Hello Team! Great conference call today. It looks like our presentation is done and looks quite nicely, if I may say so myself :) Just a reminder that we will have another conference call on Mon. 02-28-11 at 9pm to practice one last time.
I look forward to hearing from you all soon!
Shing
Team Dragon
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thanks
Thanks for doing the charter team, it looks great. Some of the HTML didn't transfer, but it still looks great.
Thanks,
Garret
Thanks,
Garret
Team Charter
TEAM DRAGON CHARTER
TEAM DRAGON
AGREEMENT & PROJECT WORK PLAN
EDUC 532
I. TEAM AGREEMENT:
A. Team Contact Information
Member Names Telephone Numbers E-mail Contacts Guidelines for contact (including preferred days, emergency information, etc.)
Garret Earley 916-380-7494 garretearley@gmail.com Anytime. By: 1) cell phone, 2) e-mail, 3) wiki, 4) text message, 5) blog
Jackie Lopez 916-541-1814 Coachlopez24@gmail.com Anytime. By: 1) cell phone; 2) text message; 3) e-mail, 4) wiki, 5) blog
Shing Vang 916-214-6682 cell
916-561-6827 work# shingvang@gmail.com
Weekdays (8:30am to 5pm)-prefer to use my work line cause cell phone has no connection
After work hours & weekends- By: 1) cell phone, 2) e-mail, 3) wiki, 4) text message, 5) blog
FYI: I am on call at work and work every other weekend
B. Mission Statement
To be an open minded group, where opportunities are available for learning and growth, as well as become more familiar with various social media tools and be able to apply this knowledge towards organizational performance.
C. Vision Statement
Our vision is to support one another in our learning through collaborative efforts, and understanding.
D. Shared Values
Honesty: Convey one’s ideas and thoughts honestly as this is the best way to maximize the value from each team member.
Mutual respect: Commit to listening to and understand each team member’s ideas, so that we can effectively evaluate them and arrive at the best possible result.
Commitment: Follow through on your commitments in terms of meeting times, communication and deliverables. If a meeting or deadline is in jeopardy, then communicate this to the team as soon as possible.
Communication: Communication is vital to a successful group. Everyone is encouraged to participate and share ideas openly and positively. Positivity is also important for successful communication. People are more open to hearing positive statements than negative ones. Sometimes it is helpful to use “warm & fuzzies” to communicate in a more positive way.
Team-work/Motivation: In order to produce the best product we can we must value the work we do as a team. In an effort to keep the team spirit alive we should come up with a team name and logo. Then we will all feel we are part of our own unique group and motivated to contribute to the group effort.
E. Desirable team behaviors and consequences for non-compliance
Punctuality: If an unforeseen conflict results in a late member, then communicate this to the team as soon as possible otherwise, please be on time.
Reliable: We follow rules of the road such as time and place to meet, complete assignment (not half way done). Meeting deadlines is important and if one team member is having trouble completing his/her section other team members should provide support by sharing ideas.
As far as consequences for being non-compliant…this will be reflective in the person’s individual grades from the professor and group members at the time of evaluation which will happen at the end of our project (s).
F. Summary of individual member strengths and weaknesses (self-assessed)
Members Individual areas of strength (eg., good writer, editor, researcher, organizer, communicator, technology-adept, etc.) Growth areas for teamwork (eg., limited team experience, tend to “take charge and want to be in control”, writing weaknesses, inexperienced editor, etc.
Garret Earley I enjoy writing and editing writing as well. I am a good communicator and I enjoy learning about new technology and teaching others to use new technology. I sometimes struggle with getting too involved with new technology and assigning too much value to new technology prior to proving the technology to be effective.
Jackie Lopez I enjoy writing a lot (novels, plays, research papers, etc). I am good at editing my own as well as the work of others. I am also a good communicator. I am very detail oriented as well. Although I don’t enjoy it, I am a good researcher. Can work with Excel & ppt too. I am currently working hard at becoming more tech. savvy therefore I wouldn’t be the best person in the group to turn to but will try very hard if I had to. Also, I tend to be a perfectionist, which sometimes can be seen as another area in which I can grow.
Shing Vang Visual person so have eyes to make things a little “prettier” or “presentable”, very organized, can work with excel, some ppt, publisher, research, communicator Not a good writer, but can edit other’s work, have a little problem with numbers (a little dyslexic in getting #’s switched around)
G. Team conflict management plan
First, it is important for us to try to understand where the person is coming from so that he/she can be understood, which does not necessarily mean we are ok with the conflict. The next step is to see how, as a group, can we work together to resolve the conflict. If the conflict has to do with a decision within the group, then the alternate ideas can be presented to the group and the group can vote. If the conflict is personal and the parties cannot come to a working agreement, then it may be necessary to involve the professor.
H. Statement of team decision protocol
Our goal is to meet on scheduled times. At the conclusion of each meeting, each team member should have some individual action items that he/she will need to address by the next meeting time. It is important to be flexible regarding both meeting times and collaboration via email/blog/text/conference call. We are expected to be available upon all agreed meeting times. If one of us cannot make a meeting we should provide the team with as much notice as possible. In some cases the team should go ahead and meet, as work can still be done.
I. Encouragement of Teamwork
COMMUNICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! By advocating for open communication, we will be capable of better results. Remote teams can be challenging and communication is a foundation that must be built first for successful teamwork. Please come prepared with questions and brainstorm before the meeting. In addition, we should have objectives and goals for each meeting so that we are not distracted and can focus.
Inclusivity: People come to a group with a variety of experiences, knowledge, and backgrounds. In order to benefit from each other we should accept each other and all that we bring to the table.
Safe Environment: To establish and maintain a good learning environment we should acknowledge our weaknesses as well as our strengths and not cast judgment or ridicule on questions, comments, or ideas we each have; in doing so we can work past our weaknesses and provide an opportunity for each of our strengths to shine, while still being united as a team.
J. Team self-assessment approach and methodology
Complete a simple survey after each project. In addition, have a meeting to clarify or discuss any questions or concerns.
II. TEAM WORK PLANS
Team Task Assignments & Timeline for Delivery
Task Lead Due Completed and submitted to team
A. Team Agreement
Coordinate development and production of team Agreement Garret, Jackie, Shing 1-18-2011
Manage values clarification exercise and provide needed input for Agreement. Garret 1-18-2011
Collect and organize team strengths and areas of weakness for inclusion in Agreement. Jackie 1-18-2011
Develop and obtain approval of a team conflict management plan for inclusion in team Agreement. Shing 1-18-2011
Coordinate and facilitate project idea brainstorming session. Garret, Jackie, Shing 1-18-2011
B. Team Project
Garret Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
Jackie Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
Shing Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
TEAM DRAGON
AGREEMENT & PROJECT WORK PLAN
EDUC 532
I. TEAM AGREEMENT:
A. Team Contact Information
Member Names Telephone Numbers E-mail Contacts Guidelines for contact (including preferred days, emergency information, etc.)
Garret Earley 916-380-7494 garretearley@gmail.com Anytime. By: 1) cell phone, 2) e-mail, 3) wiki, 4) text message, 5) blog
Jackie Lopez 916-541-1814 Coachlopez24@gmail.com Anytime. By: 1) cell phone; 2) text message; 3) e-mail, 4) wiki, 5) blog
Shing Vang 916-214-6682 cell
916-561-6827 work# shingvang@gmail.com
Weekdays (8:30am to 5pm)-prefer to use my work line cause cell phone has no connection
After work hours & weekends- By: 1) cell phone, 2) e-mail, 3) wiki, 4) text message, 5) blog
FYI: I am on call at work and work every other weekend
B. Mission Statement
To be an open minded group, where opportunities are available for learning and growth, as well as become more familiar with various social media tools and be able to apply this knowledge towards organizational performance.
C. Vision Statement
Our vision is to support one another in our learning through collaborative efforts, and understanding.
D. Shared Values
Honesty: Convey one’s ideas and thoughts honestly as this is the best way to maximize the value from each team member.
Mutual respect: Commit to listening to and understand each team member’s ideas, so that we can effectively evaluate them and arrive at the best possible result.
Commitment: Follow through on your commitments in terms of meeting times, communication and deliverables. If a meeting or deadline is in jeopardy, then communicate this to the team as soon as possible.
Communication: Communication is vital to a successful group. Everyone is encouraged to participate and share ideas openly and positively. Positivity is also important for successful communication. People are more open to hearing positive statements than negative ones. Sometimes it is helpful to use “warm & fuzzies” to communicate in a more positive way.
