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Incentive & Reward Programs Need More UGC
2012-02-03 14:12:00 UGC? What is UGC? User. Generated. Content. Old School ? New School In the days of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble incentive programs to drive more rock breaking at the quarry came with elaborate communication plans. Big budget program announcements (if you were doing a group travel program the budgets were almost obscene), monthly ...
How to Avoid High Data Roaming Charges
2012-01-23 02:16:00 Most iPhone users and not only, generally the people who are using smart phones, pay fixed price per month for their data service. But the pleasure of having such phone can by very different when you take your smart phone overseas. Mostly, the people with iPhone, whenever they are traveling need to know about iPhone ...
Stansted Airport Expansion Plans
2012-01-18 08:09:00 The Stop Stansted Expansion campaign is aiming to halt plans to extend and build a new runway at London Stansted airport which is located in East Anglican Essex. After staying the night at a Corby hotel, I caught the train all the way from Birmingham to Stansted in order to catch my flight to Spain. ...
How to Use Mobile Technology Communications For Cheaper Calls
2012-01-13 14:38:00 Mobile communications have been developing to reach the spot from which people are able to call USA at cheaper rates. Calls overseas are now lower in cost when using a land line, because using mobile phone requires higher charges. International calls Pakistan can be a lot more inexpensive than the times when the users call ...
Negative Recognition? ?You Suck. Here?s Your Award.?
2012-01-12 14:30:00 Here?s a thought ? and it?s only a thought so don?t go nuts? Do we need to recognize bad behaviors in our organizations? Bob Sutton ? author of the Work Matters blog and the books, Good Boss, Bad Boss, The No Asshole Rule and one my favs? Hard Facts Dangerous Half-Truths & Total Nonsense wrote ...
What Stops You From Succeeding? Maybe it?s History.
2012-01-03 15:48:00 A favorite story I use in a ton of presentations is the Roger Bannister story. It?s an oldie but a goodie. For those in Rio Linda, Roger Bannister was the first person to run a sub 4-minute mile. The mythology goes that at the time he beat the record the prevailing wisdom was that ...
Free 2012 Premiere Communications Group Calendar
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Do New Communications Technologies Threaten Privacy for Enhance Convenience
2011-12-30 13:15:00 Vendors and wireless carriers deploy and promote electronic device functionality like location-based services, context-sensitive features, facial-recognition technology, web activity tracking, and cellular network diagnostic tools — all in the name of convenience. Entire business models are bu
Small biz spotlight: Freshly Baked Communications
2011-12-13 16:22:00 How do you build a thriving company after being laid off in a down economy? Satisfy a business need! Lauren Young, the CEO/Founder of Freshly Baked Communications, shares her story about starting her company right before the recession hit. Now in January 2012, her company is launching “Knead to Rise,” a six-week training program that will help start-ups... Read more »
Today?s Incentive Inquisition
2011-12-12 13:53:00 To paraphrase Andy Dufresne ? ?Either get busy experimenting or get busy dying.? And that is today?s motto. 4:00 PM ? EST the first ever ? and hopefully not the last ? Incentive Inquisition on google+ hangouts. Google Plus Hangouts Google Plus (or G+ or google+) is google?s answer to twitter, facebook, LinkedIn and your ...
On Selected Mondays on a WebCam Near You
2011-12-09 12:45:00 Except when it is announced a few days ahead of time. A few weeks ago I asked the group when would be the best time for a G+ hangout on incentives, rewards, influence, etc. The answer ? Mondays at 4:00 pm EST. So? Monday December 12th at 4:00 pm EST I will flip the switch ...
Fistful of Talent Podcast ? Just a Bit Better Sounding Than A Modem Connect
2011-12-01 21:22:00 FYI… For you Millenials ? computers used to use a modem and the phone lines to connect to the internet and they made a horrible noise when they converted all the analog info into bits and bytes ? Long-time readers will know I?ve been a member of the Fistful Of Talent team since its inception ...
Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
2011-11-25 08:44:00 Ustad Amjad Ali Khan is a Padma Vibhushan award winner, who plays sarode. He followed the inevitable destiny of building up a career in music, given that his family consists of numerous musicians. He is a sixth generation musician, toughed by his father. He raises the art of playing sarode to a new level. An ...
What If You Had a Google+ Hangout and No One Came?
2011-11-18 18:30:00 Well? we?re gonna find out. For those who don?t know ? a hangout is a google+ feature that allows one to turn on their webcam and host a live video chat (up to about 10 folks can be engaged live at one time ? others I think can watch but not participate until someone drops ...
Annual Incentive Programs Are Bad
2011-11-03 13:18:00 I was reminded by a post from Dr. Bret Simmons the other day that seeing meaningful progress is one of the most important things for maintaining engagement with employees. That made me thing of the ?typical? sales incentive program. The Dilbert Program Many incentive programs, especially for sales organizations, are designed to reward performance at ...
Incentive Programs Are Your Worst First Option
2011-10-17 14:11:00 You?d think the title of this post would be the last thing you?re read on a site that focuses on how to design incentives correctly. You?d think I?d spend my time telling you about how incentives are great, how they can cure poverty and how they are better than the iPhone 4S. But I can?t. ...
SAP Ventures invested $10 million in One97 Communications
2011-10-10 17:41:00 Funds seems to be pouring in to Indian companies and this time SAP who is the market leader in enterprise application software which has it investment arm called SAP Ventured has invested USD $10 million in a Delhi based mobile internet services firm One97 Communications. SAP ventures is the only investor in this third round ...
By: India Web 2.0
Who are your internal communications for?
2011-08-30 23:32:00 How could internal communication be improved by thinking about the motivations and the needs of the "ignored majority" of employees?
Hughes Communications Brings The Internet To India’s Final Frontiers
2011-08-25 11:04:00 Carrying on with the Government’s endeavor to facilitate India’s e-Commerce story, The Department of Information Technology has awarded Hughes Communications a major contract to connect 2,500 locations through Broadband Internet under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP). The contract has been awarded by a special purpose vehicle formed by the CSC e-Governance Services. The government wants to establish over 1 lakh common service centres (CSCs) across the country to enable Internet access in the hinterland. Till date, over 96,000 centres have been set up. The total value budgeted for the IT project at the panchayat level is Rs 2,000 crore. India’s Final Frontiers can now go Online Hughes will enable VSATs terminals in some of the most inaccessible states of India where conventional means of delivering broadband services are not price-effective. Besides, the main objective is to make available broadband access to internet and other digital services over satellite using lates...
By: WATblog
An empowered communications team equals an empowered community?
2011-06-15 22:59:00 A guest post by Adrian Winterburn about the role of PR in successful community engagement
Differentiation in communications
2011-05-25 08:07:00 What does the concept of differentiation have to do with public sector communications?
Social design, systems thinking and communications
2011-03-25 22:12:00 My thought's on John Shewell's call to council communicators to adopt social design as their future role.
Wireless Communications and the End of Landlines
2011-01-17 00:02:00 Hi, my name is Phil, and I am a landline user. There, I’ve said it. I feel like I’ve admitted a dirty little secret–maybe should even enter a 12 step program of some sort. After all, I’m a long time, devoted tech guy and lover of gadgets of all kinds. I was a very early and heavy ...
Reliance Communications Introduces User Generated Caller Tunes
2011-01-12 14:30:00 Reliance Communications has introduced a twist to its caller tune service. They are making a foray into user generated content. The service will now enable subscribers to record their own content through a Tune Maker platform and set it as their own caller tune. These tunes can even be shared with other Reliance customers. Reliance Communications has partnered with Atruist Technologies – a voice and web based VAS provider – for the necessary infrastructure to offer this service. Mr. Anil Pande, Head – VAS, Reliance Communications said “UGCÂ (user generated content) has seen exponential growth over the last few years. India being a multilingual country, voice is an important part of UGC. The service allows voice based content of Users Choice to be shared and set as their Caller Tune. The technology support offered by Altruist enables to edit, link, and create the content posted by customer, besides activating it as Caller Tune.” This service will be av...
