The Nonprofit Management Gap

The Nonprofit Management Gap

I owe somebody an apology. Last night, a nice woman that I've never met sent me an email relaying (not proposing) an idea that others had pitched. Colleagues of mine who serve in communications roles in the nonprofit sector were suggesting a talk on "Why CIOs/CTOs should be transitioned into Chief Digital and Data Officers". And, man, did that line get me going.

Sleazy Sales Tactics and Social Networks

Sleazy Sales Tactics and Social Networks

This is a public service announcement (aka rant) intended for IT product and service reps. In a nutshell:

If your spam and cold calls haven't resulted in a business relationship, tracking me down personally on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook won't work either.

Facebonked

Facebonked

This week has brought some pretty blizzardy weather on the Facebook front, so thick that I'm in a real quandary as to how I should navigate through it. Understand that, when it comes to Facebook, I try and keep my visits to the neighborhood to a minimum. Short story: I like the ability to keep up with people, but hate the annoying, incessant and spammy applications. I would have no use for Facebook if everyone would simply accommodate me and use LinkedIn and Twitter instead. But, as you might have noticed as well, the whole world apparently got Facebook for Christmas.

Message to the Krazy.com Spammer

Message to the Krazy.com Spammer

Okay, so I understand that you have a lot of time on your hands, and that you choose to, apparently,.