Team-work/Motivation: In order to produce the best product we can we must value the work we do as a team. In an effort to keep the team spirit alive we should come up with a team name and logo. Then we will all feel we are part of our own unique group and motivated to contribute to the group effort.
E. Desirable team behaviors and consequences for non-compliance
Punctuality: If an unforeseen conflict results in a late member, then communicate this to the team as soon as possible otherwise, please be on time.
Reliable: We follow rules of the road such as time and place to meet, complete assignment (not half way done). Meeting deadlines is important and if one team member is having trouble completing his/her section other team members should provide support by sharing ideas.
As far as consequences for being non-compliant…this will be reflective in the person’s individual grades from the professor and group members at the time of evaluation which will happen at the end of our project (s).
F. Summary of individual member strengths and weaknesses (self-assessed)
Members Individual areas of strength (eg., good writer, editor, researcher, organizer, communicator, technology-adept, etc.) Growth areas for teamwork (eg., limited team experience, tend to “take charge and want to be in control”, writing weaknesses, inexperienced editor, etc.
Garret Earley I enjoy writing and editing writing as well. I am a good communicator and I enjoy learning about new technology and teaching others to use new technology. I sometimes struggle with getting too involved with new technology and assigning too much value to new technology prior to proving the technology to be effective.
Jackie Lopez I enjoy writing a lot (novels, plays, research papers, etc). I am good at editing my own as well as the work of others. I am also a good communicator. I am very detail oriented as well. Although I don’t enjoy it, I am a good researcher. Can work with Excel & ppt too. I am currently working hard at becoming more tech. savvy therefore I wouldn’t be the best person in the group to turn to but will try very hard if I had to. Also, I tend to be a perfectionist, which sometimes can be seen as another area in which I can grow.
Shing Vang Visual person so have eyes to make things a little “prettier” or “presentable”, very organized, can work with excel, some ppt, publisher, research, communicator Not a good writer, but can edit other’s work, have a little problem with numbers (a little dyslexic in getting #’s switched around)
G. Team conflict management plan
First, it is important for us to try to understand where the person is coming from so that he/she can be understood, which does not necessarily mean we are ok with the conflict. The next step is to see how, as a group, can we work together to resolve the conflict. If the conflict has to do with a decision within the group, then the alternate ideas can be presented to the group and the group can vote. If the conflict is personal and the parties cannot come to a working agreement, then it may be necessary to involve the professor.
H. Statement of team decision protocol
Our goal is to meet on scheduled times. At the conclusion of each meeting, each team member should have some individual action items that he/she will need to address by the next meeting time. It is important to be flexible regarding both meeting times and collaboration via email/blog/text/conference call. We are expected to be available upon all agreed meeting times. If one of us cannot make a meeting we should provide the team with as much notice as possible. In some cases the team should go ahead and meet, as work can still be done.
I. Encouragement of Teamwork
COMMUNICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! By advocating for open communication, we will be capable of better results. Remote teams can be challenging and communication is a foundation that must be built first for successful teamwork. Please come prepared with questions and brainstorm before the meeting. In addition, we should have objectives and goals for each meeting so that we are not distracted and can focus.
Inclusivity: People come to a group with a variety of experiences, knowledge, and backgrounds. In order to benefit from each other we should accept each other and all that we bring to the table.
Safe Environment: To establish and maintain a good learning environment we should acknowledge our weaknesses as well as our strengths and not cast judgment or ridicule on questions, comments, or ideas we each have; in doing so we can work past our weaknesses and provide an opportunity for each of our strengths to shine, while still being united as a team.
J. Team self-assessment approach and methodology
Complete a simple survey after each project. In addition, have a meeting to clarify or discuss any questions or concerns.
II. TEAM WORK PLANS
Team Task Assignments & Timeline for Delivery
Task Lead Due Completed and submitted to team
A. Team Agreement
Coordinate development and production of team Agreement Garret, Jackie, Shing 1-18-2011
Manage values clarification exercise and provide needed input for Agreement. Garret 1-18-2011
Collect and organize team strengths and areas of weakness for inclusion in Agreement. Jackie 1-18-2011
Develop and obtain approval of a team conflict management plan for inclusion in team Agreement. Shing 1-18-2011
Coordinate and facilitate project idea brainstorming session. Garret, Jackie, Shing 1-18-2011
B. Team Project
Garret Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
Jackie Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
Shing Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Notes From Conference Call 02/12/11
Hello Team Dragon! Here are our notes from today's conference call in regards to our power point presentation:
* Garret will give an overview of the social media tools/technology used at Henry Schein Dental
* Shing will go over the challenges Henry Schein Dental faced from social media tools/technology
* J. Lo will conclude with the successes Henry Schein Dental received from utilizing social media tools/technology
Please remember to submit your power point notes through Word Doc-Blog Post. As new power point notes are updated through Team Dragon's blog, all will help to edit the slides. The next official conference call is tentatively scheduled for Sat. 02/26/11, if not sooner (TBD)...
I just wanted to let you both know how wonderful it is to be in a group where the team is very supportive and encourages collaboration...This week's reading in our Collaborating Online book touched on how instructors should promote and encourage students to pick their own leaders and/or make decisions within the group at the beginning. This type of support helps to minimize the possibility of conflict down the road. It also creates a collaborative problem solving approach from beginning to the end of the final collaborative assignment and I believe our team is on the right track :)
Thanks so much for everything!
Shing
* Garret will give an overview of the social media tools/technology used at Henry Schein Dental
* Shing will go over the challenges Henry Schein Dental faced from social media tools/technology
* J. Lo will conclude with the successes Henry Schein Dental received from utilizing social media tools/technology
Please remember to submit your power point notes through Word Doc-Blog Post. As new power point notes are updated through Team Dragon's blog, all will help to edit the slides. The next official conference call is tentatively scheduled for Sat. 02/26/11, if not sooner (TBD)...
I just wanted to let you both know how wonderful it is to be in a group where the team is very supportive and encourages collaboration...This week's reading in our Collaborating Online book touched on how instructors should promote and encourage students to pick their own leaders and/or make decisions within the group at the beginning. This type of support helps to minimize the possibility of conflict down the road. It also creates a collaborative problem solving approach from beginning to the end of the final collaborative assignment and I believe our team is on the right track :)
Thanks so much for everything!
Shing
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Post-Interview-J.Lo
Garret: Great job in securing Andy's interview. He was definitely interesting and was filled with a ton of social media knowledge. It was definitely exciting and informative. I am headed off to practice but we should now start thinking of next steps as a group.
Thanks again Garret. Andy was the perfect person to interview for this project!!
Thanks again Garret. Andy was the perfect person to interview for this project!!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Consolidated questions
Good afternoon,
I consolidated the list of questions. We had less overlap than I thought which is awesome. I am posting them below for your review. We don't have to do the conference call thing as long as we can come to agreement in this forum (or through text) on the questions to be asked. Please let me know if you have any objections. Jackie probably won't get this until later so I will text her (you) the questions. She might be unable to read them but at least she will have them available. I hope it's okay that I send the list to Andy now so at least he has an idea of what is possible in terms of questions for tomorrow. Good work everyone. These questions are sure to get us all the information we need. Talk to you soon.P.S., if everyone feels like talking still at 10PM, I am fine with that. Just let me know. Also, my preference would be to ask questions 8-14, but I am open to alternatives.
Thanks,
Garret
Questions for interview with Andy Matthews
Andy Matthews, Field Sales Consultant for Henry Schein Dental
1. How long have you been with the organization?
2. What is the mission/vision of your organization?
3. What are the products/services Henry Schein Dental provides?
4. What Social Media tools does Henry Schein use for employees and how do they help? Customers?
5. Is there a reason why these tools were chosen over other available tools?
6. If you had to create a strategy for getting management/organizational leaders to adopt the utilization of these tools, what was your strategy? If not what would have been your strategy?
7. Do you experience resistance to the use of social media? If so, do you notice a particular generation?
8. What are some of the unique dynamics you deal with in consulting with Dental Practices and does your blog help in working with these dynamics?
9. How do you see technology helping you in your career in the years to come? How does it help you now? Describe your office setup?
10. How did the idea of creating the blog come about? Was it mandated by Henry Schein?
11. How would you rate the company in terms of keeping up with advancements in technology?
12. Can you explain the collaborate possibilities for your practice management software Dentrix?
13. What is the organizational structure like for Henry Schein?
14. How does Henry Schein use Social Media to stay competitive in the Dental Supply market?
15. How have the leaders of the organization adapted to the use of these tools? Did they need to adopt the idea? Or did they welcome it to begin with?
