Facebook for Business Workshop

Posted by on Sep 29, 2010 in business, news and events, social media, social networking | 0 comments

On Tuesday 9th November, we are holding a Facebook for Business workshop.  Click here to read more or book your place. Click to view the Beyond Throwing Sheep: Facebook for Business Workshop –...

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Some Interesting Stories #1

Posted by on Sep 27, 2010 in entrepreneurship, gender, news and events, personal development, series | 4 comments

Every now and then ‘the news’ produces an interesting story that flies dangerously close to the ground.  It therefore fails to register on our radars, which are primed to catch those important-sounding-but-personally-irrelevant ones instead. I thought it might prove useful if I gathered some of these together at semi-random intervals for your perusal.  Their general theme is...

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Social Nepotism?

Posted by on Sep 22, 2010 in blogging, networking, social media, social networking | 6 comments

I’m sure there is no such term, but I wanted to invoke a hint of “Social Networking” to get your attention.  Did it work? So, Nepotism?  What is it? Nepotism is favoritism granted to relatives or friends, with no regard to merit.[1] This comes from Wikipedia, natch.  Doesn’t that sound just a wee bit like what we do while collecting Friends, Followers or Connections...

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Comics Are Educational

Posted by on Sep 20, 2010 in education, ethics | 2 comments

So you know my view that comics are smart and that animated superhero movies like The Incredibles can be used to teach philosophy.  Well it seems I’m in good company.  For a change. William Irwin, a philosophy professor at King’s College in Pennsylvania, edits the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, which includes titles such as Batman and Philosophy, and X-Men and...

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