Michael Specht

An imperfect blog from Australia looking at technology, enterprise 2.0, management, Human Resources (HR) and other random thoughts.

Entries Tagged as 'Communication'

Enterprise 2.0, employees and profits

June 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Communication, Engagement, Enterprise 2.0, Management, Productivity, Social Networks · 674 views

Last night at PubCamp I led a small unconference session around Enterprise 2.0, employees and profits, overall it was Ok but not as good as I would have liked. A part of the issue was a couple of vocal participants in the front row who kept heckling the group the robust debate going, Duncan Riley [...]

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What’s with this Twitter thing?

December 28th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Blogging, Communication, Social Networks · 1,442 views

I know many people just don’t get Twitter, even when it is explained to them, however given the growth of the tool there must be “Something about Twitter?”

(From http://cogdogblog.com/2007/04/26/splj-20/)
But what is it?
Over the last week I have seen a few blog posts once again trying to sort out what it is and a couple knocking [...]

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Find that missing tweet

December 3rd, 2007 · 3 Comments · Communication, Knowledge Management, New Media, Social Networks, Technology · 1,461 views

I am currently on day 3 of a self imposed Twitter/Facebook/social network ban so I kind of feel I am disconnected from a community I have heavily been involved in for over a year. Why is a long story and I’m not sure how much longer it will go on for.
Today I found a great [...]

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Follow up on always on communication

November 29th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Communication, Management, Productivity, Technology · 1,083 views

Over the last 6 months I have written a few times about always on communication and the impact on workplaces, work life balance and productivity. Today is a follow up.
By the end of next week I will have had the Palm Treo 750 for 2 months. Verdict?
You take my Treo away I will hunt you [...]

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Blasts from the Past

August 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Blogging, Change Management, Communication, Knowledge Management, Learning · 1,841 views

Over the last couple of days I have been looking for inspiration on what to blog about, so I started researching a couple of topics on communication, collaboration and employee engagement. Funny enough I found some of my old posts, so I thought instead of writing something new I would give you “5 Blasts from [...]

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IM how do you use it!

August 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Communication, Management, New Media, Technology · 1,573 views

IM is finally starting to make it’s way into corporate Australia, I know we are slow off the mark! But this is starting to pose all sorts of issues. The Google Australia blog posted today about this very topic and it reminded me that after about 10 years of prolific IM usage where I currently [...]

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The skills of Gen Y

July 17th, 2007 · 11 Comments · Communication, HR Management, Management, Recruitment · 2,189 views

It seems that Gen Y is not all bad, their technical skills save them, other than that we need to write the off as a wasted generation. What! Well that’s what 315 business leaders across Australia would like us to think based on the results of a survey conducted by SmartCompany in conjunction with Roy [...]

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Communication with employees

July 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Communication, Management · 1,083 views

We all know that most issues in our lives result from a lack of, or the wrong type of communication (well most of us know this) . A lack of communication between employees and their managers can be and many times is the bottom line problem in employee performance.  Basically the manager is incapable of [...]

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Always On communication update

July 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Communication, Technology · 1,141 views

It has been just over a week since I started using the HP iPaq 6900. My thoughts

Battery life is a bit low, standard battery just makes it through the work day, I have been running the extended life battery, just bigger.
Having push email is very good, allows me to keep tabs on what is [...]

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Testing out always on contectivity

July 3rd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Communication, Management, Technology · 1,432 views

Just got my hands on a demo HP iPAQ 6965 unit to trial over the next few weeks, as my boss is away who is testing it out and has another few weeks to go on the test program. It will give me a great chance to learn about how I would use such [...]

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