Comments for Consulting in Southwest VA

Comment on Worst Voicemail Message Ever. by JJ White

JJ White — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:25:11 +0000

Jim thank you for highlighting this event. If more people like you keep sharing their experiences hopefully it will cause sales leaders to look at their own business and ask, ‘We aren’t doing this….right?’

I’m delivering at the NCTC Sales and Marketing Forum on My 24. You should come. More details coming soon.

Comment on A Southwest VA Swarm? by jimschweitzer

jimschweitzer — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:49:04 +0000

Scott, That sure is a common complaint, and I understand. First, I personally am not too concerned about the privacy aspect of it. If Foursquare didn’t exist, I’d probably still be tweeting about or posting to Facebook that I’m at whatever cool place I’m at that has taken me away from home, so foursquare doesn’t add much risk to my personal usage patterns.

Comment on A Southwest VA Swarm? by scott

scott — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:31:17 +0000

Foursquare is a neat little game/diversion that gives positive reinforcement for leaving the house/office… But for just that reason I’ll never use it. Simply put, I am not going to advertise that all my expensive home theater equipment is at home alone with only the cats to defend it.

There has to be a better way to connect out and about with other people in your network without connecting with the less-than-savory network.

Comment on Bringing Environmentalism and Sustainability to the MBA by Gregg

Gregg — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:14:18 +0000

Bravo!

Comment on Social Media as Economic Development Catalyst by Raphnexx Search engine optimization specialist

Raphnexx Search engine optimization specialist — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:58:41 +0000

Informative content virtually stunning.

Comment on Social Media as Economic Development Catalyst by jimschweitzer

jimschweitzer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:18:49 +0000

Mark, Thanks for your creative content. These discussions are engaging and exciting. The interesting problem to me is how do we get new people involved in the discussion. Good brief illustrations are a great way to reach the uninitiated. How do we get it in the hands of those who are not yet involved? Perhaps EDOs are a great distribution channel.

Comment on Social Media as Economic Development Catalyst by Twitter Trackbacks for Social Media as Economic Development Catalyst « Consulting in Southwest VA [jimschweitzer.wordpress.com] on Topsy.com

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:37 +0000

[...] Social Media as Economic Development Catalyst « Consulting in Southwest VA jimschweitzer.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/social-media-as-economic-development-catalyst – view page – cached Mark W. Schaefer put together a nifty presentation on Social Media Best Practices For Economic Development (thanks @Handshake2.0 for the tweet heads-up) . A couple things stand out to me on this presentation. First, I love that Roanoke is used as the archetype for a Twitter-engaged business community. Second, while this presentation is targeted towards the economic development organizations, I think it does a great job of identifying the place where individual businesses should be operating in the social media — From the page [...]

Comment on Social Media as Economic Development Catalyst by Mark W Schaefer

Mark W Schaefer — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:05:40 +0000

Awesome Jim. So much opportunity in this space and certainly SW VA is a real thought-leader. Let’s keep the dialogue going!

Comment on Insubordiation or Salvation? by Anne Clelland

Anne Clelland — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:31:18 +0000

Jim, I so appreciate your thoughtful and thought-provoking commentary on “the meddling employee” column and the continued informed contemplation by commenters on the challenges of the employer-employee relationship.

You inspired me to continue to think and reflect as well, and I posted those words here:

http://annegilesclelland.typepad.com/blog/2009/08/dear-meddling-employee.html

Thank you again for engaging in this meaningful and important conversation online for all to see and join.

Comment on Insubordiation or Salvation? by Chris

Chris — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:03:31 +0000

I’m not sure you’re in total disagreement. Anne includes this advice to the Employer:
“…and lead the company so well that the meddlers can stop worrying about whether they’re the coach or you are.”

If the mission statement is unclear or doesn’t match what the employee sees in actual practice, that’s a problem. You’re right that management should be listening to the input of staff and have a clear enough vision of the common goal to evaluate that suggestion or steer the employee back to the explicit team goal.