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Geekipedia
By: Maria Donaldson
09/27/2007 - Wired magazine's Geekipedia landed in mailboxes, of the physical kind, this month. A supplement to the monthly edition of Wired, the Geekipedia outlines "149 people, places, ideas and trends you need to know now." Aside from the obvious Facebook, MySpace, Flash, Googleverse and iPhone definitions,…
Getting to Know You Part II: Team Work
By: Susan Iskiwitch
09/26/2007 - Lunch with Jadea and Patrick was a bit different than lunch with Beth and Maria. Firstly, we went to a restaurant where wearing denim is highly discouraged. This significantly cramped Patrick's style—even when he wears a tie and dress shirt, he wears jeans and Converse…
The Gospel According to Scoble and Israel
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/26/2007 - I've just finished reading Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, in preparation for (life, and) Shel Israel's keynote address at Friday's BlogOrlando unconference. I was very jazzed by the book -- it provides great thinking behind corporate blogging; who…
Working Mother's Top 100
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/25/2007 - I was a mother before I began my career. I remember in those early days eagerly awaiting the annual issue of Working Mother Magazine including the list of 100 Best Companies for working moms, scanning the list for future potential employers. I was determined to…
Definition of a great place to work
By: Christi Dixon
09/25/2007 - How great is it to have a place of employment that encourages work/life balance and allows working parents to serve family and client/customer simultaneously? (It's amazing, trust me.) Check out this discussion-charged post about the seesaw choices of working parents.
PR Web in Plain English
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/25/2007 - PRWeb has produced a great video that helps explain to clients why using a distribution resource to post news releases online is valuable.
Thinking Outside the Press Release
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/25/2007 - Ah, the press release. A staple of modern PR. Necessary, useful, does the job. But sometimes, don't you want to do something that makes people wake up, sit up and then maybe even get up and pursue your product or idea? I laughed out loud…
Getting to Know You Part I
By: Susan Iskiwitch
09/24/2007 - As a new permanent team member and former Standing intern, I was encouraged by my mentor (Marijean) to arrange a series of lunches with other former interns where we could discuss the transition from intern to account coordinator. The office is chock full of employees…
Apples to Apples: A Study of Two Orchards Online
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/22/2007 - Last weekend, I went with my family to Carter Mountain Orchard, not far from our home in Charlottesville, Va. Before our visit, I checked out the orchard's Web site, to get the hours and find out what apples were in season. The online orchard visit…
The Value of "Public" Appearances
By: Christi Dixon
09/21/2007 - I've had the pleasure of seeing several clients in person this week. Not just to discuss work, but to really find out what they love, what they're up to, what they do when stress hits. It hearkened back a few decades, when the phone and…
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