I recently gave a talk on Social Media to the Kildare branch of Network Ireland. Network Ireland provides a forum where women in business, the professionals, and the Arts can exchange ideas and increase their business contacts.

I think it’s fair to say that while within the group there was a realisation as to the need to be actively using social media; there was also trepidation around where to start, how much time to spend and the technical knowledge that was required. (more…)

Buyers in Fortune 1000 organizations say the challenge facing professional sales teams is to adapt how they sell to how buyer’s are going to buy.  They have told us that high value buying is developing into a science around the allocation of scare recourse to major projects and purchases. (more…)

“John Jantsch, author of ‘Duct Tape Marketing,’ suggests trying … networks that cater to business owners, such as Biznik and BizSugar.” – Three Best Ways to Use Social Media in the Wall Street Journal, Dec. 16, 2009 (more…)

Please read my orginal #FollowFriday post to understand how this works (more…)

I’ve had the pleasure and sometimes the misfortune of attending lots of interviews over the years. During this time, I’ve got to experience the interview process from both sides – as a potential candidate and as an interviewer.

Something that grates with me is why so many downright silly interview questions continue to be asked even though they are clearly pointless & invariably just waste time??

Here are my 10 MOST STUPID interview questions EVER & some tongue in cheek answers

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Please read the following post from my good friend Jonathan Farrington, It’s simply unbelieveable but unfortunately it’s true.

When Plagiarism Is NOT Flattering

I would like to introduce you to Michael J. Roman - Michael who? Exactly. But after today, I suspect so many more people will be familiar with that name, as it flies around the “Blogosphere” and becomes the topic of much “Twittering” (more…)