16. Are there additional social media tools that you or your team would consider using?
17. Are there any organizations that have been successful in implementing their social media tools that you have modeled your efforts after?
18. What recommendations would you have for other companies that are considering using social media tools?
19. Do you see any negative impacts for utilizing the blog/other social media tools?
20. What do you see as the biggest benefit to your company as a result of utilizing the blog? Other tools?
I consolidated the list of questions. We had less overlap than I thought which is awesome. I am posting them below for your review. We don't have to do the conference call thing as long as we can come to agreement in this forum (or through text) on the questions to be asked. Please let me know if you have any objections. Jackie probably won't get this until later so I will text her (you) the questions. She might be unable to read them but at least she will have them available. I hope it's okay that I send the list to Andy now so at least he has an idea of what is possible in terms of questions for tomorrow. Good work everyone. These questions are sure to get us all the information we need. Talk to you soon.P.S., if everyone feels like talking still at 10PM, I am fine with that. Just let me know. Also, my preference would be to ask questions 8-14, but I am open to alternatives.
Thanks,
Garret
Questions for interview with Andy Matthews
Andy Matthews, Field Sales Consultant for Henry Schein Dental
1. How long have you been with the organization?
2. What is the mission/vision of your organization?
3. What are the products/services Henry Schein Dental provides?
4. What Social Media tools does Henry Schein use for employees and how do they help? Customers?
5. Is there a reason why these tools were chosen over other available tools?
6. If you had to create a strategy for getting management/organizational leaders to adopt the utilization of these tools, what was your strategy? If not what would have been your strategy?
7. Do you experience resistance to the use of social media? If so, do you notice a particular generation?
8. What are some of the unique dynamics you deal with in consulting with Dental Practices and does your blog help in working with these dynamics?
9. How do you see technology helping you in your career in the years to come? How does it help you now? Describe your office setup?
10. How did the idea of creating the blog come about? Was it mandated by Henry Schein?
11. How would you rate the company in terms of keeping up with advancements in technology?
12. Can you explain the collaborate possibilities for your practice management software Dentrix?
13. What is the organizational structure like for Henry Schein?
14. How does Henry Schein use Social Media to stay competitive in the Dental Supply market?
15. How have the leaders of the organization adapted to the use of these tools? Did they need to adopt the idea? Or did they welcome it to begin with?
16. Are there additional social media tools that you or your team would consider using?
17. Are there any organizations that have been successful in implementing their social media tools that you have modeled your efforts after?
18. What recommendations would you have for other companies that are considering using social media tools?
19. Do you see any negative impacts for utilizing the blog/other social media tools?
20. What do you see as the biggest benefit to your company as a result of utilizing the blog? Other tools?
Conference Call
Hi Team,
I just wanted to let you know that I have a game tonight and will not be back until about 10:00pm. I have to stay for the Varsity game--it's a program thing-- all the coaches from the other team including the players will be staying as well. Apparently this game will help with the seeding. I know that 10 is really late so if you want to do it without me, I will understand.
Garret, if you both decide to do the conference call without me can you fill me in tonight? Or will tomorrow morning prior to the interview be better? Let me know.
Thanks for understanding team,
J.Lo
I just wanted to let you know that I have a game tonight and will not be back until about 10:00pm. I have to stay for the Varsity game--it's a program thing-- all the coaches from the other team including the players will be staying as well. Apparently this game will help with the seeding. I know that 10 is really late so if you want to do it without me, I will understand.
Garret, if you both decide to do the conference call without me can you fill me in tonight? Or will tomorrow morning prior to the interview be better? Let me know.
Thanks for understanding team,
J.Lo
About Conference Call 02-03-11
I have a conference call today with my other group after work so if we do it later, say...7pmish, I think it would be fine.
Shing
Shing
J.Lo's Interview questions
1) What resistance have you seen? From whom? Why?
2) Are there additional social media tools that you or your team would consider using?
3) How have the leaders of the organization adapted to the use of these tools? Did they need to adopt the idea? Or did they welcome it to begin with?
4) What, if any, have been the problems that you have had to overcome through the use of social media tools?
5) What recommendations would you have for other companies that are considering using social media tools?
6) If you had to create a strategy for getting management/organizational leaders to adopt the utilization of these tools, what was your strategy? If not what would have been your strategy?
7) What do you see as the biggest benefit to your company as a result of utilizing the blog? Other tools?
8) Are there any organizations that have been successful in implementing their social media tools that you have modeled your efforts after?
9) Do you see any negative impacts for utilizing the blog/other social media tools?
2) Are there additional social media tools that you or your team would consider using?
3) How have the leaders of the organization adapted to the use of these tools? Did they need to adopt the idea? Or did they welcome it to begin with?
4) What, if any, have been the problems that you have had to overcome through the use of social media tools?
5) What recommendations would you have for other companies that are considering using social media tools?
6) If you had to create a strategy for getting management/organizational leaders to adopt the utilization of these tools, what was your strategy? If not what would have been your strategy?
7) What do you see as the biggest benefit to your company as a result of utilizing the blog? Other tools?
8) Are there any organizations that have been successful in implementing their social media tools that you have modeled your efforts after?
9) Do you see any negative impacts for utilizing the blog/other social media tools?
FYI
One more thing....
I told Andy that I would send the questions to him ahead of time since we have a limited time for the interview (30 minutes) and so he has the time to think about the information prior to attending.
I told Andy that I would send the questions to him ahead of time since we have a limited time for the interview (30 minutes) and so he has the time to think about the information prior to attending.
All, these are the questions that I came up with. I know some of them overlap with Shing's questions. If everyone is okay with it, I can put them together and then at that point we can identify who will be asking what. Can we do another conference call? Maybe this evening? I am free today so I can be flexible. Send me a text with a couple of times that work for you if that's okay and we can go from there.
Thanks,
Garret
Questions for interview with Andy Matthews
1. What are some of the unique dynamics you deal with in consulting with Dental Practices and does your blog help in working with these dynamics?
2. How do you see technology helping you in your career in the years to come? How does it help you now? Describe your office setup?
3. How did the idea of creating the blog come about? Was it mandated by Henry Schein?
4. How would you rate the company in terms of keeping up with advancements in technology?
5. Can you explain the collaborate possibilities for your practice management software Dentrix?
6. What is the organizational structure like for Henry Schein?
7. How does Henry Schein use Social Media to stay competitive in the Dental Supply market?
Thanks,
Garret
Questions for interview with Andy Matthews
1. What are some of the unique dynamics you deal with in consulting with Dental Practices and does your blog help in working with these dynamics?
2. How do you see technology helping you in your career in the years to come? How does it help you now? Describe your office setup?
3. How did the idea of creating the blog come about? Was it mandated by Henry Schein?
4. How would you rate the company in terms of keeping up with advancements in technology?
5. Can you explain the collaborate possibilities for your practice management software Dentrix?
6. What is the organizational structure like for Henry Schein?
7. How does Henry Schein use Social Media to stay competitive in the Dental Supply market?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Interview Questions
Garret, thanks for setting up the interview!
Here are some questions for this Friday that we may want to ask:
* Name and title of person we are interviewing
* Length of time with organization
* Mission of organization
* Vision of organization
* What are its products/services
* What social media tools are being utilized at present time for employees and customers
* How does these social media tools help the organization
* Any particular reason as to why these social media tools were chosen
* Are there resistance to the social media tools and if so, is there a particular generation
* Is the organization looking into upgrading the social media tools and/or looking at adding additional social media tools in the near future
Please feel free to add/delete/change the questions above.
~Shing
Here are some questions for this Friday that we may want to ask:
* Name and title of person we are interviewing
* Length of time with organization
* Mission of organization
* Vision of organization
* What are its products/services
* What social media tools are being utilized at present time for employees and customers
* How does these social media tools help the organization
* Any particular reason as to why these social media tools were chosen
* Are there resistance to the social media tools and if so, is there a particular generation
* Is the organization looking into upgrading the social media tools and/or looking at adding additional social media tools in the near future
Please feel free to add/delete/change the questions above.
~Shing
Monday, January 31, 2011
Interview & Team Goal
Thank you Garret!!! Woo hoo!! Great work on securing this interview for us. Now we need to just start putting together some interview questions. I also think that we should keep in consideration that we will most likely end up asking additional questions while the interview is taking place.
