BIZTECHBUZZ in the world of social, cognitive, IoT and startups
Trust is the new currency. This is one of the main reasons clients go to “word of mouth” sites to read what others say about products. They don’t trust the vendor website!
Trust inside with your employees is crucial. Take a listen and tell me your viewpoint!
I am back in London and caught the excitement of the Olympics! Here’s my pass from the airplane flying home of some favorite
Gold Version of Social!
Retail: Lowe’s Work Out Loud Initiative and RTM Huddle!
Europe Finance: Royal Bank of Scotland’s Community Oriented Employee Engagement!
NA Finance: TD Bank’s Wow Moments!
Industrial: Cemex who won the Management 2.0 award for their IDEATION!
Technology: IBM’s gamification and ideation!
Healthcare: Premier’s use of Social for its Community Management
Restaurant: Bumbu desa’s use of social to share best practices across ALL their employees!
Insurance: Standard Life’s Engagement with Clients
University: Seton Hall in New Jersey — Using Analytics to drive new students to Seton Hall!
Electronics: Panasonic’s Employee Engagement
Government! Speed in assisting on Haiti Government!
Who else is your Gold Medal example here?
Happy Monday! Our coffee break this morning is about having “heart” in conversations between teammates — whether that is executive to employee or beyond. Take a listen to see what Electrolux is doing as a best practice!
Gang: Thanks for the great feedback on the Social Business Coffee Breaks! I will continue these each Monday but want to hear from you!
Comment, Tweet, LinkedIn, text me.. your challenges, ideas so that I can continue to serve you new ideas, and fresh approaches! What do you want me to focus on next!
Social transforms businesses at the process level.
Working toward success in your business on embedding social into all elements of your business. This can help marketing on branding in the 4th dimension, sales with client service and identifying new opportunities, HR with their talent retention challenges, and more!
How do you start social?
Social currency is a hot topic. What’s your social currency? Do you know?
Take a viewing!
Our IBM CEO Study of over 1700 CEOs, articulated that CEOs are finally opening their eyes to Social
Do you think this is doable at our CEO level today? What are you doing with your CEO to get them “using” Social and driving a Social Business!
All! Thanks for your viewing of our Social Business Coffee Break!
Today this is a topic of great interest to a group of our followers! It is on my favorite saying “Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch”.
This video tries to drive home how you start to assess and change your culture.
I was intrigued by all the Social Media Activity for the Queen’s Julibee and so wanted to compare to July 4th!
Here’s what I found! Do you know of more special Social Media action on the 4th? If so, please share!
1. Dog Bless. This social blitz is for a great cause, those affected by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This social media challenge leads up to July 4th. Dog Bless has vowed to pair a service or companion dog with a war veteran for every 1,000 follows on Facebook, Pinterest and Tumblrthat Dog Bless.
2. An Independence Day photographic essay on the relation of social media to the forming of American democracy!
Happy Monday and for those of you in the US — Happy 4th of July Week!
I love this week’s coffee break. It is all about “Smart Social”… listening to your client, learning what they value, and then delivering that value!
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