Collection of thoughts, sights, and adventures... Thanks for coming along.
We're excited to have Dr. Helmut Schneider speaking on "Data Quality for Business Analytics and Business Intelligence" on November 10th 6:30 PM at the Bluebonnet Public Library. Dr. Schneider has a long history with ASQ in Baton Rouge. He is Associate...
Sometimes… it feels like, somebody is watching…
I understand the desire and need for using automated social media tools. Unfortunately, without careful use of the tools you could lose credibility, break trust or otherwise drive your target audience away. Except for some really cool Sci-Fi stories,...
If you have an international presence through Facebook, they are rolling out changes which should make analytics and promotion easier. To get started, you do have to request the change for now. This combines your insights across countries and enables...
Shark Tank starts now!! We LOVE that show. We also love Baton Rouge's own version, called Pitch Night, by SenseBR. Real capitol up for grabs from local entrepreneurs and investors. Get your idea together, submit it by October 12 (that's one week from...
Anyone who desires to help in Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery, this organization helps groups organize and coordinate volunteers and groups of any size. Born out of 9/11, this team has been doing this work for 11 years. Click the Sandy Response tab...
For those who work in health insurance, healthcare, travel, human resources, or law in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago or Ft. Lauderdale areas: Free Seminars on Medical Tourism, sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand. Trish is an international...
My daughter loves Sheldon Quotes... #CantStopSmiling
My next LSU Social Media course is on Wednesday. Not too late to register if you know anyone who might benefit. Yes, that day is Halloween and you can dress up if you want too... :) The course title is Integrating Digital Channels for Customer Loyalty....
Facebook is rolling out a business page feature which offers users (fans) the same level of control they have with friend's pages in their newsfeed. The fan can decide how much content they want to see from business pages in their newsfeed. http://socialfresh.com/facebook-allows-users-to-sign-up-for-page-notifications/ socialfresh.com It...
GBRIA has a job board with great industrial jobs. Please pass this along to others who would benefit. Recent postings include: 1. DCS Design Engineer (EE) at Formosa Plastics 2. Management Systems Leader (ISO/RS) (ChE) at Olin Chlor Alkali 3. Production...
Our friend Jay Ducote, author of the BiteandBooze Blog and host of the BiteandBooze radio show on 107.3FM Baton Rouge, is one of 52 finalists from around the country for the Major League Baseball FanCave. Right now the challenge is online voting for a...
Some of you know that we recently (and suddenly) adopted two children from a local disabled single dad who is terminal with stage four cancer. It's such a blessing for us to have them but the situation is bittersweet. We started an online fund raiser...
There is a post going around (again) that tells your friends to hover over your name, etc, and click off the "Likes and Comment" choice so that your posts are not made public. Well, that request is inaccurate; that check only pertains to what information...
Our meeting Thursday night in Baton Rouge will be a great chance for you to get questions answered about ASQ's Online Communities and Networks, LinkedIn and Twitter. Operations Professionals are starting to leverage these collaboration tools. Great time...
Threaded comments will enhance engagement on Facebook. Busy page managers may not love fishing through comments looking for the latest, but the enhanced engagement should make up for any hassles. Facebook could make notifications richer so that busy page...
I recently read a blog post by Amber Naslund on "On Accountability and the Initiative to Learn". Amber is the VP of Social Strategy for Radian6; you can also follow her Brass Track Thinking via Twitter @AmberCadabra. Her article got me thinking about...
During #BREW2012 at Pennington Biomedical, Prof. Kenneth Eilertsen, President and Founder of NuPotential, Inc. mentioned a new biomedical market called Epigenomics. Out of curiosity, I searched for “Epigenomics” on Twitter to find a dozen tweets in the...
From the Halls of Montezuma, To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country’s battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean: We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marine. Our flag’s unfurled...
soupsoup: From the Staten Island Ferry, take the SI Rapid Transit to the Oakwood station and walk down Guyon Ave to Mill Road. Meet at 9:00am on Mill Road near Guyon Avenue in Oakwood. If you drive, do not park inside Miller Field as those lots will be...
Giveaways aren’t necessarily bad in Social Media. I suggest you reward your advocates, nurture your relationships, and use content to win or attract the right audience. I love the statement below from a smart and very successful friend. I won’t name the...
The 20 Mile March is more than a philosophy. It’s about having concrete, clear, intelligent, and rigorously pursued performance mechanisms that keep you on track. The 20 Mile March creates two types of self-imposed discomfort: (1. ) the discomfort of...
Looks like Google has announced their plans for Buzz and have declared a “Time of Death” to make it official. Buzz wasn’t on my list if important networks so no big change for me or my clients. On the other hand, I am seeing some interesting strategies...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of...
The internet or World Wide Web as we reverently called it then, was still a place full of wonder… (Yes, wonder about whether or not dot coms would ever make money). In 1998 Amazon.com revenues were 600 Million (over 14 Billion today) and Google was still...