I'd also like to recommend that we all share in the note taking. This way we are more inclined to capture everything he says just in case one of us misses it, while still being able to maintain eye contact and appropriate non-verbals during the interview.
Team Goal: Let's try and have all of our questions finalized by Thursday at 12pm (noon). This will give us time (Thursday evening) to rework any "weird" sounding questions and/or make sure we don't have any duplicates.
Thanks again Garret!
I'd also like to recommend that we all share in the note taking. This way we are more inclined to capture everything he says just in case one of us misses it, while still being able to maintain eye contact and appropriate non-verbals during the interview.
Team Goal: Let's try and have all of our questions finalized by Thursday at 12pm (noon). This will give us time (Thursday evening) to rework any "weird" sounding questions and/or make sure we don't have any duplicates.
Thanks again Garret!
Email thread with Andy Matthews
RE: Class project
InboxX
Reply |Matthews, Andy ✆ to me
show details 9:48 AM (35 minutes ago)
The fountains, since I’ve got to swing by Whole foods for the wife.
See you there at 2:30
NEW! Follow my BLOGNetwork on LINKEDIN
Andy R. Matthews
Field Sales Consultant
Henry Schein Dental
Cell 530.945.2978Fax 530.232.0180
andy.matthews@henryschein.comhttp://www.andyrmatthews.com
Have you seen what E4D CAD/CAM can do?
From: Garret Earley [mailto:garretearley@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:43 AM
To: Matthews, Andy
Subject: Re: Class project
Thanks Andy,
There is a Peet's on Fairway and Pleasant Grove right by the 65 if that would work better. It's right next to the Nugget market. If not, Peet's at the fountains is fine as well.
Thank you,
Garret
On Jan 31, 2011 8:49 AM, "Matthews, Andy" wrote:
> I will be in Rocklin on Friday for a sales meeting, I can meet you at Peet's coffee at the fountains at 2:30. I've only got about a half hour window, does that work?
>
> Andy R. Matthews
> Field Sales Consultant
> Henry Schein Dental, Inc.
> Direct (530) 945-2978
> Fax (530) 232-0180
> andy.matthews@henryschein.com
> www.andyrmatthews.com
>
> Message sent from my iPad
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:15 PM, "Garret Earley"
wrote:
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I just wanted to follow up with you as to my last message. I was just wondering if your travels will take you through Sacramento and if not we could arrange a conference call.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Garret
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Matthews, Andy <Andy.Matthews@henryschein.com> wrote:
> You bet, do want to email me the questions and I can get them back to when I get a chance. If that doesn't work send me a few dates and times that may work to chat.
>
> Thanks Garret, hope all is well!
> Andy
>
> Andy R. Matthews
> Field Sales Consultant
> Henry Schein Dental, Inc.
> Direct (530) 945-2978
> Fax (530) 232-0180
>andy.matthews@henryschein.comandy.matthews@henryschein.com>
><
>
> Message sent from my iPad
>
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:02 PM, "Garret Earley" <garretearley@gmail.comgarretearley@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I hope this email finds you well. I'm not sure if I mentioned to you that I'm in a Graduate program in Human Resource Development in Sacramento.
>
> The class I'm currently taking is Social Media in the Workplace. I know that you have a blog that you use for work. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to allow us to interview you about the blog, how you use it etc. We wouldn't take very much of your time and we can do a conference call or something. The interview would be used to complete a research paper and would only be accessed by myself, the two other members of my group and my professor.
>
> Would this be something you would be willing to do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Garret
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Reply |Matthews, Andy ✆ to me
show details 9:48 AM (35 minutes ago)
The fountains, since I’ve got to swing by Whole foods for the wife.
See you there at 2:30
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Andy R. Matthews
Field Sales Consultant
Henry Schein Dental
Cell 530.945.2978Fax 530.232.0180
andy.matthews@henryschein.comhttp://www.andyrmatthews.com
Have you seen what E4D CAD/CAM can do?
From: Garret Earley [mailto:garretearley@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:43 AM
To: Matthews, Andy
Subject: Re: Class project
Thanks Andy,
There is a Peet's on Fairway and Pleasant Grove right by the 65 if that would work better. It's right next to the Nugget market. If not, Peet's at the fountains is fine as well.
Thank you,
Garret
On Jan 31, 2011 8:49 AM, "Matthews, Andy"
> I will be in Rocklin on Friday for a sales meeting, I can meet you at Peet's coffee at the fountains at 2:30. I've only got about a half hour window, does that work?
>
> Andy R. Matthews
> Field Sales Consultant
> Henry Schein Dental, Inc.
> Direct (530) 945-2978
> Fax (530) 232-0180
> andy.matthews@henryschein.com
> www.andyrmatthews.com
>
> Message sent from my iPad
>
>
>
> On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:15 PM, "Garret Earley"
wrote:
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I just wanted to follow up with you as to my last message. I was just wondering if your travels will take you through Sacramento and if not we could arrange a conference call.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Garret
>
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Matthews, Andy <
> You bet, do want to email me the questions and I can get them back to when I get a chance. If that doesn't work send me a few dates and times that may work to chat.
>
> Thanks Garret, hope all is well!
> Andy
>
> Andy R. Matthews
> Field Sales Consultant
> Henry Schein Dental, Inc.
> Direct (530) 945-2978
> Fax (530) 232-0180
>
>
>
> Message sent from my iPad
>
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:02 PM, "Garret Earley" <
>
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> I hope this email finds you well. I'm not sure if I mentioned to you that I'm in a Graduate program in Human Resource Development in Sacramento.
>
> The class I'm currently taking is Social Media in the Workplace. I know that you have a blog that you use for work. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to allow us to interview you about the blog, how you use it etc. We wouldn't take very much of your time and we can do a conference call or something. The interview would be used to complete a research paper and would only be accessed by myself, the two other members of my group and my professor.
>
> Would this be something you would be willing to do?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Garret
Saturday, January 29, 2011
EDUC532 Team Project: Update
Thank you Garret for keeping us in the loop!
Hope you two have a great weekend!
~Shing
Hope you two have a great weekend!
~Shing
Update
All,
I just wanted to keep you informed that I sent Andy another email yesterday evening. I will let you know as soon as I hear from him. No need to panic. I'm pretty sure it will work out.
Thanks,
Garret
I just wanted to keep you informed that I sent Andy another email yesterday evening. I will let you know as soon as I hear from him. No need to panic. I'm pretty sure it will work out.
Thanks,
Garret
Thursday, January 27, 2011
EDUC532 Team Project: J.Lo's update
EDUC532 Team Project: J.Lo's update: "Hi Team, I just wanted to confirm that I did not see anything from Jackie A.M. in my e-mail or on the blog we are working through. Garret, ..."
I did see Jackie's post this week on our Blog because I remember looking at it when I got home after class.
Garret, thanks for the updates. Let us know when Randy is ready to meet.
Talk to you both later!
I did see Jackie's post this week on our Blog because I remember looking at it when I got home after class.
Garret, thanks for the updates. Let us know when Randy is ready to meet.
Talk to you both later!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
J.Lo's update
Hi Team,
I just wanted to confirm that I did not see anything from Jackie A.M. in my e-mail or on the blog we are working through. Garret, I did get the e-mail that you forwarded to me from Jackie A.M. Thank you for that. Also, I am having a hard time in creating a post from the initial page you created and coached us on (so I am hoping you all can see this) :)
Garret, thanks for keeping us posted on your progress with Randy. I hope you hear back from him soon.
I just wanted to confirm that I did not see anything from Jackie A.M. in my e-mail or on the blog we are working through. Garret, I did get the e-mail that you forwarded to me from Jackie A.M. Thank you for that. Also, I am having a hard time in creating a post from the initial page you created and coached us on (so I am hoping you all can see this) :)
Garret, thanks for keeping us posted on your progress with Randy. I hope you hear back from him soon.
still waiting
All, I just wanted to let you know that I'm still waiting for Andy to send me an email in response to my request for an interview. I will give him until Friday and then follow up again. I will let you know if I hear anything prior.
Thanks,
Garret
Thanks,
Garret
Monday, January 24, 2011
Thanks!
Thanks Garret for taking the lead in creating this blog and for teaching us how to use this new technology.
See you both on Tuesday!
Shing
See you both on Tuesday!
Shing
Conference call detail
I was going to record, but I figured I would save recording for the second conference call. I just wanted to share what comes back in email after the call is completed.
Thank you for using our Free Conference Call service. Below you will find the details for your conference call. If you have any questions regarding this email, please call (877) 482-5838 or contact customer support at services@freeconferencecall.com. Have a nice day!
