How the social web can nourish your most personal relationship
When you work on something really hard together and enjoy the successes and challenges with each other, and then get through it not just whole but stronger—you realize how blessed you are, how much...
View Article11 best practices for working with an editor
My latest blog post for the Harvard Business Review makes the case for adding an editor to your content marketing team. As I note in that post, Content marketing will only deliver on its promise if...
View ArticleOnline collaboration for your right brain, part 2: MindMeister…
Click here to read part 1, an introduction to digital mind mapping. MindMeister works a lot like MindManager, with the features I’ve come to see as essential for a good mind-mapping experience: rapid...
View ArticleTarget V.P. Michael Axelin on the seven components of successful innovation
Tonight’s symposium featured Michael Alexin, Oberlin College class of ’79, V.P. of Softlines Design and Product Development at Target. Yes, this is the man responsible for keeping me clothed during my...
View ArticleOnline collaboration for your right brain, part 1: an introduction to digital...
Most online collaboration tools engage your left brain: that part of you that likes structure and organization, and supports linear, sequential thinking. Think of Basecamp, with its careful system of...
View ArticleReframe it offers collaboration in context
Our friends at ReframeIt are enjoying a couple of weeks’ worth of well-deserved glowing coverage, most recently in the form of a great review on ZDnet. I met ReframeIt CEO Bobby Fishkin at this year’s...
View ArticleManyMoon offers collaborative task management that project managers can love
What's the relationship between task management and project management? As we build up project management systems for our web-based company, that question is never far from our minds. We talk about...
View ArticleTwitter monitoring to strengthen your team
Last weekend I added a search on “@robcottingham” to TweetDeck so that I could track the comments on Rob’s Northern Voice keynote. (BTW, if you aren’t using TweetDeck to keep track of your Twitter...
View ArticleHow the social web can nourish your most personal relationship
When you work on something really hard together and enjoy the successes and challenges with each other, and then get through it not just whole but stronger—you realize how blessed you are, how much...
View ArticleTarget V.P. Michael Axelin on the seven components of successful innovation
Tonight’s symposium featured Michael Alexin, Oberlin College class of ’79, V.P. of Softlines Design and Product Development at Target. Yes, this is the man responsible for keeping me clothed during my...
View ArticleOnline collaboration for your right brain, part 1: an introduction to digital...
Most online collaboration tools engage your left brain: that part of you that likes structure and organization, and supports linear, sequential thinking. Think of Basecamp, with its careful system of...
View ArticleReframe it offers collaboration in context
Our friends at ReframeIt are enjoying a couple of weeks’ worth of well-deserved glowing coverage, most recently in the form of a great review on ZDnet. I met ReframeIt CEO Bobby Fishkin at this year’s...
View ArticleManyMoon offers collaborative task management that project managers can love
What's the relationship between task management and project management? As we build up project management systems for our web-based company, that question is never far from our minds. We talk about...
View ArticleTwitter monitoring to strengthen your team
Last weekend I added a search on “@robcottingham” to TweetDeck so that I could track the comments on Rob’s Northern Voice keynote. (BTW, if you aren’t using TweetDeck to keep track of your Twitter...
View ArticleHow the social web can nourish your most personal relationship
When you work on something really hard together and enjoy the successes and challenges with each other, and then get through it not just whole but stronger—you realize how blessed you are, how much...
View ArticleTwitter monitoring to strengthen your team
Last weekend I added a search on “@robcottingham” to TweetDeck so that I could track the comments on Rob’s Northern Voice keynote. (BTW, if you aren’t using TweetDeck to keep track of your Twitter...
View ArticleHow the social web can nourish your most personal relationship
When you work on something really hard together and enjoy the successes and challenges with each other, and then get through it not just whole but stronger—you realize how blessed you are, how much...
View ArticleCollaboration on nonprofit technology in academia and beyond
I’m currently attending the International Digital Media and Arts Association’s annual conference, which primarily draws academics who work and teach in digital media. This afternoon’s panel on...
View Article9 questions to ask before starting a nonprofit technology project
This is part two of a three-part post. Part 1 looks at the opportunity for academic collaboration with the nonprofit tech sector. Part 3 offers a starter pack of nonprofit technology resources. Many...
View ArticleDiscovering family through a social media crisis
My latest blog post for Harvard Business Review tackles the challenge of surviving a social media emergency. It was inspired by what turned out to be a minor emergency: the earthquake that rattled most...
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