you back that up with empirical data?" asked one of the delegates. I was running a Social Media Strategy workshop in Sydney for the PRIA and had been pontificating that early adopters of technology (such as Second Life residents) were also likely to be ‘influencers’ within their communities and social spheres. So I was [...]
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A young woman reminds an old psychologist of behavioural truisms
by Lee Hopkins on July 17, 2008 · View Comments
in PR,blogging,customer service,ethics,marketing,nonverbal communication
The rather clever Jasmin Tragas reminded me yesterday that even though it’s a new communication landscape, we bring to it our old, ingrained habits. To wit: I often add pictures to my blog posts; usually these pictures are mashups of retro images and text, but every now and then I use pictures of attractive [...]
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