Out Now: Episode 415: Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the Clean Energy Sector With Dr. Janell Hills

Pop, Dazzle, and Wow

Strategy for Effective Communication

This week I’ve been traveling across Oklahoma meeting with different facility managers and conducting interviews as part of my work with a client.  We are building a series of communication channels to reach groups of employees who work in independent facilities where a singular message from both their facility managers as well as corporate leadership is a […]

Blogging. The Digital Story Tale.

Your blog  no matter the industry (human resources or not) tells a story where you set the rules sharing strictly business quips or industry tips or even more personal stories giving your consumer a behind the scenes point of view what makes your business different and original from the rest.  Blog’s first made their appearance […]

Baby Steps In Business. Story Behind Why I Do What I Do.

A Journey into my Business

  Nearly 2 years ago this October I walked out the door of my previous employer.  Resigned and called it quits.  I made a hasty and life-changing decision after my boss made an impromptu visit from Chicago to my office door.  My boss called me as he boarded his flight and told me that he’d […]

Review of Snap Engage for Client, Employee, &Candidate Experience

Review of Snap Engage for Client, Employee & Candidate

To say I’m a big fan of engagement and relationships both online and offline is an understatement.  My direct phone line is listed on nearly every social media profile I own.  You call the number listed on my Twitter bio, and it’s me who will answer.  You tweet me directly and I immediately see a […]

NLRB Briefing Discusses Social Media Policies & Protected Activity

NLRB Insights into Social Media Policies

**January 25th, 2012 UPDATE.  While the information below is still important, the NLRB provided more insights into social media policies. You can download the second report here.   Employer policies should not be so sweeping that they prohibit the kinds of activity protected by federal labor law, such as the discussion of wages or working […]

How to Create a QR Code on a Temporary Tattoo

Or Codes on Temporary Tatoos

As part of my mission in training and teaching people on how to leverage social media for their business including human resource professionals, I’m writing several foundation social media topics over time.  This is one of those posts for the ToolBox HR resource site.  A QR Code stands for Quick Response Code and is essentially a bar code that […]