This year, we’re pleased to honor 50 women (below) and 50 men (in an upcoming post on the Blue Focus Marketing Blog ) who are among the top social media connectors and engagers in the technology world, representing technology vendors as well as related venture capital (VC), advisory and analyst firms. Active across social networks, Cindy leads Microsoft’s small- to midsized-business sales and marketing efforts as Vice President U.S. The 10-year Microsoft veteran is also a graduate of Harvard Business School. That will be our top focus for next year. sacevero. MORE >>

Look no further than Microsoft 's leap back in hardware production with their upcoming tablet, Surface. I'm less confident in Microsoft and Google's attempts at cracking the penetration that Apple 's iPad is having, simply because both the Surface and Nexus 7 are making their debut with wi-fi only. microsoft. Does it matter which device a consumer uses to connect with a brand? Think about this question another way: does the rise of the tablet make for a different shopping experience when compared to the desktop or mobile Web? New opportunity or just another screen? MORE >>

Here are seven upcoming location-based conferences/meetups/events/summits you should follow… I mean attend. Microsoft New England Research and Development Center · Monday, October 4, 2010. It’s Friday and that means it’s Follow Friday on Twitter but like last week I’m going to do a blog post instead a follow Friday tweet but with a little twist. This week I’m listing events and not just any kind of events but location-based conferences/meetups events. NYC Geo/Mobile Hack Day. Location Business Summit USA. Location Based Marketing Summit. LOCATION! MORE >>

View Comments March 22nd, 2010 According to a report by Microsoft, it is (geared towards the manufacturing industry).  If you have a few minutes, I highly recommend that you read the report from Drew over at Microsoft and let me know what you think. TAGS: business agility , business innovation , Collaboration , drew gude , microsoft , structure collaboration , unstructured collaboration This entry was posted on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 2:13 am and is filed under Collaboration. Towards the end of last year Drew Gude, Director, U.S. Back to unstructured collaboration. MORE >>

Microsoft case study. If you liked this post, you might also like: Upcoming Two Day Social Media Masterclass Workshops in New Delhi and Mumbai Full House at Dave Evans’ Social Media Marketing Workshops in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai Register for 20:20 Media’s Social Media Marketing Workshop in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai Five Remarkable Trend Prediction Reports to Prepare You for 2011 From Hanmer MSL Social Konnect: 360 Degree Marketing Redux How Has Social Media Marketing Changed Between 2006 and 2010? Here’s the outline of the workshop: 1. Dell case study. MORE >>