• Social Enterprise… A Business with a Blogging Conscience

Everything has intended and unintended consequences. As the world’s population increases due to better health care and nutrition delivery, the unintended consequences include increasing poverty rates and environmental damage. Out of these unintended consequences has grown an industry made up of soci...

• Suppliers Go Deep Into the Market with Multi-Channel Networks and YouTube

The Multi-Channel Network is a growing phenomenon that takes YouTube to a new level of influence. It is an advertising model that holds great promise for suppliers pursuing brand awareness.- By Wilfred Smith

• The Social Capital of Online Communities is Embedded in Trust

Enterprise social capital accrues from online communities designed to build participant trust and active participation. It begins with trust building.- By Joshua Ferdinand

• On Second Thought… Writing a Social Media Policy

On Second Thought… Writing a Social Media PolicyWorkplace social media is filled with potential land mines for employers and employees. Developing a social media policy is a step toward preventing a public relations and legal disaster.

• In a Digital World: Incorporating Social Media with Business Development

Social media has moved beyond being a friendly means of communication to becoming a bi-directional business model. Businesses can tap into the marketplace for marketing, product development, and talent management purposes. - By Joshua FerdinandBefore the advent of social media, the internet provided...

• Who Owns Your Data-Consumerism Reinvented

Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Meet in Social NetworksInnovative businesses have active social networks that the entire organization can utilize. It is a system that promotes the free flow of innovation-producing knowledge

• Mobile Technology Creates Social Economies, Demanding New Approaches

Mobile Technology Creates Social Economies, Demanding New ApproachesMobile technology is opening up new markets in a way not possible before due to a lack of traditional infrastructures. Businesses must effectively market to consumers who are using the technology to build successful local communitie...

• Trust and Successful Social Media Marketing

Trust and Successful Social Media Marketing From the huge success of The Hunger Games movie to President Obama’s stunning presidential re-election at the end of 2012, social media has played a phenomenal role by helping to create trust in those products or services in which businesses, enterprise...

• Transforming Social Networks into Employee Collaboration Networks

Transforming Social Networks into Employee Collaboration Networks The real power of social networking is its ability to promote collaboration. The challenge for businesses is making it happen in a way that gets the most results.

• Socially Responsible Giving Must Support the Core Mission for Best Results

Socially Responsible Giving Must Support the Core Mission for Best ResultsSocially responsible giving is part of successful business strategies

• Social Media + Marketing: How Changing Boundaries Are Leading To New Forms Of Collaboration Within And Across Organizational Structures

Social Media + Marketing: How Changing Boundaries Are Leading To New Forms Of Collaboration Within And Across Organizational StructuresAs social media permeates all parts of modern work culture, corporate communications and marketing are merging in new ways. Rather than being treated as an isolated...

• Social Media is Promoted to the C-Suite

Executives may be quick to say there is not enough time to learn and use social media. They would be surprised to discover the benefits they are missing out on.

• Sharing the Natural Resources Wealth with Indigenous People

Sharing the Natural Resources Wealth with Indigenous PeopleOntario’s Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement with the Indigenous people offers a way forward in finally improving lives and life in embattled communities. Recognizing there are still issues to address, the agreement represents the hard reali...

• Managing at the Speed of Technology as Millennials Change Workplace Dynamics

Managing at the Speed of Technology as Millennials Change Workplace DynamicsCloud computing, social media, mobile and now Millennials have become forces for business disruption. The leadership challenge is learning how to manage in the here and now to harness the new dynamics.

• Fully Leveraging Networks Through Connectional Intelligence

Connectional Intelligence is the ability to effectively use networks and relationships to drive innovation. Organizations are learning to embrace outside insights for internal success. - By Gerald Donald

• Using Technology to help with Veterans Retention

A Call of Duty: Using Technology to Retain Veterans in Post-Military Jobs Employers hire veterans to take advantage of their training and skills. The next challenge is increasing employment retention rates, and technology is helping.

• The 4 Keys to a Successful Social Media Strategy for Your Small Business

Setting yourself up for success in social media can be as simple as focusing on just four strategic steps. - By Joshua Ferdinand

• Small Reach for Technology Can Lead to Big Competitive Advantage

Small Reach for Technology Can Lead to Big Competitive Advantage Access to quality marketing info via technology asset to MWBEs

• The Double Edge of Social Media: Employee and Customer Engagement

The Double Edge of Social Media: Employee and Customer EngagementSocial media is a tool for deepening relationships between the business and customers and employees when it is embedded in the organization’s processes.

• Creating a New Norm for Monetizing Mobile by Creating B2B Value

Mobile technology has already transformed how people do business and how business reaches people. That was just the beginning of the mobile revolution. - By James Hsu

• Using Social Networks as a Community Approach to Driving Innovation

Using Social Networks as a Community Approach to Driving InnovationSocial networks can build internal business communities. A community approach to driving internal collaboration, knowledge sharing and diversity can only equate to innovation.

