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Social Spotlight: Michigan State University and creating community in this ‘new normal’

Sprout Social

One of the indelible experiences of college is the sense of community–often the first community you get to choose for yourself. Creating that sense of community comes naturally when you’re living, playing and learning together on campus. For instance, I still can’t drink tequila. But that’s a story for a different time.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

While community is a hot buzz word these days, it’s still quite a ways before most businesses truly embrace the idea. Companies like Starbucks , Dell , even my previous employer Microsoft Advertising , all do community incredibly well and it has paid off for all of them many times over.

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The KISS Method For Determining Social Media ROI

SocMed Sean

The dangers of ignoring knowledge management is that employees who leave your organization take their “tribal knowledge” with them, resulting in loss of access to the information and increased training costs for the persons’ replacement. Decrease in TOC and increase in FCR often results in an increase of CSat.

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Connecting 2 the World: Is constructing knowledge based on analysis a work literacy skill?

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Is constructing knowledge based on analysis a work literacy skill? Is constructing knowledge based on analysis a work. Depth of learning, communication, and "connecting" Bad Course on Instructional Design : eLearning Tec. and community building. Group communication and the wiki.

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2020 vision: three resolutions marketers are committing to this year

Sprout Social

We asked our Sprout community on Twitter and LinkedIn what they want to tackle in the upcoming year and gathered the resources they need to knock out those resolutions. In an industry known for rapid change, it’s critical for marketers to stay on top of their skill sets and expand their knowledge base.

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Connecting 2 the World: Lessons Learned in Working with International Virtual Groups

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Lessons Learned in Working with International Virtual Groups. Christine Martels blog last week journaled about her participation in a course on culture, technology, and communication. Each day, as she worked in cross-cultural groups, she gave her insights into working with an international group in a virtual environment.

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Just get us the Millennials! #Marketing #Fail

Janet Fouts

Prefer to spend more on socially responsible companies and say a company’s commitment to the community influences their decision to work there. This data is based on surveys, but in my experience working with millennials they are a diverse group and generalizations don’t always fit. They’re social. Tweet this.

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