Free Conference Call
PO Box 41069Date:01/24/2011
Long Beach, CA 90853-1069Statement #:43854734
Tel: 877-482-5838Dial-in Number:(610) 214-0200
Fax: 562-437-1422Access Code:961542
Free Conference Call Detail Report:
Call DateCalling NumberStart TimeEnd TimeTotal Minutes
01/24/2011619-609-75803:49:17 PM3:59:55 PM11
01/24/2011619-609-75803:03:06 PM3:48:08 PM46
01/24/2011916-647-91753:06:10 PM3:59:20 PM54
01/24/2011916-541-18143:02:47 PM3:59:21 PM57
01/24/2011916-647-91753:05:08 PM3:05:58 PM1
Total Minutes: 169
Number of Callers: 5
Thank you for using our Free Conference Call service. Below you will find the details for your conference call. If you have any questions regarding this email, please call (877) 482-5838 or contact customer support at services@freeconferencecall.com. Have a nice day!
Free Conference Call
PO Box 41069Date:01/24/2011
Long Beach, CA 90853-1069Statement #:43854734
Tel: 877-482-5838Dial-in Number:(610) 214-0200
Fax: 562-437-1422Access Code:961542
Free Conference Call Detail Report:
Call DateCalling NumberStart TimeEnd TimeTotal Minutes
01/24/2011619-609-75803:49:17 PM3:59:55 PM11
01/24/2011619-609-75803:03:06 PM3:48:08 PM46
01/24/2011916-647-91753:06:10 PM3:59:20 PM54
01/24/2011916-541-18143:02:47 PM3:59:21 PM57
01/24/2011916-647-91753:05:08 PM3:05:58 PM1
Total Minutes: 169
Number of Callers: 5
Google chat
Hi all,
I got this from the website below and it is relevant to what we were discussing. Thanks for taking the time to meet today.
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/03/18/google-chat-a-bloggers-best-friend/
7 Google Chat Features You Might Not Know About
1: Transcript. One very simple, yet amazingly useful feature of Gchat is the fact that each conversation is saved in a transcript form email. This means you not only have access to all the words shared, but you can treat them like those in an email. They can be searched for, forwarded, labeled, etc… And they all reside in the ‘Chats’ section, just two links down from your Inbox.
I didn’t think much of this feature until I started using Gchat on a regular basis. One day I had a great conversation with a fellow blogger and had discussed ideas for future blogging projects. Weeks later I wanted to reference a few sentences that had passed back and forth. So I just typed in a few key words in the Gmail search field and BINGO! There was the entire conversation, ready for reference.
2: Go off the record. If, for any reason, you don’t want your conversation recorded, there’s a nifty feature of Gchat that handles this beautifully. Just click on the ‘Video & more’ button on the bottom right of your Gchat window and then click ‘Go off the record’. It’s as easy as that! Just keep in mind that, if not changed back, your future ‘conversations’ with that particular Gmail user will always be ‘off the record’.
3: Pop-out. In that same menu from the ‘Video & more’ button you can click ‘Pop-out’. This will un-integrate or unstick the Gchat window from your gmail page and allow you to move it where ever you prefer. This is great for so many reasons! You may want to keep ‘talking’, but move away from your Gmail page to a different location on your computer or in your browser. I love to pop my Gchat window over to my second monitor and fully enjoy the freedom of ‘chatting’ and working/surfing at the same time. It’s Googleiscious! :-)
4: You can have multiple ‘conversations’ at the same time. A few weeks ago I was having a ‘back and forth’ with a friend when I received a Gchat message from a fellow blogger who I’d been waiting to hear from. My knee jerk reaction was to say goodbye to the friend so I could talk to the blogger. But I decided to see what a double conversation felt like in the land of Gmail. Within a few seconds I realized that it was not only possible to talk to two ‘chatters’ at the same time, but actually quite efficient!
If you IM much you know there’s that little bit of downtime between ‘pings’. With two people to talk to you can get into a natural rhythm which fills all those time voids and allows for maximum use of conversation time.
5: Group chat. Once again, located in the pop-up menu of ‘Video & more’, you can select ‘Group chat’ to connect with more than one ‘chatter’ and create a three-way conversation (or more). You just initiate the chat with one of the users and then click on ‘Group chat’ to start bringing others into the conversation. I’ve found this to be an amazing way to collaborate and just chat away with groups of friends, bloggers and colleagues.
6: You can chat with AIM and iChat users. For a while I didn’t realize that a blogging friend of mine whom I chat with regularly, was using his iChat to connect with me on Gchat. It all felt the same on my end as the connection was seamless. And if you have an AIM account you can log directly into it and chat with other AIMers, all through your Gmail account.
7: Video/Audio Gchat. Back in November Google added an exciting feature to Gchat. Now you can see and hear those you are in conversation with, which can be a wonderful change from the tedious typing when your conversations become more involved.
I got this from the website below and it is relevant to what we were discussing. Thanks for taking the time to meet today.
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2009/03/18/google-chat-a-bloggers-best-friend/
7 Google Chat Features You Might Not Know About
1: Transcript. One very simple, yet amazingly useful feature of Gchat is the fact that each conversation is saved in a transcript form email. This means you not only have access to all the words shared, but you can treat them like those in an email. They can be searched for, forwarded, labeled, etc… And they all reside in the ‘Chats’ section, just two links down from your Inbox.
I didn’t think much of this feature until I started using Gchat on a regular basis. One day I had a great conversation with a fellow blogger and had discussed ideas for future blogging projects. Weeks later I wanted to reference a few sentences that had passed back and forth. So I just typed in a few key words in the Gmail search field and BINGO! There was the entire conversation, ready for reference.
2: Go off the record. If, for any reason, you don’t want your conversation recorded, there’s a nifty feature of Gchat that handles this beautifully. Just click on the ‘Video & more’ button on the bottom right of your Gchat window and then click ‘Go off the record’. It’s as easy as that! Just keep in mind that, if not changed back, your future ‘conversations’ with that particular Gmail user will always be ‘off the record’.
3: Pop-out. In that same menu from the ‘Video & more’ button you can click ‘Pop-out’. This will un-integrate or unstick the Gchat window from your gmail page and allow you to move it where ever you prefer. This is great for so many reasons! You may want to keep ‘talking’, but move away from your Gmail page to a different location on your computer or in your browser. I love to pop my Gchat window over to my second monitor and fully enjoy the freedom of ‘chatting’ and working/surfing at the same time. It’s Googleiscious! :-)
4: You can have multiple ‘conversations’ at the same time. A few weeks ago I was having a ‘back and forth’ with a friend when I received a Gchat message from a fellow blogger who I’d been waiting to hear from. My knee jerk reaction was to say goodbye to the friend so I could talk to the blogger. But I decided to see what a double conversation felt like in the land of Gmail. Within a few seconds I realized that it was not only possible to talk to two ‘chatters’ at the same time, but actually quite efficient!
If you IM much you know there’s that little bit of downtime between ‘pings’. With two people to talk to you can get into a natural rhythm which fills all those time voids and allows for maximum use of conversation time.
5: Group chat. Once again, located in the pop-up menu of ‘Video & more’, you can select ‘Group chat’ to connect with more than one ‘chatter’ and create a three-way conversation (or more). You just initiate the chat with one of the users and then click on ‘Group chat’ to start bringing others into the conversation. I’ve found this to be an amazing way to collaborate and just chat away with groups of friends, bloggers and colleagues.
6: You can chat with AIM and iChat users. For a while I didn’t realize that a blogging friend of mine whom I chat with regularly, was using his iChat to connect with me on Gchat. It all felt the same on my end as the connection was seamless. And if you have an AIM account you can log directly into it and chat with other AIMers, all through your Gmail account.
7: Video/Audio Gchat. Back in November Google added an exciting feature to Gchat. Now you can see and hear those you are in conversation with, which can be a wonderful change from the tedious typing when your conversations become more involved.
Test via Word 2007
This is my test blog post using word 2007. This is totally fun and cool.
Hi guys J
Awesome
Shing I replied to your email assuming you both had not posted yet. I should have checked first. I'll be on the conference line at Noon if you both can join me at that time, if not, we can set up another call as well. That's too bad about CFF. Good effort on that. I will keep my fingers crossed for Intel. I also sent a message to Andy Matthews and I am hoping to hear back today. Talk to yo
J Lo's Test
If you can all read this as a new post that means... I can post too!!! :D
Garret, you did a great job setting this up for us. Thank you. And, I totally love the conference call idea too!
