It’s Facebook question of the week time (clap, clap, clap!). And this week the topic is going to look eerliy similar to last week. You see, my dear friend Marijean Jaggers called me out in the comments of last week’s video. She said I didn’t really answer the social media fatigue question and asked me to consider revisiting it. Consider it I did. And I also considered telling her to stick it where the sun don’t shine because she had Rusty Speidel write a guest blog post about it. If you can’t see the video below, too bad for you! Oh shoot. Sorry momma! MORE >>

It was only a matter of time. According to numerous articles on the web - you can now buy Google +1′s. For as low as 19.99 – but wait, there’s more! For years we have been inundated with tweets and offers that guarantee you hundreds, nay, thousands of followers and friends. For a few pieces of silver you can be popular. Is that really the goal of Social Media. He who dies with the most toys (or friends or followers) – wins? No – the object of Social Media is quality over quantity. You want people to care about what you have to say. Be authentic. Be genuine. MORE >>

Today’s guest post is written by Leon Noone. Some years ago, when the headmistress of one of Australia’s most exclusive private schools for girls retired, she suggested that 85 percent of the teachers she’d managed over her career should have chosen another profession. Her interviewer exclaimed. “But that would leave only 15 percent of the teachers.&# She replied, “But imagine how good they’d be!&#. The Headmistress and the Internet. That headmistress inspired this piece. Objectives. Identify who bears the prime responsibility for training effectiveness. MORE >>

The emergence of transmedia storytelling over the past decade has lead to or created some unique opportunities in social media. First, let me back up and quickly explain what transmedia is to the uninitiated and in full disclosure mode I hadn’t really heard of the term up untila few weeks ago, but I dig the term.  . Transmedia, according to Henry Jenkins a professor at USC is “the art of conveying messages themes or storylines to mass audiences through the artful and well planned use of multiple media platforms”. Multiple media platforms. It’s all about story telling. MORE >>

When the Allied forces began to turn the tide of their conflict against Hitler’s Germany in 1944, one of history’s most disturbing events was about to be discovered. Named the Final Solution by the Nazis, and subsequently known as the Holocaust around the world, concentration camps were found by Allied forces advancing toward Germany. The first major camp was Majdanek, which was found by the Russians in July 1944. This was followed by other camps in 1945. Of this number, one million children perished, along with two million women and three million men. Facebook and Free Speech. MORE >>