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By: Marijean Jaggers
12/06/2007 - I'm liveblogging the second workshop at the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council's Annual Business Forum -- the Information Tsunami -- using e-tools for business, with David Chen moderating. Panelists include Kamin Whitehouse, Uday Gupta and Jim Bain. Panelists share tools they use daily: Microsoft Office Unix…
By: Marijean Jaggers
12/06/2007 - It was the summer of 2005 and I was working as the director of marketing for a small consulting firm. In addition, I was authoring Shop Talk, a blog about shopping for STLToday. It became clear that there was change underfoot at my firm and…
By: Tammy Stankey
12/05/2007 - I recently had the opportunity to watch my nephew play a Peewee hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta – home of Wayne Gretzky. Besides noticing the obvious – eleven-year old boys in Canada can really skate – I noticed something more. I noticed the tenor on…
By: Marijean Jaggers
12/04/2007 - I've got a fever, and the only prescription is not just for more cowbell, but for more Lee LeFever. LeFever is the driving force behind the very successful The Commoncraft Show, a video project offering easy to comprehend shorts on social media tools. We're finding…
By: Cathy Dunkin
12/04/2007 - Our blog will soon feature a series of posts titled “How I started ‘Standing.'” These short pieces will give readers insight into how the members of our outstanding team came to join Standing Partnership. Since I literally “started Standing,” I figured a back story was…
By: Christi Dixon
12/04/2007 - Jamie Riley, letters editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was kind enough to lend me her ear today to discuss the inner workings of the Post-Dispatch's Editorial Department. The Standing team learned some time ago about an incoming editorial page editor, but thanks to Jamie,…
By: Christi Dixon
12/03/2007 - [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI] Finally, a video I can share with my grandparents. . . and 6-year-old daughter!
By: Mistie Thompson
12/03/2007 - Shhh...don't tell any of my colleagues, but I have the best job at Standing Partnership. Officially, I'm a "senior counselor." No, I do not gather everyone around the campfire at 5 p.m. to sing Kum Ba Ya and roast marshmallows. What that title actually translates…
By: Marijean Jaggers
12/03/2007 - Studies (and personal experience) show that companies are adopting social media and engaging in social networking at an increasing rate of speed. Social networking, as explained by this Common Craft video, is the online connection, collaboration and relationship development between people who share common interests.…
By: Jenny Rausch
12/03/2007 - The real estate bubble has burst – leaving many homeowners unsure of their own domestic situations. I can relate. I find myself in the same situation – do I hold out on my prime location? Or do I chance it on a move? I'm not…
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