Kiva.org has always been great at their communication and transparency with their members so it was a great pleasure to receive an email from Matt Flannery (just like every other member did) that so succinctly summarises what this innovative organisation achieved in 20111. Matt delivers a powerful message and so I have repeated here: Together… [Read more…]
December 10, 2011
Regularly I have pleasure in visiting Bocconcino in Balluta Bay, Malta for breakfast on a Saturday morning. Bocconcino is a lively cafe with entertaining banter, certainly a reason for going again and again. Today was special though as Tony gave me a quick reminder about how to keep everything in perspective. I was telling Tony… [Read more…]
November 23, 2011
About 12 months ago I took a look at how connected I was on LinkedIn within Malta where I live, and decided that I needed to focus on expanding my network. At that time I was connected to 19 people in Malta and hundreds in places like London and New York; it made no real… [Read more…]
May 4, 2011
One of the clever features of Kiva is the community that is built around teams. Anyone can set up a team for any reason, and so in Malta we have Team Kiva-Malta. Originally set up just for fun the team now has 25 members which is growing monthly, and from the team page anyone can access a… [Read more…]
May 2, 2011
Fortunately I receive many great messages on LinkedIn™, but on some occasions there are those that are just very disappointing. This one I have shown below, with some changes to make it anonymous, is a great example of how to put me off any interest in doing business with you. The subject line was “Interested… [Read more…]
May 1, 2011
If you have ever tried to share links and shorten them using Mobile Safari on an Iphone, you may have struggled to find a solution. As an avid user of bit.ly the link shortening service it would have been preferable to find a solution that worked and was easy, but I failed with this one,… [Read more…]
April 30, 2011
If you get bored of using the same emoticons in your Tweets and Facebook updates then here are some to spice up your posts. I have been using the same smiley faces for a while and when I began to get bored of it it seemed wise to find some alternatives. I asked for some… [Read more…]
April 21, 2011
Being useful in a group is one of the key ways you can succeed as a networker on LinkedIn™. One of your objectives on LinkedIn™ is to make new connections and build relationships with existing ones. This is what LinkedIn™ sets out to enable you to do, and it is the same objective whether you… [Read more…]
April 10, 2011
LinkedIn™ now has over 100 million professional members worldwide, with over 8000 in Malta alone, and over 20 million in Europe. In Malta the growth in membership of LinkedIn™ has been 30% since Jan 01st 2011 (data at 02nd April 2011) LinkedIn™ is free and easy to join: just sign up at www.LinkedIn.com . Once… [Read more…]
April 2, 2011
I love Kiva as the ability to help others together with a sense of purpose and community adds a great deal of joy to my life. Kiva is also a great example for an NGO using Social Media and excellent communication to motivate their lenders. Take a look at the stories of the people being… [Read more…]
December 25, 2011
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