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Missing presumed dead: ‘please’ and ‘thank-you’ have left the social web

11 Aug

When I was a child I looked forward to Christmas and birthdays with much anticipation because I knew that I would be showered with gifts from family and friends.  However, one of the small inconveniences that my mother insisted on was that we neatly noted down who had sent the gift so that we could then spend a day following up with thank you letters.  At first those thank you letters were written by my mother with a drawing (actually, more a scribble) from my siblings and I, later we progressed to writing our name, in large red crayon normally and finally we were tasked with the responsibility of managing our thank-you notes ourselves, choosing the day we wrote and then posted them. (more…)

Do YOU have business social intelligence?

31 Mar

This was the question I was asking myself when I was preparing for a presentation to the Brilliant BusinessXchange a couple of weeks ago.  In fact, how do you measure it and yes, I know that I’ve ‘stolen’ the concept of social intelligence from Daniel Goleman even though I use those theories but apply to online business instead, but anyway, back to the question in hand …… (more…)

What is Business Social Intelligence?

22 May

Business Social Intelligence is a phrase I’ve coined that mixes Social Intelligence with Social Networking for Business.  Daniel Goleman certainly didn’t intend that this mix be created when he first wrote his book Social Intelligence.  In that book it refers principally to one’s personal relationships in the real world and how one interacts with others socially.  He talks about their being seven different aspects to Social Intelligence and over the next few weeks I’ll be demonstrating and explaining how you can take your Social Intelligence online and into networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I’ve also created a very light hearted quiz, that gives you an insight into how you perform on the business social intelligence ratings - this is not scientific and it is not endorsed by anyone so do take it as you find it and have fun!

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