Less Grumpy About Vine, Google Plus & Social Business (But Still Grumpy)
Doug Haslam I like being a curmudgeon. How much? This much: When new ideas, phrases, and tools come out in the social media world, I am not normally the first to jump…
January 2013
Living with Lawyers; Legal Hurdles in Corporate Social Media
It’s popular – and way too easy – in public relations and social media to say that lawyers get in the way of everything. When preparing announcements, we dread the…
Lance Armstrong & Livestrong: On Being Prepared to Lose Your Spokesperson
The Web is awash in stories and speculation about Lance Armstrong, his use of performance-enhancing drugs, and what that meant – and means – for the sport of cycling. I’m…
Pan-Mass Challenge 2012 Fundraising Review
Last summer, I rode in my fifth Pan-Mass Challenge. This two-day ride to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston has been the centerpiece of my summer since 2008.…
My Career is Not a “Game”
Well, that tears it. People are writing about “Social HR” now, as if it’s a thing. The problem is, people are attaching that term to dead-ends like “gamification” of the…
Don’t be a Knee-Jerk: On Quitting Instagram, Feedburner, & Other Rash Decisions
Are you a quitter? I don’t mean the kind of quitter who gives up because something is too hard, but the kind who quits an online service in a huff…