E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Today I read about the Twitter misadventure at H&R Block whereby a call centre employee assuming the name “Kid Fury&# urged all his followers to phone in and ask for him. Most cases of negative social media that I am aware of were (or would have been) best dealt with through participating in the conversation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The topic was How can social media analysis help predict results? and several highly regarded social media strategists recounted their work in mining Twitter and other online forums leading up to the Australian election. The central message was: Look, there are heaps of voters on Twitter. Pollies take note!

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Social media. • Social media extremism. • My Twitter hero. • 20 hot resources for customer-facing social media. • LATI: A better way to measure influence on Twitter? • The big myth of social networking. • Foching up social media. .

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2012

For example, Bob was contacted by people in Australia and New Zealand , while a fellow in Malaysia took to Twitter: Asia-Pacific’s list of e-learning movers and shakers your-story.org/asia-pacifics-… I Should be there, but then again I am BRITISH.LOL :) — Zaid Ali Alsagoff (@zaidlearn) April 18, 2012.

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E-Learning Provocateur

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Social media. • Social media extremism. • My Twitter hero. • 20 hot resources for customer-facing social media. • LATI: A better way to measure influence on Twitter? • The big myth of social networking. • Foching up social media. .

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 13, 2012

For example, Bob was contacted by people in Australia and New Zealand , while a fellow in Malaysia took to Twitter: Asia-Pacific’s list of e-learning movers and shakers your-story.org/asia-pacifics-… I Should be there, but then again I am BRITISH.LOL :) — Zaid Ali Alsagoff (@zaidlearn) April 18, 2012.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 14, 2017

After the conference, I’ll look up my profile on Twitter to review my list. Use social media. If you do use Twitter, include the official hashtag in your tweets. I like to tweet my notes because the character limit forces me to zero in on the essence of the message.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

As microblogging solutions such as Yammer sweep across the corporate sector, a melting pot of social media veterans and newbies inevitably begins to boil. Some don’t even have a Facebook account, let alone Twitter. And this is a wonderful thing. I’m all for it. This in itself isn’t a problem. Revelation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2012

I’m no marketing expert, but here are several tactics that I have found fruitful: • Tell all your followers on Facebook, Twitter and other forums. • Advertise on social media and in specialist magazines. • Create a Facebook page. • Ask your friends and allies to publish a review.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MAY 18, 2009

Do you think Twitter is a self-indulgent waste of time? David Hopkins asked his followers recently (via Twitter!)… … How would you describe Twitter to the uninitiated, in 140 characters or less? My initial reply was… Twitter is a personal message board…? You’re not alone. Participate!

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

As microblogging solutions such as Yammer sweep across the corporate sector, a melting pot of social media veterans and newbies inevitably begins to boil. Some don’t even have a Facebook account, let alone Twitter. And this is a wonderful thing. I’m all for it. This in itself isn’t a problem. Revelation.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 11, 2013

The course was supported by social media groups across several platforms, including Twitter, Google+ and Facebook. Through the discussions in the course, participation in the social media groups, and comments on my blog posts, I connected with some incredibly smart people from all over the world.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JANUARY 31, 2009

I’ve been seeing a lot more social media icons on websites these days, and you may have noticed that I’ve recently added a few to this blog. Steven Bradley provides an enjoyable review of some of the negative sentiment out there that’s brooding over social media icons. Social media can help them do that.

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E-Learning Provocateur

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I’ve seen peers resist enterprise social media because they don’t like Twitter and Facebook. Typically the root cause is a company-centric model that can’t be bothered inconveniencing itself on behalf of its own corporate values. I’ve seen peers pussyfoot over m-learning because it’s all too hard.

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E-Learning Provocateur

MARCH 31, 2013

Pick a social media platform to support your progress. I made the mistake of bouncing between Twitter, Google+ and Facebook in case I missed out on anything, but all that did was waste my time. If you’re super keen, you can always continue the conversation with your new-found friends after the mooc has ended.

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E-Learning Provocateur

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Social selling is a different animal. In this age of social media, I’m flabbergasted by those who use the medium to find me, request a connection, then start pitching. I’m active on Twitter and I write this blog, so why not engage with me on these platforms first?

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 18, 2011

It’s alive and well in modern corporations, perhaps most conspicuously in relation to social media. Many executives still don’t “get” social media. No wonder they think it’s crap! But don’t let them off the hook that easily.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 6, 2009

Social networking has been around since the dawn of time. However, the exponential growth of online platforms such as Facebook and Twitter has taken it to a whole new stratosphere. In terms of e-learning, the principle of “Social networking is king&# has implications for pedagogy. The goal posts have moved.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 18, 2011

It’s alive and well in modern corporations, perhaps most conspicuously in relation to social media. Many executives still don’t “get” social media. No wonder they think it’s crap! But don’t let them off the hook that easily.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Not to mention that just about everyone knows how to use Facebook or Twitter already, so in that sense they have prior knowledge. I guess self-paced tutorials, user guides, tip sheets etc are less of an imperative when the system is so damn easy to use. User acknowledgement is also somewhat important.

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2009

His point is: if you aren’t interacting with other people through media such as mailing lists, blogs, Twitter, discussion forums etc, then you are not developing professionally and you will eventually stagnate. See you at LearnX 2010!

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E-Learning Provocateur

JUNE 17, 2012

Not to mention that just about everyone knows how to use Facebook or Twitter already, so in that sense they have prior knowledge. I guess self-paced tutorials, user guides, tip sheets etc are less of an imperative when the system is so damn easy to use. User acknowledgement is also somewhat important.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 28, 2012

The idea of the Human Brochure was to invite 250 social media-savvy people to Canberra; feed them; shelter them; and cart them around to several major tourist attractions. The point of the exercise was for us to share our thoughts, opinions and experiences with our followers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Just as I was getting excited about reaching the 2,000 follower milestone on Twitter, I suddenly jumped to 26,000 followers. Another lead stemmed from Twitter itself. I’m not that popular. Smelling a giant stinking rat, I perused my follower list and saw that I was being followed by the likes of @TAKAKOD8STIN and @ELKEg00CALL.

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E-Learning Provocateur

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Just as I was getting excited about reaching the 2,000 follower milestone on Twitter, I suddenly jumped to 26,000 followers. Another lead stemmed from Twitter itself. I’m not that popular. Smelling a giant stinking rat, I perused my follower list and saw that I was being followed by the likes of @TAKAKOD8STIN and @ELKEg00CALL.

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E-Learning Provocateur

OCTOBER 28, 2012

The idea of the Human Brochure was to invite 250 social media-savvy people to Canberra; feed them; shelter them; and cart them around to several major tourist attractions. The point of the exercise was for us to share our thoughts, opinions and experiences with our followers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.

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E-Learning Provocateur

JULY 18, 2011

It’s Google’s trump card against the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Then there’s Twitter. The 140 character limit is Twitter’s saving grace, and ultimately its competitive edge. As for targeting messages, Twitter can’t do that. Forget Facebook, forget Twitter. It makes sense.

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