• Best Practices in Social Media

With the first quarter of 2010 over, reports are now emerging that highlight the best practices for the year in social media. However, these reports are often dismissed by smaller firms and diverse businesses as somehow not applying to them. This is a mistake. Whatever the size or nature of your ...

• Not Just The Weather Changes Social and Economic Risks Associated with Climate Change

Outside of environmental concerns, climate change promises to dramatically shift the fabric of global society and business.

• Transforming Worker Skills to Match a Transforming Green Economy

Transforming Worker Skills to Match a Transforming Green EconomyWhile technology has brought innovation to people’s lives, it has also created job vulnerability for millions of workers. With the right skills training, the transformation to a green economy could be the path to opportunities for these...

• Using Social Media As a Resume Builder for Small Businesses Ready to Grow

When discussions turn to resumes, the topic usually concerns resumes for individuals. Resume building means adding accomplishments that promote a reputation by presenting experience and education. Typical accomplishments include earning an award, holding a responsible position, getting a promotion, ...

• A Primer on Doing Business in Africa

Africa is Calling. Are you Ready for the Next Global Shift in Business? - by William Bell

• Reaching Employees with Mobile Technology…No Matter Their Location

Reaching Employees with Mobile Technology…No Matter Their Location

• A Social Media Evolution: Applying Social Media Inside Your Organization to Enhance Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer

A Social Media Evolution: Applying Social Media Inside Your Organization to Enhance Collaboration and Knowledge TransferSocial media is a reservoir of untapped marketing. In addition to reaching out to external stakeholders, companies can use social media to reach into its internal resources and be ...

• Environmental Pressures Drive Supplier Innovation

• Getting Ahead of the Social Media Risks in the Workplace

Getting Ahead of the Social Media Risks in the WorkplaceMost employers today leverage social media to improve communications internally and externally. With the advantages come many risks which need to be anticipated and managed to minimize the potential for business disruption or reputation damage.

• Aligning ERM and ESG for Risk Management

Aligning ERM and ESG for Risk ManagementThere are many reasons to align ERM and ESG and embed them in strategizing and operations. Both set of principles focus on identifying and addressing the risks to long-term business success.

• Maintaining Corporate Citizenship in Troubled Times

Maintaining Corporate Citizenship in Troubled TimesBy Ji Hyun LeeWith the country sinking deeper into recession, are sustainable business practices simply a luxury or a necessity for minority and women-owned enterprises?

• Developing Contextual Leaders Ready to Adapt in Dynamic Environments

Old-style leadership development worked at one time but not in the dynamic business environment in which change is constant. Contextual leaders can adapt their thinking and approaches to strategy and problem-solving to fit the circumstances. - By Dave DeSouza

• Still Evolving: Meeting the Challenges of Non-Financial Disclosure

Still Evolving: Meeting the Challenges of Non-Financial Disclosure

• Expanding Your Digital Footprint: Using Social Media to Build Your Business

Expanding Your Digital Footprint: Using Social Media to Build Your Business- By Anaga DalalTwitter, Facebook, Flikr, YouTube and LinkedIn are just a few of the now abundant forms of social media that are rapidly changing people’s daily interactions as well as the everyday business landscape. Taken t...

• No Silos Allowed: Continuous Employee Learning Through Social Networking

No Silos Allowed: Continuous Employee Learning Through Social NetworkingSocial networking has flattened a spectrum of corporate silos. One of those silos is the process of knowledge transfer, and the result is continuous employee learning.

• Rewriting the Rules of CRM in the Social Media Age

Rewriting the Rules of CRM in the Social Media AgeCRM played by the same rulebook for many years. Along came social media and suddenly the rules changed, catching many businesses by surprise.

• Using Social Media Strategies to Transform Customer Service

The heart and soul of any business, whether it is focused on a product or a service, is its ability to communicate coherently with targeted customers. A business would simply cease to exist if no one knows about their product or services, much less generate income from these entities who pay for wha...

• Sustain ability and the New Green Economy

An Opportunity for a Level Playing Field By Jasmine McNealy

• Social Media - Managing at the Speed of Technology

Cloud computing, social media, mobile, and now Millennials have become forces for business disruption. The leadership challenge is learning how to manage in the here and now to harness the new dynamics.

• Social Media: The Path to Finding and Keeping the Right Talent

Social media is transforming the job-seeking process. That means organizations must transform their talent acquisition strategy to successfully compete for talent. - By Joshua Ferdinand

• Glimpsing the Future of Television: You-Tube Content Channels

YouTube TV was recently introduced to the market, marking the next step in the journey towards internet TV. Once a random collection of video content, it is now gelling into a major source of content channels. Experts wonder: What is the future of cable and satellite television?

• Leveraging Mobile Technology to Enhance the Customer Experience

Leveraging Mobile Technology to Enhance the Customer ExperienceMobile technology has moved from being a technology silo to being an integral tool that enhances the customer experience. Mobile technology has moved beyond being a customer touch point to being an assistive aid during the customer journ...