scottvandam.com » social media http://scottvandam.com/blog My Personal Blog Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:59:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Leadership: Create Conditions in Which Others Generate Great Ideas http://scottvandam.com/blog/2010/06/leadership-create-conditions-in-which-others-generate-great-ideas/ http://scottvandam.com/blog/2010/06/leadership-create-conditions-in-which-others-generate-great-ideas/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:16:30 +0000 scottvandam http://scottvandam.com/blog/?p=288 I read a tweet this evening that inspired me to share a video I watched last night.  Sally Hogshead from her Twitter account reminded both her followers and myself that:

“Your job as a leader is not to have great ideas, but to create conditions in which *others* have great ideas.” ~Sir Ken #taom

The vehicle to accomplish this is through effective communication.

Whether you are a leader in business, government, a ministry or a not-for-profit the most important job you have as a leader is to communicate.  How leaders listen, engage, speak, take action and model behaviour has a direct impact on how the front line interacts with the customer, how engaged partners get results, and customers make recommendations on your offerings.

Social Media is giving leaders an unparalled opportunity to listen, engage, speak and take action.  The following video is living proof of this by way of Michael Hyatt’s explanation of how he leverages social media to lead and earn influence with his employees, customers, stakeholders and partners at Thomas Nelson Publishing.  Have a listen as to what he has to say at the Christian Leadership Alliance Annual conference in San Diego last year.

How Can Christian Leaders Get Started with Social Media? from Michael Hyatt on Vimeo.

Let me know what you think!

]]> http://scottvandam.com/blog/2010/06/leadership-create-conditions-in-which-others-generate-great-ideas/feed/ 0 Augmented Reality http://scottvandam.com/blog/2010/01/augmented-reality/ http://scottvandam.com/blog/2010/01/augmented-reality/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:53:17 +0000 scottvandam http://scottvandam.com/blog/?p=232 Nan Palmero over at http://www.nanpalmero.com reminded me how much the world is changing with the power of technology.  Perhaps you are touring around Toronto and want more information on the CN Tower.  Take a picture of it and let wikitude download data from Wikipedia and learn the date it was built, why it was built and how it was built.

Did you just attend an interesting lecture and want more information on the speaker?  Take a picture of him/her and use face.com to learn more about him/her from his social networks.

Be blown away and check out Nan’s post over here. Join the conversation on his blog on whether this technology is fun or will push the end to our sense of privacy?

]]> http://scottvandam.com/blog/2010/01/augmented-reality/feed/ 0 More on the Burlington/Oakville Tweetup! http://scottvandam.com/blog/2009/04/more-on-the-burlingtonoakville-tweetup/ http://scottvandam.com/blog/2009/04/more-on-the-burlingtonoakville-tweetup/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:12:31 +0000 scottvandam http://scottvandam.com/blog/?p=26 As a followup to the announcement to the Burlington/Oakville Tech Talk Tweetup I have embedded the TwitVite application into this blog post to promote the event.  Are you interested in talking tech, networking & socializing?  Come on out to the event on April 27 which is graciously sponsored by Waggware


]]> http://scottvandam.com/blog/2009/04/more-on-the-burlingtonoakville-tweetup/feed/ 0 Burlington/Oakville Tweetup! http://scottvandam.com/blog/2009/04/burlingtonoakville-tweetup/ http://scottvandam.com/blog/2009/04/burlingtonoakville-tweetup/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:08:03 +0000 scottvandam http://scottvandam.com/blog/?p=22 Looking to expand your Network?  Join us for a Burlington/Oakville Tweetup!

When: Monday April 27 @ 5:00 PM

Where:

Milestones Restaurant
3529 Wyecroft Rd (Burloak & QEW)

Google Maps has not been refreshed with the new shopping center (Thus no Google Map.. sorry)

What to Expect?

Networking, Socializing, Tech Talk and what ever your passionate about.

Follow the conversation!

Our hash mark is #oakvilletweetup1

Special Thanks To:

@cfomarshall for getting the ball rolling on this TweetUp, his blog can be read at http://justhardwork.blogspot.com

@waggware for sponsoring the appetizers.  Their website is http://www.waggware.com

And even more thanks for the folks going out to promote the event!

@scottvandam @oakville @bbunderground @RayS @jasonlewin

Originally Posted on the Waggware Strategy Lab Blog

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