The Whistle That Uncovers Your Secrets.

A good metaphor is an awesome tool to get fresh perspectives on things. My friend Ali Anani presents the idea that our inner world has effects on us and the effects will in their turn effect our surroundings, by looking at breathing. Our emotions are our chest. And the effects are our breath. Or as …

A Four-Pronged Approach To Study Comments on SlideShare

The “commenting”-function in social media is very powerful. You are not only able to motivate authors by providing encouraging feedback, comments also help evolve the original content, concept or idea (meme if you want). This is about feedback mechanisms in social networks, a topic I discuss frequently with Ali Anani. In “A Four-Pronged Approach To …

How To Get Started In Social Media When You Have Nothing To Say

Is this the first in a series? Don’t know. But it is the first 30-minute session. Date: April 12 2010 Time: Eastern: 2pm, Pacific: 11am, GMT: 7pm, CET: 8pm Location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-project-shrink The number one argument I hear why professionals are not engaging in social media: “I have nothing to say.” or it’s twin “I don’t …

The End Of The Human Cannonball: Project Leadership In Today’s World

In the remaining months of this year I have some exciting speaking engagements coming up (stay tuned for updates). Here is the slidedeck for one of them: The End Of The Human Cannonball: Project Leadership In Today’s World. The End Of The Human Cannonball: Project Leadership In Today's World View more presentations from Bas de …

The Project Manager And Social Media (presentation)

At PMI EMEA Congress in Amsterdam earlier this year I had the pleasure of speaking about social media. I have updated the slide show and put it on Slideshare for you to see. Presentation: Everything a Project Manager Should Know About Social Media Everything A Project Manager Should Know About Social Media View more presentations …