I recently had an article on Faceblocking published in the March 2009 issue of Law Practice magazine: Online Social Networking: Is It a Productivity Bust or Boon for Law Firms? Steve Matthews and I conducted an informal poll to see if we could confirm that law firms were blocking access to social networking sites. Our … Read more »
Category: Social Networking and Web 2.0
Twitter Good or Bad?
Most people are up in the air about what to do with Twitter. I thought I would put together two contrasting views. First up, Evan Williams on how Twitter’s spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses: And then Jon Stewart on why the Twitter Frenzy is silly: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – … Read more »
Twitter in the Workplace
Should you allow your employees to use Twitter? Are they already using Twitter? The answer to both questions is probably YES. Your employees are probably already using Twitter and they do not need your computer network for access. They can access Twitter by text messages, an iPhone, a blackberry or any other smartphone. Personally, I … Read more »
The Ben Bernanke Interchange
View Larger Map The rural South Carolina town of Dillon has decided to dedicate Exit 190 on Interstate 95 as the Ben Bernanke interchange. [Insert your own joke about crashes.] Bernanke grew up in Dillon and graduated from Dillon High School. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Saturday. So not confuse the Ben Bernanke Interchange … Read more »
Why I Blog
Why does this blog exist? Why do I blog? When do I Blog? If you want answers to these questions, I put together this page on Why I Blog. Read more »
Blogs for Investor Relations
Louis Thompson, Jr. has an article in Compliance Week on using blogs for investor relations. Blogs: If Used Properly, an Investor-Friendly Tool (subscription required). Louis focuses on the Dell Shares blog used as an investor relations tool by Dell, Inc. and the GE Reports blog used by General Electric. Since this is a blog, I … Read more »
Ways Webinars Fail
After my webinar with Bruce Carton on Tuesday (Web 2.0: Leveraging new media to Maximize Your Securities and Compliance Practice), I ran across a three part series on Why Webinars Fail from Larry Kilbourne: Content Failures, Format Failures and, Process Failures. I hope we did not make too many of these mistakes: Cramming too much … Read more »
Compliance Building Is Now Mobile
To those of you who use mobile devices, I have installed a plugin that makes it easier to read Compliance Building on your mobile device. It looks great on my iPhone. At some point in the future I will add a little more pizzazz to the color scheme and maybe an image. It also renders … Read more »
In Case You Missed The Webinar. . .
Here is the archive of the webcast for you to watch at your leisure. You can also see the live commentary on the webcast that happened on Twitter: Twitter/ #SecuritiesD. You can also get the materials from the webcast. Read more »
Today’s “Web 2.0″ Webcast Materials
If you plan on joining us for today’s webcast, I wanted to make some more information available. Twitter: We will be monitoring Twitter before, during and after the webcast for questions and comments using the #SecuritiesD hashtag. Follow Bruce Carton on Twitter: @brucecarton Follow Doug Cornelius on Twitter: @DougCornelius Slides: Web 2.0 – Leveraging New … Read more »