By: WATblog
Ragan?s HealthCare Marketing & Communications News
2011-01-07 11:24:00 I'm happy to announce (in the video above) that I have been asked to be a contributor to the Healthcare Marketing and Communications Newsletter from Ragan Communications. Thanks to Jessica Levco, the Editor of the newsletter, for the invite. I met her when attending the 2010 Swedish Health Care Symposium. In the newsletter, I will be summarizing stories that I read in my own unique style. If you have never checked out the newsletter before, I strongly encourage you to check it out - especially if you are involved at all in the medicine, healthcare, social media, and marketing industry. I would also like to welcome those of you who have clicked on over from the newsletter to check out my blog. As you can see, I dabble in a lot of areas of social media including blogging, a live internet radio show, you tube video, twitter, facebook, linked-in, and other stuff. I also invite you to check out my interview from Medical Economics from December 2010. Thanks for stopping by!
By: Doctor Anonymous
Reliance Communications Announces 3G Services!
2010-12-13 15:00:00 More news on the 3G front, or just timely PR, Reliance has just announced that will begin the rollout of its 3G services with Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chandigarh. The company says that it has start the roll out processin a period of 100 days. As the end of the year approaches, we should expect more news of this sort from other telecom companies as well. (Image Credit) Reliance for its part has said that it will complete the roll out  3G services in 13 telecom circles where it has 3G licenses by the end of March 2011 – around the same time Vodafone said they would be launching theirs. Airtel had said they would be rolling out their services by the end of December. As far as the other 9 circles are concerned Reliance said they would be looking to partner with other telecom service providers. The company envisions a WireFree India by 2015, while that maybe a tad too optimistic, it will be impossible to get anywhere close to is unless the country has reliable and affordable hi...
By: WATblog
Council communications ? HoC job and a contract opportunity
2010-12-07 23:06:00 Find out about a Head of Communications job at Reading Borough Council and a contract communications opportunity with Bournemouth Borough Council.
Reliance Communications Unveils Twitter SMS Service
2010-11-24 15:15:00 Reliance Communications, popularly known as RCom, has come to an agreement with micro-blogging site Twitter to make the latter available on SMS. This is similar to what Airtel offers. However, Reliance has an addition here. Apart from Twitter SMS service, it would also offer voice blogging service. In its press release, RCom said that customers can enjoy the Twitter SMS service for free till November 30. The company has tied up with mobile messaging service provider Bubble Motion for this initiative. The new Twitter SMS service coupled with voice blogging would enable users to directly follow some of India’s favorite celebrities and sports stars. For the launch of the voice blogging service on mobile, the company has invited various Indian celebrities especially bollywood actors and singers. They include John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Priyanka Chopra, Sonu Nigam. Riya Sen, Ravi Kisen and Pooja Gandhi are the regional actors who have joined the league. Also in the pipeline are famous ...
By: WATblog
Change and internal communications with IC expert Kevin Ruck
2010-11-14 19:27:00 An interview with Kevin Ruck, author of new book Exploring Internal Communications, about change and internal communication.
Gatorade?s Mission Control For Online Communications
2010-10-30 02:53:00 You don't see many promotional trailers for brand communications departments. Leave it to a sports brand to make typing and analyzing sound action-packed and exciting.
Writing the public sector communications book chapter
2010-10-09 21:39:00 My initial thoughts on what I should write in a chapter on public sector communications in the Public Relations Handbook.
Meeting the public sector communications challenge
2010-09-23 10:17:00 My reflections on the current state of public sector communications and where we go from here.
When Did Calbuzz Become Jerry Brown's Personal Communications Shop?
