Unstuck, is a free iPad app available in the iTunes app store and fits into my favorite category - designed to solve a problem. Specifically, as the name implies, the app helps users get unstuck. The app is easy to use. Users begin the process with the nice introductory cartoonish page at which time the app digs into…
I love LinkedIn and honestly find more value on this one social media platform than just about any other. Especially in a world of business to business, it can be critical for success. Even if someone doesn’t connect with you they might still visit your page (you can tell, but more on that later) to…
I recently gave a presentation to the American Marketing Association Oklahoma City Chapter and began with this housekeeping request of audience members. “Please turn on all cell phones, update your Facebook status, text some friends, take a picture and post it to twitpic, or Instagram if you prefer sepia tones. (I ask them to tag…
Earlier this month I created a Facebook advertisement for a favorite non-profit. I put $50 in the max expense and let it ride, making a few tweaks here and there. They didn’t ask me to do this. Heck, they don’t even know I did it. So, here is my question. If you are a non-profit and had the…
There have been a lot of studies which pertain to trust, the most famous probably the Edelman Trust Barometer. If you haven’t read that stop reading this now and spend your morning being truly enlightened. If you have, then please read on. A few weeks ago during what seemed to be a crescendo of online…
Recent announcement by Virginia’s Department of Education was recently covered by Read Write Webhas generated just a little bit of conversation and rightfully so. It’s simply a policy created by an educational institution, one which I am sure is meant to protect the students as much as it is to protect the teachers.
I don’t normally broadcast my own speaking gigs. Lots of reasons why but most of all I was taught you just don’t. I’m breaking my rule for three reasons: 1) The event is being put on by the Tulsa County Library and I would encourage everyone (EVERYONE!!!) to support them. 2) I owe them a…
If you are pressed for time simply jump to the video. Everything up to that point could be classified as rambling… Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit the University of Oklahoma and participate in Apple’s Creative Pro Solutions Briefing at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. For those of you who…
Oklahoma State University president Burns Hargis announced this morning the University will pilot an Apple iPad initiative during the Fall 2010 semester with select courses in the School of Media and Strategic Communications and the Spears School of Business at both the Stillwater and Tulsa campuses. “This pilot initiative will provide valuable insight into the research benefits…
I’ve had the Apple iPad since it was delivered that very first day. You may not believe me when I tell you I really wasn’t excited about its delivery but I wasn’t. You can ask my wife who asked the same question about a week before delivery and my response was similar to others who…