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21% of Intermountain Chapter Members Planning to Renew STC Membership
Monday, November 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 14 Comments »
I'm wary of posting on this topic because I don't want to launch into a long STC discussion. But according to our recent chapter poll, only 21% of our members ... Read more..Tips to Get Around Age Discrimination
Saturday, September 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
The lead article in the Sep/Oct 2009 issue of the Intercom is Saul Caroliner's "Addessing Implicit Age Discrimination in Your Job Search Activities." This is a well-written article of ... Read more..The best time to publish your blog posts
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
In When is the Best Time and Day to Publish a Blog Post, Lorelle Van Fossen explores a question that has become increasingly more relevant to me: when to publish your ... Read more..STC’s Online Certificate Courses
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
First time I've seen STC Online Certificate Courses. They look excellent. $595 per course, and there are four courses, each consisting of 5-8 sessions per course. Each of the instructors ... Read more..Clive Thompson on the New Literacy
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
A scholar conducts a 6 year study of student writing and finds that, despite constant accusations that social media is taking writing downhill, actually "we're in the midst of a ... Read more..An argument for slowing down in an age of rapid online exchanges
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
This Manifesto for Slow Communication (linked by Karen Mardahl) will make you think twice about the benefits of social networks, email, Twitter, Facebook, IM, and all the constant noise, hectic ... Read more..Why teens don’t use Twitter
Friday, August 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Fascinating NYTimes.com article about why teenagers don't use Twitter (linked by Eddie VanArsdall). A few reasons teens avoid Twitter: it makes it difficult to hide what they're doing, parents don't ... Read more..Review of Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
[amazon-product align="right"]0982219113[/amazon-product] One of the perks about being a blogger is that authors occasionally send me their books to review. Recently Anne Gentle sent me her new book, [amazon-product type="text" text="Conversation ... Read more..Converting Lurkers into Contributors in Online Communities — Nielsen’s 90-9-1 Rule
Thursday, August 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Jakob Nielsen explains that with web 2.0 communities, 90% are lurkers who never contribute, 9% contribute a little, and 1% actively contribute. I wish I knew the secret formula for ... Read more..A Refreshing Angle on the Name of our Profession
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
I enjoyed David Farbey's post on the name we should call our profession. Aligning our name with the most profitable business model makes sense. If you look at indeed.com for ... Read more..