My Weekly Top Ten

By Dennis D. McDonald

For the period November 16 through November 23, 2009, the following were, in descending order, this web site’s most popular Managing Technology posts:

1. The Curse of Popular Terms like “Social Media”
2. A Short Definition of “Strategic Planning”
3. What’s the Difference Between Innovation and Creativity?
4. Cookies, Imrworldwide, and Nielsen Netratings: What’s the Connection?
5. Challenges Facing Recovery.gov and the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
6. How To Develop a Business-Aligned Social Media & Social Networking Strategy
7. Move Over Kindle: Here Comes the Chinese E-Book
8. Google Wave Asks, Do You Like Your Project Collaboration Hard or Soft?
9. Banners and Widgets for Nonprofits and Volunteer Organizations, Part 1
10. Seven Articles about Strategic Planning and Social Media

Copyright (c) 2009 by Dennis D. McDonald. Dennis’ contact information is here.

The Curse of Popular Terms like "Social Media"

I use the term “social media” all the time. It’s one of the terms listed in the index banner at the top of this page. Besides, development of “social media” strategies and tactics are an important focus of some of my current consulting clients.

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Social Media Engagement Tips: Twitter Alone is Not a Strategy

I admit it — I use Twitter. If I’m at my desk I check in throughout the day (I don’t access it by phone but by browser). Right now I follow 690 and 1,432 follow me, so I’m no “A-lister.”

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Social Media Engagement Tips: Don't Give Up on Email Just Yet

It’s fashionable these days to point out that email really sucks as a tool for collaboration.

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Social Media Engagement Tips: Don't Drop the Ball

Updated on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 08:28AM by Dennis D. McDonald

I’ve seen organizations paralyzed with indecision about how to use social media. I’ve also seen “organic adoption” succeed.

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Understanding Context in National Online Public Dialogs

So how are we doing in terms of increasing public involvement in creating, assessing, and commenting on public policies?

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Can Online Public Dialogs Succeed With Anonymous Participants?

I used to think that if you want to be taken seriously online, and if you want to actually participate in an ongoing dialog with a sponsor or other participants, you need to post using your own name and identity so that others know who you are.

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Promoting Technology Enabled Collaboration in Complex R&D Environments

An important element in a successful R&D effort is effective collaboration. As the complexity of the research, development, and eventual adoption environments increases — as it does with large Federally funded R&D efforts — the importance of the sharing of information, ideas, and goals increases as well.

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Public Dialog and the 2009-H1N1 Influenza Epidemic

In Social Media and Preparations For the 2009-H1N1 Influenza Epidemic I discussed how a recent high-level policy document issued by the Obama Administration incorporates explicit recommendations for using social media and social networking techniques to communicate with the public about epidemic related topics.

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Twittering for Science Fiction Advice

I’ve been reading a lot of history and non-fiction recently. I think I need a change. A good science fiction novel is just what the doctor ordered. But what novel?

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