Happiness CCLXXVII

Denim – the official “casual Friday” office fabric of corporate America.


Happiness CCLXXVI

Helping peers succeed in a project, they’re all very talented folks.


Personal Branding in a Down Economy

How have you positioned yourself? Have you been building your brand? How are you prepared to take advantage of opportunities in a down economy?
While you listen to the gloom and doom of the mainstream media, naysayers, and general pessimists, remember that only you have control of your career. Just like leaving your financial future in [...]


Happiness CCLXXIV

Starting the week as one starts anything; from the beginning.


Happiness CCLXV

Early into the office gives one more time to prepare for the inevitable.


Happiness CCLIX

Wanting to help people escape the cube farm.


Pros and Cons of the Office

You know the place, the one we all crab about, the one we all supposedly hate to go to every morning? Yeah, the place where the coffee sucks, your desk is too small, and where traffic is always a pain to get through. It’s the office – the one your employer has graciously equipped and [...]


Why local events rock

Events are fun. Events are just meetups with a bit of structure. As I’ve been hosting social media breakfasts here in Minneapolis & St. Paul, I’ve been thinking a bit about what makes these types of events worth attending, what makes them special.
It’s really the people that attend. Folks from many different industries, genres, interests, [...]


Happiness CCL

Finding the payoff is in the hard work, and the beginning.


How Do Companies Find Their Community Managers?

It’s a new field where there are no experts; no real training for classification or certification, and it’s difficult for folks participating in it to explain how it works. It’s not a lawless field where anything goes, but the cowboys still roam the prairie where social media grazes. Christopher S. Penn describes the problem [...]


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