I'm sad to inform you both that my contact at CFF e-mailed me back. She said they don't utilize social workplace tools. So I am keeping both my fingers and toes crossed that one of you will achieve success!
Have a great Monday!
Garret, you did a great job setting this up for us. Thank you. And, I totally love the conference call idea too!
I'm sad to inform you both that my contact at CFF e-mailed me back. She said they don't utilize social workplace tools. So I am keeping both my fingers and toes crossed that one of you will achieve success!
Have a great Monday!
Testing
Hello Garret and J. Lo :)
Keep your fingers crossed as I am hoping to find out tomorrow about Intel. Garret thanks for creating this homepage for us. It looks great!
Shing
Keep your fingers crossed as I am hoping to find out tomorrow about Intel. Garret thanks for creating this homepage for us. It looks great!
Shing
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Hi Jackie L.
Hi Jackie,
I would like to be able to tell you over the phone. That way I can better explain the features etc. while I walk you through it. I think it's semi-private in that people can see it, but they can not edit unless given rights (or have been invited). I invited Jackie A.M. as well so we should be good to go. Should I contact Andy Matthews? What did you think of that idea?
Thanks,
Garret
I would like to be able to tell you over the phone. That way I can better explain the features etc. while I walk you through it. I think it's semi-private in that people can see it, but they can not edit unless given rights (or have been invited). I invited Jackie A.M. as well so we should be good to go. Should I contact Andy Matthews? What did you think of that idea?
Thanks,
Garret
Another idea
A friend of mine is a field sales rep. with Henry Schein who is one the largest suppliers of Medical and Dental products in the world. This morning I remembered that he uses a blog to stay connected to his clients. I'm sure that he would be willing to meet with us (might be over the phone due to his travel schedule), but I have pasted his web address below so you can see what its all about.
http://andyrmatthews.blogspot.com/
http://andyrmatthews.blogspot.com/
How to post documents to our Blog
- Click the Office Button in the left hand corner.
- Click on "Publish"
- For the first time you post, it will ask you to register. Select "blogger" from the dropdown and then continue.
- Enter your regular gmail.
- It should be all set for you to go back to the Office Button and select publish.
Communication Transcript
Shing Vang ✆ to me, Jackie
show details 11:19 AM (14 hours ago)
Yes, that would be worth a try with the Nugget!
Shing
Garret Earley ✆ to coachlopez24, Shing
show details 4:12 PM (10 hours ago)
That's fine for the gym idea. I can make any appt work. For Nugget there are several so let me talk to them and if what they are using fits the criteria, I can find something central for all of us. Let me work a little more on the blog then for that part of it. I will throw in our emails and you all can tell me what you think. That will be tonight or tomorrow morning.
Thanks,
Garret
On Jan 21, 2011 11:41 AM, wrote:
>
> Attached: CFF Presentation.pptx
> Message from coachlopez24@gmail.com:
>
> Hi Team,
>
> So a few things:
>
> 1) If we will not be using google dragons/groups does anyone know how we can incorporate Jackie A.M. into being "invited" --as she put it-- into our workspace. Is it as simple as just including her in the e-mails?? I want to make sure she is gives us credit for our workspace part.
>
> 2) I have attached a powerpoint presentation on California Family Fitness for you two. I am hopeful I can schedule an interview with them today for sometime next week. If it turns out as a go, I just thought you would like some info on the company--it's nothing fancy just something I put together real quick from all of my other projects on this company from Sal's class. If you would like more info feel free to ask.
>
> 3) Garret: Thanks for putting in some more time on this (Apple, 10 social media companies, etc.) Barnes & Noble was unwilling to share as well. Can't blame these companies it is a competitive advantage for them but sucks for us :)
>
> 4) As for the Nugget idea, I think it's worth a shot to try, however, I think we should try and shoot for a nugget that is as central to all of us as possible. I live in Natomas and I believe Shing lives in Elk Grove. Is there one that is central to us???
>
> 5) Shing, if you can get into Intel's barriers and they are willing to share their info I think that would be a great one to go with. I know the contact that I have at the gym is okay with sharing information with us. I think now its just about scheduling a time and ensuring they have social media tools that they use, which from Erin's voicemail they do.
>
> 6) If I can schedule an interview, I will try and schedule it for the late morning early afternoon time (11-1pm --start time). Will this fit for everyone's schedule? I will be shooting for Monday or Tuesday as well. What do you all think?
>
> Jackie
>
>
> Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Garret Earley ✆ to Jackie, Shing
show details 11:07 AM (15 hours ago)
This came from a Yahoo article on the 10 best places to work. It seemed like with Apple they were reluctant to discuss anything with me for fear that we are exposing their proprietary secrets or something. Also, for some companies Social Media is reserved for use at the Corporate level and not for people that may be in the retail stores. What does everyone think about approaching Nugget (I have one a block away) to ask them about their willingness to share?
Thanks,
Garret
8. Nugget Market
Courtesy of Nugget Market
Rank: 8 (Previous rank: 5)
What makes it so great?
Rallies are an everyday event at this nine-store Northern California supermarket chain, where management uses a big flat screen computer monitor in each store to deliver important information about products, messages from the leadership team, employee awards, and pump up the troops.
Employees who watch diligently can be rewarded with bonuses that range from $20 to $1,500. Universal perk: everyone receives a 10% discount on store purchases.
2009 revenue ($ millions): 288
Garret Earley ✆ to Jackie, Shing
show details 10:59 AM (15 hours ago)
Ten Corporate Blogs Worth Reading
Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Adam in Blogging
Corporate blogs can be dry and lack the personality of some of the independent blogs. They tend to be far more censored because of legal and public relations concerns, too. But they can be a great source of information on the market and other topics of entrepreneurial interest. Here are ten “big blogs” that are worth reading regularly, even if they are written by large corporations:
1. Official Google Blog (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/)
It’s ranked #1 on Technorati’s top Corporate Blogs, and whether you approve of Google as a company or not, if you do any kind of business on the internet, you must acknowledge this company’s influence on all things web-related.
2. LinkedIn Blog (http://blog.linkedin.com/)
Stay on top of changes in the job market, learn how to use the LinkedIn application, read about how to use social media to make the most of your professional contacts.
3. Whole Story: The Whole Foods Blog (http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/)
As a pioneer in conscious consumerism and one of the most successful retailers in the country, Whole Foods’ blog combines business news infused with the unique Whole Foods philosophy, along with delicious topics on all kinds of food, wine, and environmental issues.
4. The Chatter: The Official Ebay Blog (http://www.ebaychatter.com/)
Keep your finger on the pulse of the most successful and popular online auction website. The Chatter covers Ebay as both a company and a community, and regularly features some of the coolest auctions posted on the site.
5. Check Out Blog: The Official Wal-Mart Blog (http://www.checkoutblog.com/)
Whether you like Wal-Mart or not, this retail giant is a huge force in the retail marketplace, and regularly reading their blog can help you stay abreast of trends that inevitably occur when they make announcements. Despite Wal-Mart being a big, faceless corporation the bloggers on this site are surprisingly personable in their writing.
6. The Fast Lane: GM’s Blog (http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/)
As one of the largest manufacturers in the U.S., and in light of the major economic impact this company has had on American taxpayers in the past year, keeping up with this blog is a great way to stay up on the forces that are shaping the future of the economy right now.
7. Future Banking Blog (http://futurebanking.bankofamerica.com)
This blog is a collaborative effort between Bank of American and MIT which addresses the future of the banking industry, and the steps that are being taken to evolve banking as a business. If you are interested in money at all you should read this blog.
8. Values in Practice: The McDonald’s Corporate Blog (http://www.crmcdonalds.com/publish/csr/home/_blog.html)
McDonald’s remains one of the most successful corporations in America, and continues to show profits even during the current recession. But what makes this blog so unique is that it is an official corporate blog that is primarily focused on corporate responsibility and sustainability.
9. Amazon Daily (http://www.amazon.com/gp/daily)
Amazon is the premier internet marketplace, and the official blog gives information about the company as well as product information from editors in every product category. Customers can give private feedback to the writers or leave a public comment.
10. The Platform: Opinions and Insights from Cisco (http://blogs.cisco.com)
One of the world’s largest manufacturers of networking and security technologies, Cisco’s official blog will give you a glimpse into the inner workings of a tech giant, and help you stay aware of product and financial news that will have an impact on the market.
