Uh-Oh. “Ihate(yourcompany).com”

How to Handle ‘IHateYourCompany.com.’ Good read, I bet. If only I had a WSJ subscription. If you check it out, let me know what you think.

Tweeting for Business & Chief Tweets

Interesting read over at NYTimes, How Twitter Can Help at Work. Also, new twitter application for employee-to-employee tweeting, Yammer. Cool Video on their site.

UPDATE: Just found this cool CEOs on Twitter content over at BusinessWeek. Worth checking out and following some of these guys.

Communications for a Digital Globe – Live Webcast 9/12

LIVE FEED (1-2:30 p.m. CST, Friday, Sept. 12): mms:\\streaming.more.net\UMCJSchool 

Top Executives, Communication Experts Gather to Discuss Future of Interactive Communications

Columbia, Mo. (Sept. 8, 2008) — Top corporate leaders, journalists and strategic communicators will gather with citizens Sept. 12 for a spirited, free-flowing roundtable discussion about the future of communications during the centennial celebration of the Missouri School of Journalism and the dedication of the Reynolds Journalism Institute.

 

Gary D. Forsee	Russ Mitchell, BJ ‘82	Susan L. Bostrom
David W. Dorman	Mark Hoffman, MA ‘80	Carol J. Loomis, BJ ‘51
Amy McCombs, BJ ‘68, BA ‘69, MA ‘72	Dave Senay	Ralph de la Vega

“The President’s Roundtable: Communication for a Digital Globe” will look at the challenges – and identify winning strategies – when it comes to dealing with constant technological changes in communication. The discussion will feature viewpoints from people as diverse as a chief executive officer of a major company to an average citizen who is learning to live in a digital world. This free event will be from 1-2:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12, in Jesse Auditorium. It is open to the public, and registration is not required.

Sue Bostrom, chief marketing officer, Cisco David Dorman, chairman of the board, Motorola Inc. Mark Hoffman, MA ‘80, president, CNBC Carol J. Loomis, BJ ‘51, senior editor at large, Fortune Magazine Amy McCombs, BJ ‘68, BA ‘69, MA ‘72, former president and CEO of Chronicle Broadcasting Dave Senay, president and CEO, Fleishman-Hillard International Communications Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility

Google Chrome Rejection – Crash and Burn?

Update to Loving Google Chrome from last week.  Chrome has crashed on me a few times today. It freezes up on Facebook and seems to be slowing my other applications. I still love you, Google Chrome, but you really need to patch things up. Some flowers would be nice.

Bringing My Colleague Into the 21st Century

UPDATE-2X: Had an awesome session this morning. Though we got to mashups, we didn’t even make it over to Facebook. We’re going to schedule a “part 2″ meeting for next week. Was an incredibly fun session, but I think I my colleague’s head might be swimming a bit at the moment! The Common Craft videos were a huge hit. Sent her a follow-up note with links to some reccomended tutorials.

UPDATE: Meeting rescheduled due to pressing client projects! We’re meeting this Friday morning (9/12). Do you have any advice or links to cool social media tools and/or tutorials??

Today is an exciting day at the St. Louis office of Fleishman-Hillard. Today, I am embarking on an hour of virtual enlightenment with a colleague. Actually, our Outlook meeting maker is titled something like “Bringing you into the 21st century.” 

This is a real treat for me. This afternoon, I get to spend a full hour of my day bringing the world of social media and new technology to a coworker. Here at FH, we do all sorts of “digital bootcamps” to help meet specific client needs – we’re a very “switched on” firm. But I’ve never had the opportunity to sit one-on-one with somebody and help open their eyes. 

Don’t get my wrong, I’m no Morpheus here. Just a passionate communicator looking to spread the good word of social media. Part of our journey will bring us to this blog and we’ll watch this embedded video on Twitter.

Oooh – I’m excited! Wikis, and Facebook and LinkedIn – oh my! IM and Rick Roll and chrome life – oh yes!!

The Effects of Internet Content Structure on Attention & Memory

A few years back, I executed a psychophysiological research study to fulfill the requirements of my master of arts degree. To date, my mom, dad and husband are the only folks who have cracked this book open. It’s dense, academically focused and it’s got some seriously questionable grammar! Nonetheless, it’s online – so might as well offer it up to the global collective. 

What’s the point? What knowledge was discovered and articulated?

Findings suggest that content structure does impact allocation of cognitive

resources for controlled attention. BSM requires less effort and fewer cognitive resources

allocated during exposure with no significant memory differences.

I presented these findings of my thesis at a couple academic conferences – it got me a trip to NYC and Lisbon. It also helped me get my first post-grad job. If one person out there finds value in it, all the better! 

Long live the Missouri School of Journalism and The PRIME Lab – Mizzou-Rah!

Lesson One: Cross Promotion is Good

The Aperture Manifesto to come later. No, for those loyal fans, I’d like to cross promote my donations site for an upcoming 5k race. I’m running in honor of my aunt Suzanne, who is quite ill right now. Not that running changes the world, but it makes me feel like I’m doing something constructive and helpful. 

This is not an appeal to donate, however, you’re more than welcome to support the cause. As a bonus, there’s a sassy photograph of Philly (my cat) on the site – worth looking at! Promise. Check out my donation page.

Anyone else running in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in St. Louis this weekend? Word on the street is that they’ll be more than 65,000 of us. See you there. On a related note, is anyone out there? Please leave a comment, if you’re lurking – I’d like to chat.