Social Media in 2012: Collaborative Businesses
Over the last three years social media has empirically changed the way businesses operate. It’s not just the widespread us of web based social platforms like facebook and twitter; some of my clients have harnessed their own internal social networks, micro-blogging, wikis, and other platforms for employees to collaborate internally. I’ve begun to wonder what would happen if these companies took these internal systems and opened them up for external collaboration with the public or, gasp, other companies. But with this premise are a host of questions that are likely be...
Read MorePride Leadership Graduation
I’m proud to say that I’ve completed the Pride Leadership program with the United Way of Central Ohio. The first of its kind, the program is designed to develop leadership skills to increase volunteer and board service opportunities for people in the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transgender) community. At graduation I received the honor of delivering our commencement speech prior to the delivery of our certificates. Here is my speech and some photos from the event: ——- Fellow Graduates, Over 100 years ago, when Queen Victoria pressed Lord Salisbury to change...
Read MorePride Leadership – Opening Retreat
Recently I wrote about my acceptance and participation in Pride Leadership. For the last two days I have been at the Deer Creek Resort and Conference Center, about 45 minutes outside of Columbus, for the program’s opening retreat. As part of the program, the participants will complete a community service project and attend workshop sessions where we’ll learn about things like board governance, parliamentary procedures and fiscal management. The opening retreat allowed us to truly get to know each other and break down any barriers before embarking on the rest of the program. The...
Read MoreAcceptance into the Pride Leadership Program
I’m excited to announce that I have been accepted into the fourth cycle of Pride Leadership, a program of the United Way of Central Ohio. Initiated in 2008, the Pride Leadership program develops skills to increase volunteer and board service opportunities for people in the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transgender) community. The program is centered around an intense eight-month training curriculum designed to prepare participants for effective service on a not-for-profit board or leadership position. The intent is to give people in the LGBT community a much-needed voice in...
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