Garret Earley ✆ to Shing, Jackie
show details 10:55 AM (15 hours ago)
Apple was unfortunately a dead end. I was surprised that the company that brought us the Podcast had nothing to offer. I think it was more that they were unwilling to share anything though. I have a friend that does contract work for SCA which is an insurance appraisal company. They are pretty large and national. I'll check with him because they did have a teleconference the other day with an online interactive component to the meeting. Google Docs is fine as it is already established and it should get the job done.
Thanks everyone,
Garret
Shing Vang ✆ to Jackie, me
show details 10:45 AM (15 hours ago)
Thanks Jackie for working on this homesite for us. I am definately ok with using this program. I how do we send files...I'll have to look into this more. My co-worker has an aunt who works for Intel and so I am still waiting to hear back from her. Garret, any news from Apple?
Thanks team for keeping everyone posted!
Shing
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details 10:39 AM (15 hours ago)
Shing & Garret,
Shing: I'm glad to hear you are working on Intel. Keep us posted on how that goes.
Shing & Garret: I just sent out an e-mail/post from google dragons explaining my status report with my gym contact. In my e-mail to them I asked for an interview early next week. It will give us time to work on what questions we need to ask, etc.
Also: I was wondering if the two of you can access (and post) via google dragons. Just curious if we want to use this tool so that I can invite Jackie as well--that way she knows we are working hard on this project.
Thanks,
Jackie
Jackie Lopez to Google
show details 10:28 AM (15 hours ago)
Hi Team Dragons,
Hope your enjoying your Friday. I just wanted to give you a status
report. My contact at the gym finally returned my call late afternoon
yesterday (I was taking team pictures and couldn't get back to her
before 5pm). Per her voicemail message, I sent her an email of the
description of our project guidelines which she will forward to their
communications/marketing department--she said this would be the best
to people to help field our questions.
The name of the gym/organization is: California Family Fitness (CFF)
The name of my contact person in their HR dept is: Erin Norris
Website: www.californiafamilyfitness.com
I left her another v-mail today (still playing phone tag) to confirm
that she received my latest email. I will keep you posted as I hear
more.
Happy Friday,
Jackie
P.S. I have a big basketball game tonight but will have to be there
around 3:30-4:00 (my game starts at 5:30). I will have my phone on me
feel free to text me or e-mail me. I will do my best to take her call
if she calls back around that time.
Shing Vang ✆ to google-dragons
show details Jan 20 (1 day ago)
Hello you two! I am at work and wanted to quickly email you two that I am working at trying to see if I can talk to someone from Intel so that we can get going on our project. It sounds like they have social media but the hangup is trying to find a person who will take the time to talk to me. Wish me luck!
Jackie, if yours is a go...let's move forward with the fitness center...
I'll try out google dragon when I get off of work.
Thanks for everything!
Shing
Jackie Lopez to Google
show details Jan 20 (1 day ago)
Hi team dragons!!
I was playing around with the settings and it looks like we can all
post now. Try it out and see if you can respond if you can and if you
are all ok with using google groups as an additional tool I think we
are good to go as far as the tools go.
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Shing--Can you get text msgs? I forgot.
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Shing,
Thanks for doing the leg work to find out about the weight watchers thing. Garret didn't have much luck at the Roseville location (he just texted me) but he did get some info for the Elk Grove location hopefully this will be better. In addition to leaving a voicemail for Erin (CFF) I emailed her. I remember that emailing is a good way for her to communicate.
Keep up the good work team. I will start becoming more unavailable as it reaches closer to 2pm. Emails and texts are working great and should continue to while I'm with the JV team.
Jackie
P.s. I love how "in the loop" we are keeping each other. :D
Garret Earley ✆ to coachlopez24
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Jackie,
Im at the mall in Roseville. I was going to text you to see if I should still talk to them, but I realized I don't have your cell. I'll be here for a little bit if you want to text me at 9163807494.
Thanks,
Garret
Shing Vang ✆ to me, Jackie
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Yeah Garret...I hope you can talk to Apple! Just to let you all know, I spoke to a rep on the phone from Weight Watchers and they do have an online program for members where they can talk to each other, but I am not a member and will not be able to check it out. The problem I found with Weight Watchers is that the actual physical place where they hold classes are not open all day. They have specific times when the building is open. For example, the one in Elk Grove is closed today and will open tomorrow from 2pm-4pm and then Fri from 8am-1:30pm. Also, in talking to the lady, she wasn't very familiar with it and I asked her if there was one person at the site that would be able to help and she was not very sure as these people were more of the personal interactions type and not necessarily social media type. It sounded like this Social Network is done and organize at the Corporate level.
This doesn't sound like a go with Weight Watchers.
Shing
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Garret Earley wrote:
Okay,
Now I have the email traffic and I am back in the loop. No problem with the wikispaces. I can convert to another tool if you all want. I enjoy doing it so its no big deal. When I get home ill send the blogspot link. I did it, I was just concerned that it didn't turn out user friendly. I'll talk to Apple too since I'm here.
Thanks,
Garret
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Looks like we are all hard at work on this. I bet you its something as simple as changing something in the access part that will allow us 2 post stuff. Anyway, keep me posted on how it goes guys! Good luck!
Ps. Shing: Garret is at apple right now.
Shing Vang ✆ to Jackie, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Just so you both know, I am not working today. Please call me at 214-6682 if you need to get a hold of me. Jackie, I joined your Google Dragons space but I can't post anything either...maybe we should just use Google Docs...anyway, I am calling weight watchers as I am typing this email away and am still on hold...don't know how well it will go...
Shing
Shing Vang ✆ to Jackie, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Jackie, I too remember that Prof did not want us to use wikispaces...Sorry Garret...
Shing
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Hi again team,
I just called and left a message for Erin, my contact at California Family Fitness. I have to be on the bus 2pm today so if she calls me back anytime after then I will do my best to returner call before my game at 5pm (ish).
I also called Mary Haynes at Barnes & Noble and spoke with another mgr. who told me that it would be better to Mary about our project, she seemed very uninterested and not willing to help. Mary starts her shift at 4pm today so I will be getting more info later this evening to share with you ( I hope).
Sorry for the over communication just wanted to keep you all in the loop on my status.
Have a great day,
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Hi Team,
So in an effort to create another space (I'm sorry Garret that Jackie won't let us use wikispaces) I created and invited you both to a google group called google dragons. I tried to post something for a discussion so that you all will be able to see it and it said that I don't have sufficient permissions to do this which I don't understand since I created the darn thing. Just goes to show how tech savvy I'm not lol!! Maybe I need to have another member accept first??
Now, I'm not even sure if you all even got my invitation to join...good grief! In it I told you that if you both choose to not use google groups as a tool my feelings will not be hurt and that is still the case. Since I can't start off a converstaion we may have to dump this idea anyway. I just thought I would try my hand at this tool business. :)
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to me, shingvang
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Hi Garret,
Thanks for working on this. I'm sorry you had a difficult time with blogspot. I really like the wikispaces idea too but I remember Jackie saying that we can't use it, since this is what we are using for our other class assignments. I hope you didn't put too much time into it.
Myabe just sticking to googledocs is what we will have to do.
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to me, shingvang
show details Jan 18 (3 days ago)
hi team
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Garret Earley wrote:
Sorry for the late reply. I like the Barnes and Noble idea. Also Apple might be a good option as well. I will be thinking of some other things we can examine as well. I am also glad to be working with you and Shing. You are both awesome. See you later tonight.
Thanks,
Garret
--
Garret L. Earley
Jacqueline Y Lopez
show details Jan 13 (8 days ago)
Hi Team!!
So our deadline to have our project completed will be here before we know it.
Garret: Shing and I spoke briefly after class on Tuesday about who we can interview and what social media tool we can use. This was more like a brainstorming session, here is what we discussed:
Tools: Google Docs-It's the only one we both know how to use but I was wondering if both of you would be willing to try one of the other "free" tools. I'd like a chance to learn how to use a new tool and I have not had the best of success with Google Docs in the past. If we do use google docs, we will need each others gmail addresses. Here is mine: coachlopez24@gmail.com Please use this one to communicate with me--checking my drexel email is quite the task for me.
Drexel Group Pages: We discussed this idea briefly but I looked into it and it seems like we will have to get Jackie A.M. to set it up for us and it will be available for the entire class to see--I could be wrong though.
Project Ideas: Drexel, California Family Fitness (CFF), and Weight Watchers. I have a connection at CFF whom I've been using for my other HRD assignments--but I'm not sure if they will be appropriate for this project.
