http://theminnesuinggroup.com Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:45:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CRA is proud to announce the 2007 season of our think tank and peer group for internal communication professionals: The Minnesuing Group. The 2006 Membership included professionals from McDonald’s, IBM, Procter and Gamble, Coke, Carlson, Kaiser Permanente, American Express, The World Bank, and State Farm, among others. Membership in The Minnesuing ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/the-2007-minnesuing-group/ Jeff Smith from Carlson has created his TypePad blog. It's here, and we've linked to it in the sidebar as well. Pay him a visit and offer a congratulatory comment. http://theminnesuinggroup.com/jeff-smith-blogger/ For those frequent flyers amongst us, here's a post by a former United gate agent on the criteria for upgrading customers to First Class. It was posted in an online forum at Flyertalk, an online community focused on helping travellers get the most out of their frequent flyer miles. I expect ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/how-social-media-works/ This site has an RSS feed that you may use to stay up-to-date with posts and new content. For the unfamiliar, RSS (which stands for "really simple syndication"), is an underlying web technology that allows you to "subscribe" to nearly any weblog with the click of a mouse. When the ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/how-to-subscribe-to-our-rss-feed/ hi again:  here's something else we agreed to share: our guidelines for online discussions and/or blogs.   We use the same for both media, just replacing the term 'forum' with 'blog.'  Michele Disclaimer and Terms of Usage Posted: Feb 18, 2006 5:57 PM Reply Staff Forum Disclaimer The opinions expressed in the staff forum are solely ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/74/ Thanks again to Alan for inviting me to speak this year, and thanks to everyone who made me so welcome and taught me so much throughout the week. It's been a long time since I've had the opportunity to meet a group of such smart, impassioned, (and just plain nice) ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/wow-was-that-fun/ hi everyone!  back on the homerange and back to reality as well... (what?  no breakfast awaiting me as i stumble down the stairs?)  a number of us spoke about the business in which internal comms ought to be and i promised i would share a  model i found a little while ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/the-spectrum-of-communication-activities/ The Frozen Middle session prompted some questions about Gallup's "Gallup 12" survey. Here's the boilerplate and the questions: Five years ago (mid ‘80’s) The Gallup Organization decided to create a better feedback process for employers large and small: an opinion-based tool that would both release and direct the powers of feedback. ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/the-gallup-12/ John, Jeff G. and I had a conversation over lunch today about setting service levels when providing internal communication counsel and services to internal clients. During the discussion I referenced a blog post I'd written in August that outlines our (CRA's) point of view. I thought it might be of ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/internal-service-levels/ In listening to Diane Jones' presentation about the reward and recognition toolkits at CHI I connected a dot to something Rebecca had said yesterday re: blogs etc. It's the idea that two of the keys to gaining participation are: Creating supporting structures Using tools that have very low transaction costs -- extremely ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/two-observations-re-rewards-and-recognitions/ Talking about what appears to be an interesting (and perhaps humorous) topic ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/beautiful-people/ The book about which Michele spoke. http://theminnesuinggroup.com/geeks-and-geezers/ Rebecca's remarks on the write-able web and, in particular, how it has enabled mavens to find an audience (on almost any topic), reminded me of Momus's riff on Warhol: "In the future, everyone will be famous to 15 people." http://theminnesuinggroup.com/warhol-was-wrong/ Attached is a link to a decent article on the generations currently populating the workforce. I am also attaching an article from the Corporate Leadership Council on HR Considerations in Engaging Gen Y'ers. http://www.globallead.com/WeConnect/Oct05/ageofchange.html hr-considerations-for-engaging-gen-y-employees.pdf http://theminnesuinggroup.com/multi-generational-workforce/ del.icio.us An IBM page on their Dogear software Socialbookmarking.org A list of social bookmarking tools and comparisons between them (and with links to each) Ma.gnolia.com, a primary del.icio.us competitor http://theminnesuinggroup.com/bookmarking-applications/ 1 lb. butter, softened 3 cups cottage cheese 3 cups all purpose flour Icing: 2 cups powdered sugar 3 T. milk 1 tsp. almond extract Crushed pecans Combine cottage cheese and butter in mixing bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy. Add flour slowly with machine running. Beat until smooth. Roll dough as if for pie crust. Cut dough ... http://theminnesuinggroup.com/cottage-cheese-rolls/ An interview with Rebecca re: The Age of Participatory Culture. http://theminnesuinggroup.com/the-age-of-participatory-culture/ Here's a link to the Google search on "participatory culture." http://theminnesuinggroup.com/participatory-culture/ Read about it here. FrogwatchUSA is here, and Eartdive is here. http://theminnesuinggroup.com/the-christmas-bird-count/ A weblog devloted to Citizen Science projects. http://theminnesuinggroup.com/from-rebecca-citizen-science/