2010-09-11 18:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston The widely read California website Calbuzz bills itself as a site offering political news, analysis, commentary, "and more about California and beyond." During this election cycle, though, the "and more" seems to indicate that Calbuzz is operating as the publicity shop for Democrat Jerry Brown's campaign for Governor because so far they've spent little time offering straight news about the race. Instead the site is constantly offering flattering Brown stories while just as constantly savaging Meg Whitman's Republican campaign for that office. Calbuzz gets a lot of respect from California's Old Media and political establishment and that should come as no surprise. It isn't necessarily because it is such a hard-nosed news service but because the...
CIPR local public services communications awards
2010-08-04 22:19:00 Find out how to get great communications work in the local public service sector recognised by the CIPR and your peers.
Soon to be launched - CIM Diploma in Marketing Communications!
2010-03-15 16:16:00 We are pleased that the CIM Diploma in Marketing Communications will soon be available from our London Centre. Complementing our existing range of CIM qualifications it is ideal for those who want to learn more about what the marketing communications mix entails and how to manage it.The qualification is ideal for those who have previous marketing knowledge and experience and would like to develop or pursue a marketing communications role. On completion you will have an in-depth understanding of the elements of the marketing communications mix and how to implement and integrate them alongside other marketing activities to contribute towards the overall business objectives and success.The course consist of five modules, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Public Relations, Direct Marketing & Sales Promotion, Advertising and Integrated Media and all delegates will be supported throughout the whole course which also includes everything you will need including in addition to the worksh...
Tata Communications Ties-up With Tomizone – Will It Usher A Wi-Fi Rev
2010-01-15 11:01:00 Telecom market has seen a flurry of competitive tactics being played out by telcos to derive the maximum value out of their subscriber base. The recent tie-up announced by Tata Communications with Tomizone to increase its Wi-Fi presence in country is a step in the same direction. Tomizone is a renowned international player in servicing Wi-Fi hotspot and metro Wi-Fi zones. The tie-up with Tomizone will help Tata Communications to increase its no. of Wi-Fi hotspots in the country. India currently has just few thousands Wi-Fi hotspots and the Wi-Fi revolution is buried under the pricing structure adopted by Indian Telecom players. The tie-up looks further interesting in details as it will allow all Tata Indicom broadband subscribers to convert their internet into Wi-Fi hotspots and earn service credits from it. Currently Tata Communications charges subscribers using its Wi-Fi hotspots on the basis of per minutes of usages. The charges varies from Rs.1-5 per min depending on location ...
By: WATblog
Sathya Sai Baba Student Communications On Sex Abuse
2010-01-09 22:53:00 As a colleague of Robert Priddy, former head of the Sathya Sai Organization in Norway, and retired academic philosopher of the University of Oslo, I endorse his comment, below, which he has just noted in his frequently updated blog: Sathya Sai Baba Deceptions Exposed (Exposing major deceits by guru Sathya Sai Baba in India, incl. murders cover-up ...). His extensive, highly-organized website is: http://www.saibaba-x.org.uk . The site notes that it "showcases the views of a group of former Sathya Sai Organisation members (ex-devotees) with full rights to expose the organisation that deceived them".
More student communications on Sai Baba sex abuse
2010-01-09 13:16:00 Several outspoken critics of Sathya Sai Baba are widely trusted to keep strict confidentiality about all communications from boys and young men claiming to have been sexually abused by him.We have received a considerable number of such confidential testimonies, which we have not posted due to the possibility that the writers may be traced and ...
Social marketing: Changing public behaviour through communications
2010-01-03 23:37:00 Charity Comms is running a social marketing conference aimed at helping charity communicators learn more about social marketing and how to apply it in their organisations.
Communications, social marketing and behavioural change
2009-12-07 17:06:00 Exploring the role of behavioural theories in delivering effective communications.
