Do you Twit on Twitter?

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Spring is just around the corner and we are led to believe that everyone is using TWITTER to tell the world what they are doing right now! me – "Typing a post about Twitter" Have a look at http://twitter.com/policomm and don't forget to press the follow me button!

Sounds like garbage to you? Then you need to read Duct Tape Marketing's guide “Beginner’s Guide to Using Twitter for Business” You can learn how to:

1) Would you like a way to connect and network with others in your industry
or others who share you views? It’s a good a tool for that.
2) Would you like a way to get instant access to what’s being said, this
minute, about your organization, people, products, or brand? It’s a good
tool for that.
3) Would you like a steady stream of ideas, content, links, resources, and
tips focused on your area of expertise or interest? It’s a good tool for that.
4) Would you like to monitor what’s being said about your customers to help
them protect their brands? It's a good tool for that.

I tend to use Twitter only once in a while and mainly as an archive of thoughts or comments that are logged on the website HERE

If you use TWITTER or love or hate it tell us your comments …

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Thoughts on the eve of the election ….

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“You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays in the back room. If you want the cooperation of human beings around you, make them feel that they are important. And you do that by being humble.”

–Nelson Mandela

“We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up in teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing. And a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress whilst producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.”

–Gaius Petronius, AD 66

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Notes for inspiration and reflection

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KEEP IT SIMPLE!
What's the problem? Who cares?

Your solution = Particular>General>Particular

What? So What? Now What?

… guide the conversation

… what spreads wins

… Don't communicate, facilitate

… Information interchange – information is a one way street, conversation is not

… Communication is the transfer of emotion

All good concepts to adopt for daily interactions but easier said than done.

I thought that I would share with everyone some notes that I have made during my reading of various websites loosely connected with Communications, Marketing, PR and Lobbying. My apologies for not being able to reference the sources of the notes but I use a very simple copy and paste process into my 'Webnote' module on my Netvibes page.

For more rigorous research and note taking I use Evernote and Clipmaks for extracts or for bookmarking – FURL (great as it saves an actual copy of the web page not just a link.) and Del.icio.us

What tools do you use to keep track of all the gems that you find across the web?

[NOTE: first published 23 April 2007 ]

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e-Petitions … making change happen

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Electronic petions or e-petitions are quite popular at present. Be they about Tibet or women in the catholic synod they give a very easy way for petitioners to support their favorite cause from the comfort of their computer chair – even if our in-boxes can get overwhelmed by pleas to support right now!

I have to own up to being the author of one such campaign – Hands off our Coops! The e-petition is powered by gopetition.com for free. The online software gives a good selection of management tools to keep track of thousands of signatures albiet with the ubiquitous (not too intrusive) google ads. There are many other on-line petition sites but this one seemed to me the most robust and easy to manage. The trick with all such campaigns is the effectiveness of the publicity – an existing network that can be set running virally is the key. Petitions supporting football issues seem to do this without any effort.

Have you used on-line petitions? Tell us your experiences and whilst you are at it sign the "Hands off our Coops!" petition

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openness, movement, ambition and a sense of natural harmony.

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This is the message that the Slovenes want us all to get from their European Union Presidency logo.

slovenia logo150x80.jpg Do you see Earth, Fire, Air, Water and Ether?

The outline of the logo for Slovenia’s Presidency of the European Union resembles an oak leaf, which reflects the solid, persistent, dependable character of Slovenes, a people who are cool under pressure and thoughtful in their decisions. Oak wood represents high quality, as for example when used in wine barrels. [More: http://www.eu2008.si/en/The_Council_Presidency/Symbol/index.html

The chosen logo is from Robert Kuhar.

It is amazing what some designers can put into an image but I suspect very few people see much of it.

Compare with previous posts on logos:

http://policomm.info/listing/125/does-the-logo-says-it-all-for-you/

http://policomm.info/listing/234/the-logo-says-it-all/

http://policomm.info/blog/257/openess-modernity-and-oceans/