Posts Tagged ‘Communication’

Keep Your Mother's Day Greetings Offline

heart_momAs social media continues to be taken over by corporations and public relations companies, we are being urged to take our Mother’s Day celebrations and tributes online. I’m here to tell you that my mother deserves better, and so does yours. That doesn’t mean you have to spend the $15 billion that Americans are expected to drop this year. But I am reminding you that saying “hi” on your favorite social network to your friend 400 miles away might cut it, but it doesn’t pass muster when Mother’s Day is involved.

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Report: Facebook and Twitter Slowly Replacing Email

email overload vs wiki 2009 saw a tremendous increase in usage of Social Media sites like Twitter and Facebook, and could easily be termed as the Year of Social Media. This growth in the usage of social and collaboration platforms has led the enterprises to seriously consider using social platforms for business collaborations, according to Mark R. Gilbert, research vice president at Gartner Research.
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