Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2012

Image: dkshots via Flickr, CC 2.0. Invest in getting your spokesperson(s) media trained. Getting media trained helps you stay on message and bridge back to you talking points without sounding like a robot or some disingenuous suit – a *big* problem to avoid when you’re in crisis mode. And why not? • You lose credibility.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

Image: esocialmediashop via Flickr, CC 2.0. 312 Digital also provides digital marketing training for business owners, marketers, consultants and agency employees. Sean also provides custom training to companies across the US on SEO, content strategy and other digital marketing disciplines. That’s a blog post for another day.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I didn’t train someone over the course of a few days to take over for me, I familiarized them with what I do little-by-little over the course of the year. If you train someone else to do parts of your job you stop being indispensable. Image: Paul Bica via Flickr, CC 2.0. You become replaceable. everyone is replaceable.

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SocialFish

APRIL 7, 2011

To combat these issues, associations wrote email policies for the employee handbook and trained their staff on the proper business use of email. However, you need to train them how to use these tools effectively. Give them hands on training and exposure to social media for business use.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 14, 2012

In my home town you can always tell when a new batch of kids have started training at the Taekwondo academy, since a wave of them will be kicking signs and mailboxes down main street. I recently went to a workshop (a pilot program) that trains members how to evaluate IABC award entries consistently. It’s getting obnoxious.

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Forbes Social Media

MARCH 13, 2019

IBM's recent use of a huge collection of photographs stored on Flickr to train facial recognition algorithms could open a very interesting discussion regarding the use of all the pictures and materials we constantly upload to social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 7, 2014

Soon I’ll be heading to Boston for a bespoke (I love that word) full-day training program for the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership’s LFDP Conference at Harvard Medical School. Image: Marie Coleman via Flickr, CC 2.0. You should see the view from my room … the Gulf of Mexico, baby! Yes, Haaahvahd.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 23, 2012

Most of us aren’t professionally trained fundraisers, so it doesn’t come naturally to us. Image: oneiroi via Flickr, CC 2.0. Get the entire organization involved in the process by empowering and training everyone on the basics of fundraising, so that they grow comfortable with making an ask. But we’ve got great news!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Army’s Training and Doctrine Command when a whizbang new piece of equipment came along that enabled us to transmit documents through telephone lines from one geographic location to another… the fax machine. Image: NASA on The Commons via Flickr, CC 2.0. Sometimes I say, “Been there; done that.” But that’s not true.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 11, 2012

'Angry bird puts a lid on it' courtesy of etee on Flickr via Creative Commons license If you’re engaged in social media for either personal or professional purposes (and if you’re reading this, I’m betting you are), there’s an important skillset and rule that you might want to think about: The art of not replying.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 8, 2017

Image: Ted Eytan via Flickr , CC BY-SA 2.0. She is also the founder of The Social PR Virtuoso® , which provides online, on-demand training that helps you unleash your inner Social PR superhero. Someone did that for each of us. The least we can do is pass it on. Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Image: joewcampbell via Flickr, CC 2.0. As we were wont to do, my husband (a very white American of Scotch-Irish descent) and I met up at a San Francisco BART station and took the commuter train back to our suburb, where we piled into our (then one) car, and drove home. Image: Chris Piascik via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2012

Image: iambents via Flickr, CC 3.0. With a keen interest in social media, she blogs regularly at In My Humble Opinion… ; other passions include singing (professionally trained for over a decade!), I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comment below. reading and traveling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 31, 2012

Image: Geoff Livingston via Flickr, CC 3.0. With a keen interest in social media, she blogs regularly at In My Humble Opinion… ; other passions include singing (professionally trained for over a decade!), reading and traveling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 12, 2010

When I heard she was training for her first-ever 5K race and trying to raise funds for Special Olympics Michigan in the process, I asked her to tell me more. Image: The Q via Flickr, CC 2.0 I picked this race not only because of practical considerations (namely having several months to train), but also because of what it represented.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We either work during our holidays, … except instead of being at the office we do it from home, the beach, the cabin, wherever it is we trick ourselves into believing we are getting away from it all… Image: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr, CC 2.0. Image: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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The Social Media Hat

APRIL 13, 2017

suite of tools, training and community so that I could review everything. The extensive online training said to start by researching areas of interest in order to identify a niche with real potential. Image Credit: Flickr. To help me gain a better perspective, Ken provided me with access to the entire Solo Build It! tweet this!

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

We’ve trained our brains to read in short bursts. Photo credit: puuikibeach (Flickr, Creative Commons). .” But I’m giving “3 Reasons,” which makes the infinite comprehensible, and I’ll get more readers every time. They promise a well-defined, finite amount of knowledge.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 28, 2013

Image: Farfahinne via Flickr, CC 2.0 . And those who embrace this trend and can team with their employees to better define success and the road to it – whether that is flexible working, investing in training, more meaningful career paths, or more robust leadership development – will be those that truly do well today and in the future.

