Harvard Business Review contributing writer Amy Gallo quizzed Paul Axtell, author of "Meetings Matter" and Francesca Gino, a Harvard Business School professor, on how to run better meetings: There are many different kinds of meetings--the brainstorming session, the announcement, the … [Read more...] about The 5 Rules for Running Meetings
The 7 Types of Data Stories
How do you parse large chunks of data looking for sharable insights? Martha Kang, editorial manager of Tableau Software (a maker of visualization software), writing in Mediashift, says that you should try to display information so the user can explore the data in at least one of these seven … [Read more...] about The 7 Types of Data Stories
Offering Effective Analysis — Insight, Recommendation, Impact
This is a persistent challenge. You want to offer a snapshot of all the variables and all the factors that were taken into consideration. But your audience wants to know only three things up front: 1. What is your point? 2. What do you want me to do? 3. If I do it, what do I get? Then -- … [Read more...] about Offering Effective Analysis — Insight, Recommendation, Impact
Creating Advanced Searches in Twitter (And TweetDeck)
Twitter Advanced Search Operators Twitter provides very useful, though complex, search functions, which can also be used within Tweetdeck. The easiest way to demonstrate their utility to to enter a few practice searches into the search page at Twitter.com/search-advanced. Once you've … [Read more...] about Creating Advanced Searches in Twitter (And TweetDeck)
TweetDeck For Beginners: Setting Up Twitter Lists
Start at Twitter.com Before you take any steps, you'll need a twitter account. You can't sign up through TweetDeck, so you'll need to go to Twitter.com and create an account. Once you've created an account, fill out your profile and update your privacy settings. Next, create a simple list to use … [Read more...] about TweetDeck For Beginners: Setting Up Twitter Lists
TweetDeck for Beginners: Setting Up Tweetdeck
Starting with Tweetdeck Before you make the commitment to downloading and installing the desktop version of Tweetdeck, you can get a taste by logging on the browser app at tweetdeck.twitter.com. Once you've logged on, you can add the accounts that you regularly access - usually your personal … [Read more...] about TweetDeck for Beginners: Setting Up Tweetdeck
TweetDeck Column Types And What They Display
Types of TweetDeck columns and what they display: Home: Timeline for one of your accounts Search: A column for a specific search term Followers: Follow activity for all your accounts or one specific account Tweets: Tweets from a specific account Mentions : Only includes when users … [Read more...] about TweetDeck Column Types And What They Display
Key Principles Behind the Guardian’s New Site
The Guardian just performed a major redesign based on new data from their home-grown analytics program. Abigail Edge (great name) from Journalism.co.uk interviewed Wolfgang Blau (great name too), director of digital strategy for the Guardian. Here are the bullet-points: Every Article … [Read more...] about Key Principles Behind the Guardian’s New Site