Safety Culture Plus

? The right to workplace safety – short safety video showing what your rights are

webmaster — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:13:33 +0000

via oshax.org

Interesting video clip on safety!!

Posted via web from James_Roughton’s Posterous

? Don’t Be a Chicken: 6 Simple Steps to Creating Online Marketing Videos

webmaster — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:15:47 +0000

via blog.hubspot.com

This where many blogger. Nice article.

Posted via web from James_Roughton’s Posterous

? Musings on my learning curve for 2010

Nathan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:13:03 +0000

I feel like I am on an island and bottles keep washing up holding incredibly interesting topics and ideas. I wonder where they are coming from and how I can catch the mainstream that will take me to their source. To mix the metaphor, isn’t amazing how large the ocean of information is but how few we seem to come across that are using it’s bounty… We cannot implement or assimilate the great ideas fast enough. Is there a limit to our ability to implement solid positive change?

Are we paleontologist of fossilized Information or explorers in an exciting information jungle. Think Darwin on an informational Beagle voyage – We gather info, stick it in a bottle (file folder) with a label while studying the meaning of how it all fits together. Gather living specimens as well as learn the history, then combine. How do we trace the best way to develop, implement and deploy into the organizational body higher quality and more effective ways to improve the workplace and lives of those that work there?

Can we determine the real DNA of an organization and set the course for change using valid science? Ideas that worked well in the past still reside within us and pop to the surface until stress or time constraints – Quick, let’s train them again! Use the same slides and script as before, set room in classroom style, limit breaks and make sure doughnuts and caffeine are there to entice them in.

Yet the world of science, new styles of communications, and the work environment tell us maybe those actions may not be effective any longer. Or at the very least, we need to find ways to modify them in this new environment. Since the environment is always changing, how do we establish an ever evolving process of positive change?

The evolution of safety – from humble beginnings ("Put a poster, there") to organizational behavior, dynamics, influencing, brain research and complexity theory. Meanwhile, a large number of us continue to do beautiful cave wall paintings (charts and graphs) to show others.

Areas of current study – evolution theory, complexity theory, organizational dynamics, brain research, strategic planning – hell of a learning curve.

Check out www.brainrules.net/DVD for interesting thoughts by Dr. John Medina.

Nathan Crutchfield

Crutchfield Consulting

www.ncsafetyandlife.com

? 10 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

webmaster — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:11:53 +0000

Great article from Problogger on the Top 10 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog Using LinkedIn http://ow.ly/19HIa

via Ping.fm

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? Help is Now More Helpful ~ HootSuite Support Evolves | HootSuite blog – Social Media Dashboard

webmaster — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:54:52 +0000

With the fresh release of HootSuite (code-named Barn Owl), we%u2019ve also revamped the ways we offer knowledge and help. Now there are three ways to feedback, connect or get help %u2013 here%u2019s the breakdown:

HootSuite Feedback: A Place for Ideas

Most comments from HootSuite users are about feature requests, road map (and how lovable owls are). This is why we%u2019ve created HootSuite Feedback %u2014 a special place for fans of our beloved social media dashboard. Submit feature requests, talk with fellow users, and speculate about the future.

More than just a forum, HootSuite Feedback is a place where you can vote on features, suggestions, and miscellaneous discussions. Similar to Digg, there is a button beside each topic that our fans can %u201Cvote up%u201D. If we see an idea that is particularly popular, don%u2019t be surprised if we include it in future versions.

So grab a coffee, start sharing ideas %u2014 and remember: we%u2019re listening.

HootSuite Help: Lending a Hand

We%u2019ve streamlined HootSuite Help services to better serve you. We%u2019ve re-created our help pages to resolve your issues quicker. HootSuite Help%u2019s emphasis is on indexing easy-to-find answers to most of your questions.

As a result, we encourage you to help yourself. HootSuite is a free service and we are gaining more users. Hence, it is not always easy to answer every email in a timely fashion. Before creating a service request, be sure to check our newly created base of knowledge to see if there%u2019s a solution to your problems.

Still, we acknowledge not every issue is documented, so please send us a Support Request if there is no article addressing your problem. Our Help Team is always happy to help you!

HootSuite Engage: Let%u2019s Hang

HootSuite keeps adding more social networks to the social media dashboard and we hang out there too. Find us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn , Flickr and MySpace. With our presence on these channels, we often love to chat and connect. Hence, HootSuite Engage %u2013 our new initiative to well%u2026 engage with you. Post on our walls, share your thoughts, and get to know us. Wherever you may be, we want you to know you got a friend with HootSuite.

With that said, all feedback, suggestions, and feature requests posted on social networks will now be directed to HootSuite Feedback. Likewise, support questions will be directed to HootSuite Help.

Thoughts on Support: We%u2019re in This Together

Owly HootSuite poses at Socialable book launch – photo Jeremy Lim

HootSuite is nothing without a great product and a passionate group of users. With this in mind, we work hard to continually improve the product while also making sure we help people get started, learn more tricks, and figure out problems. Like other companies, the questions we hear the most are ones we try to pro-actively answer.

To make this convenient for you, we%u2019ve assembled a library of how-tos and FAQs which will solve 90% of inquires we hear through all support channels. The rest may require further help, but now there%u2019s a full-functional support request system to better help you.

Additionally, there is a cadre of consultants, evangelists and savvy users who write tips, tricks and tutorials on their blogs. We%u2019ll do our best to share those with others as well as producing White Papers and Case Studies to help artists, businesses and organizations learn how to Hoot more effectively.

We want everyone to enjoy their HootSuite experience %u2014 and we work diligently to make this happen %u2014 thanks for coming along.

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