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mini session on how small businesses can benefit from social media tools July 3, 2009

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I put together a presentation for my San Jose Small Business group,  on how they can take advantage of social media tools to increase sales, decrease operating expenses and keep on top of industry news/trends.  I am also putting together a schedule of full length seminars and or online video classses for those interested in a full session class.

One question raised in the session was: what what free social media tools do I personally use?

Instead of Microsoft I recomment Google or Zoho.  For finances both personal and professional I use Mint (its not as robust as Quicken, but its free and your information can be accessed from any device you use.  It uses industry standards for security, so its as safe as any other online banking system.)

Moderating event with founders of WordPress and Craigslist March 30, 2009

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Tomorrow in San Francisco I will be moderating an event with Craig Newmark and Matt Mullenweg.

Here is the event blog post and the official event writeup (its at the bottom of the page.)

Shout out to Amanda Noz from Blaze Solutions Group,  and the AJC staff for the excellent work they are doing to put this event together.

HP Alumni breakfast February 16, 2009

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Several days ago I had the pleasure to present my web2.0 job search module to about 20 members of the HP Alumni club of Silicon Valley.  Thanks to Bernie for making the introductions.  These are all inviduals with exeptional skills and backgrounds.  Their next employer will be lucky to hire such talented individuals.

Web2.0 for smaller businesses : Faster Better Cheaper January 23, 2009

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Today I had the pleasure to present Social Media/Web2.0 for Small Businesses to the San Jose Executive Team.  This is a quick press post to get the slides out to the participants.

The latest in New Year Resolutions: Create a web Identity to compliment your job search January 9, 2009

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Before the holidays I had the privileged to present a customized version of the Jobsearch2.0 module to the latest Hass MBA Executive Program graduates.

First: I wanted to congratulate them on their new status as HASS MBAers!

Second: Thank you to Joel McKelvey for making this event possible.

I was impressed by excellent insights and questions from these thought-leaders and wanted to expand on a few items that were of specific interest to this group, who gave up their evening during the peak times of the holiday shopping rush.

If you give professionals a checklist of web2.0 items t0 add to their job search action plan: #1 google/search yourself, #2 maintain accounts/profiles on Facebook, Linkedin, and blogs.   To have a compelling online presence you need to spend time thinking about: how you want to present yourself on each site, who you want attract on each site, and what content to post to each site.  Now the latest thing for these sites is the ability to go mobile (different formats of the sites are used for mobile vs. laptop) and the ability to pull information from one another via utilities/widgets/applications (ex: your latest blog posts will appear in Facebook network newsfeed.) (more…)

Will work for Linkedin Recomendation October 23, 2008

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I got my first consulting gig!  I am doing a short presentation to on Job Searching: Web2.0 Style to several of my peers at llh.  My business adviser suggested that I developing a billing system for all the work I do, regardless of my rates per job.   Given the economy I have decided to take the expression “will work for food” and apply a new millennium twist: for this job, I will work for Linkedin recommendations.

The plan is that the recommendations, specifically about my consulting abilities, will lead to opportunities where I will be paid with currency in which “God we trust.”  I will be tracking my progress with this plan and will provide monthly updates on the success of turning a professional online recommendation into a solid opportunity.

Now I must give a shoutout to two people who have helped me with the presentation: Amanda Noz who was my inspiration on the subject and very generously shared her blog post on the issue,  and Kristin Anderson my lhh adviser who helped polish the presentation.  Thank you ladies for your support and willingness to assist me with launching my new adventure.

Hello world! October 21, 2008

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