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Featured on Friday: @CTDOMag

Featured on Friday: @CTDOMag

Talent Development. It's moved beyond being a buzz phrase and become something that companies must focus on in order to survive in the 21st century. Talent development executives are being tasked with developing the next generation, opening doors to the C-suite, and...

Beware This Insidious Phishing Scam

Beware This Insidious Phishing Scam

Yes, it happened to me. I succumbed to curiosity/fear to click an attachment on an email. To be clear, it came from a known contact. It looked official. I did have a few twinges of wondering. In fact, a similar email a few months ago raised more flags. I called the...

Fresh Start, Fresh Handle:  How and Why to Change Your Twitter Name

Fresh Start, Fresh Handle: How and Why to Change Your Twitter Name

Where I live on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, the trees are still bare and grey, but geese are starting to fly north. I’m starting to think about Easter dinner, and maybe even cleaning out that one terrifying linen closet. Spring is creeping just around...

Featured on Friday: #UnderNewManagement by @davidburkus

My husband likes to say that I am a "safety first" woman. I find security in doing things the same way, in following rules and avoiding unnecessary risks. There's a reason Becky Robinson started Weaving Influence (willing to take a risk) and why I'm more content as a...

Building a New Future With Bricks from the Past

Building a New Future With Bricks from the Past

Yesterday, I went out to buy a toy for my 3-month old baby girl. We perused the aisles of high tech games, life-like stuffed animals, and battery-operated battleships with lights and sounds and finally arrived at the 0-6 month baby toys. Not having had much experience...

Featured on Friday: On Our #MustRead List!

Featured on Friday: On Our #MustRead List!

It's been a while since I've done a linked post on Friday, but one of the best ways to build community is to help spread the word for others, don't you think? As Becky continues to spread the word about Hometown Reads (links included below, just in case you missed...

The Invisible Threads of Social Media

The Invisible Threads of Social Media

I work for Weaving Influence, so the idea of “threads” and weaving them together to create a cohesive whole is inherent to what I do every day. Our goal is influence, so we have to be mindful at every step along the way of the threads we choose, the patterns we...

Featured on Friday: #BKpedia by @BKPub

Featured on Friday: #BKpedia by @BKPub

Over the last few years we've had the remarkable opportunity to work closely with several Berrett-Koehler authors, and the fantastic team at Berrett-Koehler Publishers. If you've been involved in the launches for Refire! Don't Retire, Love 'Em or Lose 'Em, Managers as...

Collective Visioning: Turning our Dreams and Hopes into Action

Collective Visioning: Turning our Dreams and Hopes into Action

This post is a part of our 2016 Team Buzz Builder Guest Blogger Series. Today we are pleased to introduce you to Linda Stout, critically-acclaimed author and Executive Director of Spirit in Action. Whether or not we’re actively engaged with social justice work, most...

Tips for Building a Social Community

Tips for Building a Social Community

Have you left the "social" out of social media marketing? It’s easy to use social channels as a megaphone to spread the word about a brand, but megaphone marketing doesn’t have much ring to it and delivers very few results. Social works when a brand actively grows a...

Introducing Hometown Reads!

Introducing Hometown Reads!

I love the work we do with authors because I love books. I've always, always loved to read. My mama likes to tell this story of me at age 3, going into my brothers' room to ask them if they had a book appropriate for a 3-year-old girl. If you love reading like I do,...