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David Christopher comments on The Silent Voice of the Introvert Leader

Hi Luc - thanks for stopping by.

Yes, I heard M.K. Gandhi was an introvert to.

I'm a little confused by your comment. Are you saying you don't think the characteristics of an introvert and extrovert exist or that you just don't like them being labelled?

I do agree that the ability to contribute is irrelevant whether you are either an introvert or an extrovert but the willingness to provide that contribution is very much dependent on it. Speaking from my own experience, I am much more willing to contribute in a group of smaller numbers and with people I feel comfortable with.

Luc comments on The Silent Voice of the Introvert Leader

M.K. Gandhi was an "introvert" too........ Introvert / extrovert is a useless and outdated stigma designed to keep people in check. It says nothing about one's ability to make a contribution.

David Christopher comments on How NOT To Get Twitter Followers (The Sequel)

@Vivian - That's actually a good question - for marketing purposes the number of followers does matter, and it can help your Klout score (a somewhat dubious measure these days).

But for personal knowledge gain then the quality is more important than the quantity. I guess it all depends on your perspective and purpose for using Twitter.

Vivian Kendricks comments on How NOT To Get Twitter Followers (The Sequel)

I don't think having many followers is a big deal but I guess, if you will have hundreds of people following you, it would be really overwhelming. Thank you for the list of No- Nos.

Lisa | Federal Posters comments on So long and thanks for all the fish #SWCONF

Well, It was really great event i think, and i guess you really had so much enjoyment. It was such a great experience for sure.

Elizabeth Lupfer comments on So long and thanks for all the fish #SWCONF

Great wrap-up, David... and it was a pleasure meeting you in real life! And, in my defense, my heel got caught on the carpet!!!!! :-D

David Christopher comments on Is reducing costs the key driver for social media?

@Dennis You have some good solid arguments here - I guess the feedback from some of the members above is if reducing costs is your sole objective then you are likely to fail.

Creating a socially connected enterprise has some great benefits to enhanced collaboration that will undoubtedly increase the ROI but enterprises are still very reluctant to measure this. I'll pop over to your blog post and have a read more on your thoughts and interpretations on defining and measuring collaboration.

Dennis McDonald comments on Is reducing costs the key driver for social media?

There's no rule that says that enterprise use of social media can't do both - improve collaboration AND reduce costs. A lot will depend on what you're trying to measure. If you have a formal business process that is mission critical where cost -- and benefit -- are real and measurable, is there a reason why you shouldn't consider how, say, collaboration via social or mobile media contribute to the overall cost and effectiveness of that process? Also, if meetings are critical to the communication and decisionmaking processes that run your company, is there a reason why you would not want to know what impact on time and other resources more collaboration via social media might make such meetings?

Perhaps an important reason why such uses of social media are not measure more is that to do so requires a willingness to look quantitatively at processes that traditionally haven't been measured in white collar type organizations.

I discuss some of these issues in more detail here: "Defining and Measuring Enterprise Collaboration" http://www.ddmcd.com/DMEC.html

Dennis D. McDonald
Alexandria, Virginia

David Christopher comments on How NOT To Get Twitter Followers (The Sequel)

@James Nice post - I forgot to include the one about thanking people for RT's.

James Mayes comments on How NOT To Get Twitter Followers (The Sequel)

Nice post - you picked up a couple I've missed. I list my version of this as my bio link on Twitter - then when I get a new follower, they know what to expect of me! http://musingsfromsussex.com/how-i-use-twitter/