From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Denial is a river full of crocks.

by Gil Yehuda on August 31, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


I read Dennis Howlett’s recent blog post “Enterprise 2.0: what a crock“. He’s right and wrong. Let me explain via a story that I read in Noah benShea‘s book Jacob the Baker, many years ago (Note: I like to keep this blog focused on business — but I read a lot and feel I have much to learn from everyone, so [...]

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A couple of days ago I presented in a webinar with Knowledge Management Associates and NewsGator. KMA is a medium sized consulting company in the greater Boston area that consults with regional clients helping them with a variety of IT needs, including the IT support for SharePoint. NewsGator is a provider of Enterprise 2.0 software [...]

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Personal Online Branding Workshops.

by Gil Yehuda on August 26, 2009

in Personal Branding


I wanted to let you know about my participation in a workshop summit tomorrow in downtown Boston.  Dan Schawbel personal branding expert and author of the bestselling book Me 2.0, along with Sheryl Victor Levy, owner of Savvy Strategy, and I will be presenting a seminar on Personal Branding for Job Seekers.  The event is titled “Discover your Brand” [...]

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Authenticity and Ice Cream.

by Gil Yehuda on August 25, 2009

in Personal Branding


Here’s a quick thank you to Ben & Jerry’s, Edelman, and one of the most adorable podcasters out there — Emily of Emily Explains It. Emily posted her review of a new Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream product. The first 30 people to add a one word comment were awarded a coupon for an ice cream sundae. [...]

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Focusing on the ROI 2.0 Part 3.

by Gil Yehuda on August 25, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


In this part 3 I’ll share some thoughts related to the first two blog posts of this series. I’ll preface that there’s a lot to say but this is only a blog post. So if you want to talk about this some more, drop me a note and let’s set up some time and talk. The [...]

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Focusing on the ROI 2.0. Part 2.

by Gil Yehuda on August 14, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


Part 2 of this 3-part series.  Here I’ll highlight three products that I think demonstrate a laser-focus on the ROI story in an expanded Enterprise 2.0 context.  In part 3 we’ll talk about the similarities and differences between Social CRM approaches and Enterprise 2.0.  Sorry for the long post.  I’m way over my 1000-word per post self-imposed [...]

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Focusing on the ROI 2.0. Part 1.

by Gil Yehuda on August 13, 2009

in Enterprise 2.0


I’m going to present this post in three installments.  Part 1 will introduce the series. Part 2 will discuss the three vendors I want to highlight. Part 3 will present some concluding thoughts. Enterprise 2.0 describes a new kind of workplace that leverages tools and behaviors inspired by the social Internet. The idea is largely [...]

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