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Gossip, Social Capital, and Schadenfreude

Written by: Bill Sherman on Friday, 1 January 2010, 8:50 AM

A friend of mine, Tim Sanders, offers the following insight about gossip:
Gossip, especially about personal tragedies, is a social form of pornography. It can only poison your psyche and drag down your spirit.
What is “social pornography?” I’m not going to define pornography directly, because it’s a slippery slope. For example, Justice Potter Stewart’s  maxim on pornography–”I [...]

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Expanding Your Ability to Find Answers through LinkedIn

Written by: Bill Sherman on Tuesday, 16 June 2009, 8:37 PM

Tony Karrer makes a very interesting post about finding expert answers within the extended social network of LinkedIn. If you use LinkedIn, it’s a worthwhile read, and it may change how you use LinkedIn.
As my father (a reference librarian) used to say, “You don’t need to know the answer yourself. You just need to know [...]

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Social Learning Platforms and Social Capital

Written by: Bill Sherman on Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 3:09 PM

Today, Mike Prokopeak, from Chief Learning Officer magazine, questioned  the value of social media and informal learning within training and development programs. RIght now, there’s a lot of buzz about using social media tools–Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. to create social-media based learning communities. Mike asked “are training professionals behind the curve or ahead of it?”
Social media and [...]

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Responding to Good/Bad News

Written by: Bill Sherman on Friday, 22 August 2008, 10:22 AM

There’s an old saying that good news travels fast but bad news travels faster. In this age, the speed of communications really doesn’t matter–it’s the quality of communications.
When someone reaches out to you with truly great news or horrible news, take a moment to plan your reply. How can you make your response quick and [...]

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