LinkedIn a Safer Investment than Facebook?
Facebook has been abuzz lately with its likely public offering of stock. I wonder if LinkedIn might be a safer investment?
Online Press Release Versus Social Media Press Release
A discussion of the online press release, the social media press release and the social media newsroom. Perhaps the social media newsroom is the most intriguing.
Slogging Away in Kansas City
The economists, financial gurus and prognosticators have pretty much all made their predictions for the national and global economies in 2011. One that seems rather accurate to me is that we are in a long, hard slog and have been since 2000. William Greiner, CIO for Scout Investment Advisors, asserts that the USA has been …
What is your money personality type? (I’m a hoarder)
Olivia Mellan told our gathering at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (October 21, 2010) that we can take steps to gain harmony with our money. First, determine our money personality types, one of the five she describes as hoarders, spenders, money monks, avoiders and amassers. I think it’s safe to say in our …
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Reception for Eric Morgenstern
Matt and Colleen LeCount’s hosted KC/IABC members for a reception honoring Eric Morgenstern, the current Arthur Lowell honoree. The Arthur E. Lowell Award is the highest honor given by KC/IABC. Named for the late Arthur E. Lowell, the first honorary lifetime member of the chapter, the award recognizes business communicators in the Kansas City area …
Economy on the mend
C. Fred Bergsten, director of PIIE, told us the USA economy is on the mend Monday night at the annual banquet of the International Relations Council of Kansas City. Bergsten is the director of Peterson Institute for International Economics, and believes that most economic forecasts are too gloomy. PIIE predicts that real GDP growth in …
Social Media Makes my Head Hurt!
I participated in a social media learning workshop yesterday, “Social Media for the Creative Soul,” conducted by Brody Dorland, social media strategist and founder of Something Creative, Inc. The day before I led a group of fellow International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) entrepreneurs in a discussion on the “social media release,” a digital evolution …