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Adam Cohen

AUGUST 24, 2010

How many people at your company are trained, equipped and empowered to talk to customers? No doubt the numbers stack up in a heavy ratio against people inside the company that are trained to engage them. Photo credit: clickflashphotos via Flickr. How many customers does your company have? How about potential customers?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Let me just say first that I’m writing this with the certainty that one of you PR pros will fly out of nowhere, tackle me to the floor, and pin me there with a stern lecture straight from your training about how to do this. Photo credit: ambimb , courtesy of Flickr, CC 2.0. But here goes.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 15, 2012

Image: Hello Turkey Toe , Flickr, CC 2.0. There are similarities and differences between the professions, and in comparison, the PR profession feels young. Has there ever been a more exciting time to work in PR and communication? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 14, 2013

If you upload images and videos, embed a Flickr Gallery and a YouTube Channel Widget so the content is available on your homeland as well. The others are Social Media Monitoring , SEO Training , Facebook Training , Twitter Training and Linkedin Training. You don’t have to be a techie to master embed codes.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Image: bfishadow via Flickr, CC 3.0 . other passions include singing (professionally trained for over a decade!), I’m glad that at last I’ll get to drink the “Starbucks” coffee. The sinful coffee that I’ve heard so about from my friends and family, but haven’t had a chance to taste. reading and traveling.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Listening to the online conversations and having a PR team that is trained to react effectively is no longer an option – it is a necessity. In the past PR agencies have provided media training to their clients. Perhaps it’s time to expand that to social media training along with reputation and crisis management counseling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Image: cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr, CC 3.0. With a keen interest in social media, she blogs regularly at In My Humble Opinion… ; other passions include singing (professionally trained for over a decade!), reading and traveling.

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Direct Marketing Observations

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Does Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Youtube, Tumblr, WordPress, Posterous, Typepad, Flickr and Evernote amongst others, charge to use their platforms at an entry level? Thus, consumers have been trained or conditioned to think that they can find an equivalent for free. It’s actually been gasoline on an open flame.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2011

Image: PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via Flickr, CC 2.0. During last week’s #pr20chat , Justin Goldsborough asked how PR professionals can best identify and cater to the needs of their target audience. Andi Narvaez is a public relations (old and new school) and social media professional.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 4, 2015

Training, Networking and Developing Your Personal Academy. Image: tdlucas5000 via Flickr, CC 2.0. Emergency surgery prevented me from traveling to Laguna this past week for PRSA Counselors Academy 2015 … gah! Why: “Do you consider yourself a lifelong learner? I didn’t always see myself that way.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 13, 2015

A3) measuring outputs – was trained that way in early #PR career. Image: Kevin Pelrine via Flickr, CC 2.0. Clients criticized me for sharing my site behavior, etc. measurePR #measurepr. Don’t measure effort, measure outcomes – & inputs that = best #measurepr #measurepr.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on January 19, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Samir Balwani , the founder of Training Social , a resource for those interested in social media training. Samir Balwani is the founder of Training Social , a resource for those interested in social media training. Is Social Media Worth it for You?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 13, 2016

For instance, NATO cross-promotes across a variety of channels, but they also upload exclusive content on Flickr that you can’t find on their other networks,” says Steven Mehringer , Head of Communications Services in the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, in this Socialbakers post. Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

When I talk about listening dashboards in my training programs , people tend to get that deer in the headlights, “OMG I can’t cope” look. Image: Willrad von Doomenstein via Flickr, CC 4.0. How do they feature in relevant conversations… if at all?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 24, 2015

Image: Do-Hyun Kim via Flickr, CC 2.0. Author information Martin Waxman Martin Waxman is a social media, content marketing and communications strategist, conducts social media training and workshops and teaches digital strategy at University of Toronto.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 23, 2011

Part of this, for me, is training myself to remember that “No&# is not a dirty word. Image: sean dreilinger via Flickr, CC 2.0. You see, I used to pride myself on my time management skills, and, for the most part, I’m pretty good at it. But the last few months have been especially bad, and I’m trying to get better.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Image: hobvias sudoneighm via Flickr, CC 2.0. Author information Martin Waxman Martin Waxman is a social media, content marketing and communications strategist, conducts social media training and workshops and teaches digital strategy at University of Toronto. What would you add to your multimedia cart?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Image: Amit Kumar via Flickr, CC 3.0. other passions include singing (professionally trained for over a decade!), Yes, the rupee is 62 against the U.S. dollar (as of December 1, 2013). To us Indians, it looks like the dollar is on an escalator and the rupee is on a ventilator! reading and traveling.

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