Branding Women in Technology Forum from Bret Simmons I am speaking today at the Women in Technology Forum being held at Microsoft Licensing, GP in Reno. In 50 short minutes, I hope to be able to persuade the women in my audience that because social business is the new business reality, having a good online [...]
Last May, I recognized the best videos created by my MBA class in personal branding and my undergraduate class in social business. Last night was the first night of video presentations in my current undergraduate class in social business, and we got off to a very impressive start. The thirteen students that presented their video [...]
LinkedIn NV State SHRM Conference from Bret Simmons I am presenting today to the Nevada State Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conference in Reno. I am co-presenting in a session on using LinkedIn for recruiting talent. My role is to explain what LinkedIn is, why it is important, and what a good profile looks [...]
My MBA class in personal branding was one of the most enjoyable classes I have ever taught in my entire career. The majority of my 30 students challenged themselves and encouraged each other to create blogs they could be proud of. I’m sure they used my name in vain many times when they were reading [...]
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I am speaking this morning to a group of leaders at Truckee Meadows Community College. It’s not often that I get a chance to speak to colleagues in education about leadership so I am looking forward to it. These folks have been participating in leadership development and my talk will be the final session. I [...]
Crappy Systems – The Reason Why Good Service Is So Elusive
Why is it so hard to get good service in a coffee shop in Reno at 7:30 am on a Friday morning? Last week I had an unacceptable service encounter at Starbucks. This morning I once again was near that same Starbucks, and instead of going for the convenient experience, I drove out of my [...]