Q2 Results Roundup: Tata Communications, Mindtree
2009-10-27 09:31:00 Tata Communications has registered a 30 per cent decline in standalone revenues at Rs. 759 crores compared to Rs.992 crores in the same quarter last year. The bottom line also took a serious hit and came in lower by 68 per cent at Rs 10.45 Crs against Rs 33 Crs. The major reason for decline in revenues was lesser demand for wholesale voice services in telecommunication services segment which contributed only Rs 300 crore in this quarter compared to Rs 461 Crores contribution in corresponding quarter. The enterprise and corporate data segment contributed Rs. 300 Crores to the revenues whereas other services contributed Rs. 159 Crores. Tata Communications was formed by merger of VSNL, its international subsidiaries. They seem to be focusing on servicing enterprise clients. The main cause of worry for TATACOM is the entry of telcos in the enterprise segment to derive higher margins and volume. Mindtree Q2 results: MindTree has reported 34 per cent growth in the botto...
By: WATblog
An Open Letter to the Communications Pros with the Caps
2009-09-22 12:45:00 To: Nate Ewell Paul Rovak Kelly Murray - Mike Vogel Brett Leonhardt CC: Kurt KehlMonday brought me back to the real world of laboring for the Man, instead of reporting to Kettler again for more of my favorite vacation: Capitals' training camp. Like the late Jack Falla, I don't believe there's such a thing as a bad day at the rink, and last week, being welcomed and so helpfully assisted by you as I was, well reminded me of why this was so. This was easily the largest Capitals' training camp in its number of skaters that I'd ever covered, and you have 70 quality human being hockey players who wore your crest last week. I talked to almost every one of them. In the middle of my vacation at the rink I thought about those middle-aged men who fork over vast sums of money to participate in pro sports fantasy camps, for limited access to their ballfield heroes. Last week at ...
By: On Frozen Blog
Enterprise Unified Communications
2009-09-22 02:20:00 The more information you can give a prospective vendor, the better they'll be able to tailor or recommend a VoIP solution that can truly benefit your company and improve your overall service. This buyer's checklist will help you consider some of the information you'll need to know before making that important puchasing decision, including:What degree of customization do you expect?What type of reporting capabilites are included?How can you improve your customer support?Request Free!
See3 Communications
2009-09-18 10:00:00 See3 Communications is a communications company dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations tell their story through media....
Minnesota Women in Marketing and Communications Presents Communicate Better
2009-09-10 17:10:00 MWMC Learning Lunch :: Tuesday, September 15 You don't have to be a comic to use improvisation. Being able to think on your feet and listen effectively makes you a better communicator. At the upcoming Learning Lunch, you'll learn the eight rules of improv to improve your presentations, client meetings and interactions with your staff. And, yes, have a little fun along the way. The Details Tuesday, September 15 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be served Location The Woman's Club of Minneapolis, 410 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis Speaker Maureen Tubbs, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and professional improviser Maureen Tubbs, marketing director for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and professional improviser, will give you real tips you can use to feel more comfortable in front of a business audience - whether that audience is your employee or a room full of prospective clients. Learn how to be a better listener, trust yourself and find the "yes, and" in every s...
Job - Ecumen - Strategic Communications Manager
2009-09-03 20:44:00 Ecumen - Strategic Communications&n-bsp;Manager
The Hartford - Sr Marketing Communications Consultant
2009-08-31 04:08:00 The Hartford - Sr Marketing Communications Consultant
Will Rachel Maddow Call Communications Workers of America Astroturfers?
2009-08-29 07:50:00 Since I’m traveling, I haven’t had time to get to catch MSNBC, so don’t know if Rachel Maddow has followed up on her August 19 show where she developed standard to show how a supposed grassroots rally was anything but. The American Petroleum Institute (API) had sponsored the rally in question against climate control legislation. ...
By: GayPatriot
communications
2009-07-23 13:22:00 I've just finished the installation of a 16 channel CCTR DVR and need to view the video output over the internet. There is a LAN, but i don't think i can access this machine out side the LAN. Anyone with ideas to accomplish this task?
June 19, 1934 ? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
2009-06-19 17:25:00 On this day in engineering history, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was created when U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Communications Act of 1934. The FCC replaced the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) and was authorized to regulate interstate telephone service, formerly |
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