Extra information:
Barnes & Noble: After class on Tuesday, I had to go to the book store (Barnes & Noble) and while I was there I asked the mgr if they use virutal communities. She said YES!! She has to ask permission for us to interview her and I'm still waiting on a response which is good since I wanted to run the idea past you all as well.
Apple: While talking with the Mgr. she suggested we look into apple as well. She said she knew for a fact that they use virutal communities internally and if her district mgr said they couldn't do it, Apple would be the next best thing. Personally I think this idea is better anyway. Again wanted to get your thoughts.
Garret & Shing I am looking forward to working with you both! I have worked with both of you before on separate projects and was excited to see that we were in the same group. I know our group will be great! :)
See you soon,
Jackie
P.S. sorry for the super long e-mail, they will get shorter after this. :)
show details 11:19 AM (14 hours ago)
Yes, that would be worth a try with the Nugget!
Shing
Garret Earley ✆ to coachlopez24, Shing
show details 4:12 PM (10 hours ago)
That's fine for the gym idea. I can make any appt work. For Nugget there are several so let me talk to them and if what they are using fits the criteria, I can find something central for all of us. Let me work a little more on the blog then for that part of it. I will throw in our emails and you all can tell me what you think. That will be tonight or tomorrow morning.
Thanks,
Garret
On Jan 21, 2011 11:41 AM,
>
> Attached: CFF Presentation.pptx
> Message from coachlopez24@gmail.com:
>
> Hi Team,
>
> So a few things:
>
> 1) If we will not be using google dragons/groups does anyone know how we can incorporate Jackie A.M. into being "invited" --as she put it-- into our workspace. Is it as simple as just including her in the e-mails?? I want to make sure she is gives us credit for our workspace part.
>
> 2) I have attached a powerpoint presentation on California Family Fitness for you two. I am hopeful I can schedule an interview with them today for sometime next week. If it turns out as a go, I just thought you would like some info on the company--it's nothing fancy just something I put together real quick from all of my other projects on this company from Sal's class. If you would like more info feel free to ask.
>
> 3) Garret: Thanks for putting in some more time on this (Apple, 10 social media companies, etc.) Barnes & Noble was unwilling to share as well. Can't blame these companies it is a competitive advantage for them but sucks for us :)
>
> 4) As for the Nugget idea, I think it's worth a shot to try, however, I think we should try and shoot for a nugget that is as central to all of us as possible. I live in Natomas and I believe Shing lives in Elk Grove. Is there one that is central to us???
>
> 5) Shing, if you can get into Intel's barriers and they are willing to share their info I think that would be a great one to go with. I know the contact that I have at the gym is okay with sharing information with us. I think now its just about scheduling a time and ensuring they have social media tools that they use, which from Erin's voicemail they do.
>
> 6) If I can schedule an interview, I will try and schedule it for the late morning early afternoon time (11-1pm --start time). Will this fit for everyone's schedule? I will be shooting for Monday or Tuesday as well. What do you all think?
>
> Jackie
>
>
> Google Docs makes it easy to create, store and share online documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Garret Earley ✆ to Jackie, Shing
show details 11:07 AM (15 hours ago)
This came from a Yahoo article on the 10 best places to work. It seemed like with Apple they were reluctant to discuss anything with me for fear that we are exposing their proprietary secrets or something. Also, for some companies Social Media is reserved for use at the Corporate level and not for people that may be in the retail stores. What does everyone think about approaching Nugget (I have one a block away) to ask them about their willingness to share?
Thanks,
Garret
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Garret Earley ✆ to Jackie, Shing
show details 10:59 AM (15 hours ago)
Ten Corporate Blogs Worth Reading
Posted on 19. Feb, 2009 by Adam in Blogging
Corporate blogs can be dry and lack the personality of some of the independent blogs. They tend to be far more censored because of legal and public relations concerns, too. But they can be a great source of information on the market and other topics of entrepreneurial interest. Here are ten “big blogs” that are worth reading regularly, even if they are written by large corporations:
1. Official Google Blog (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/)
It’s ranked #1 on Technorati’s top Corporate Blogs, and whether you approve of Google as a company or not, if you do any kind of business on the internet, you must acknowledge this company’s influence on all things web-related.
2. LinkedIn Blog (http://blog.linkedin.com/)
Stay on top of changes in the job market, learn how to use the LinkedIn application, read about how to use social media to make the most of your professional contacts.
3. Whole Story: The Whole Foods Blog (http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/)
As a pioneer in conscious consumerism and one of the most successful retailers in the country, Whole Foods’ blog combines business news infused with the unique Whole Foods philosophy, along with delicious topics on all kinds of food, wine, and environmental issues.
4. The Chatter: The Official Ebay Blog (http://www.ebaychatter.com/)
Keep your finger on the pulse of the most successful and popular online auction website. The Chatter covers Ebay as both a company and a community, and regularly features some of the coolest auctions posted on the site.
5. Check Out Blog: The Official Wal-Mart Blog (http://www.checkoutblog.com/)
Whether you like Wal-Mart or not, this retail giant is a huge force in the retail marketplace, and regularly reading their blog can help you stay abreast of trends that inevitably occur when they make announcements. Despite Wal-Mart being a big, faceless corporation the bloggers on this site are surprisingly personable in their writing.
6. The Fast Lane: GM’s Blog (http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/)
As one of the largest manufacturers in the U.S., and in light of the major economic impact this company has had on American taxpayers in the past year, keeping up with this blog is a great way to stay up on the forces that are shaping the future of the economy right now.
7. Future Banking Blog (http://futurebanking.bankofamerica.com)
This blog is a collaborative effort between Bank of American and MIT which addresses the future of the banking industry, and the steps that are being taken to evolve banking as a business. If you are interested in money at all you should read this blog.
8. Values in Practice: The McDonald’s Corporate Blog (http://www.crmcdonalds.com/publish/csr/home/_blog.html)
McDonald’s remains one of the most successful corporations in America, and continues to show profits even during the current recession. But what makes this blog so unique is that it is an official corporate blog that is primarily focused on corporate responsibility and sustainability.
9. Amazon Daily (http://www.amazon.com/gp/daily)
Amazon is the premier internet marketplace, and the official blog gives information about the company as well as product information from editors in every product category. Customers can give private feedback to the writers or leave a public comment.
10. The Platform: Opinions and Insights from Cisco (http://blogs.cisco.com)
One of the world’s largest manufacturers of networking and security technologies, Cisco’s official blog will give you a glimpse into the inner workings of a tech giant, and help you stay aware of product and financial news that will have an impact on the market.
Garret Earley ✆ to Shing, Jackie
show details 10:55 AM (15 hours ago)
Apple was unfortunately a dead end. I was surprised that the company that brought us the Podcast had nothing to offer. I think it was more that they were unwilling to share anything though. I have a friend that does contract work for SCA which is an insurance appraisal company. They are pretty large and national. I'll check with him because they did have a teleconference the other day with an online interactive component to the meeting. Google Docs is fine as it is already established and it should get the job done.
Thanks everyone,
Garret
Shing Vang ✆ to Jackie, me
show details 10:45 AM (15 hours ago)
Thanks Jackie for working on this homesite for us. I am definately ok with using this program. I how do we send files...I'll have to look into this more. My co-worker has an aunt who works for Intel and so I am still waiting to hear back from her. Garret, any news from Apple?
Thanks team for keeping everyone posted!
Shing
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details 10:39 AM (15 hours ago)
Shing & Garret,
Shing: I'm glad to hear you are working on Intel. Keep us posted on how that goes.
Shing & Garret: I just sent out an e-mail/post from google dragons explaining my status report with my gym contact. In my e-mail to them I asked for an interview early next week. It will give us time to work on what questions we need to ask, etc.
Also: I was wondering if the two of you can access (and post) via google dragons. Just curious if we want to use this tool so that I can invite Jackie as well--that way she knows we are working hard on this project.
Thanks,
Jackie
Jackie Lopez to Google
show details 10:28 AM (15 hours ago)
Hi Team Dragons,
Hope your enjoying your Friday. I just wanted to give you a status
report. My contact at the gym finally returned my call late afternoon
yesterday (I was taking team pictures and couldn't get back to her
before 5pm). Per her voicemail message, I sent her an email of the
description of our project guidelines which she will forward to their
communications/marketing department--she said this would be the best
to people to help field our questions.
The name of the gym/organization is: California Family Fitness (CFF)
The name of my contact person in their HR dept is: Erin Norris
Website: www.californiafamilyfitness.com
I left her another v-mail today (still playing phone tag) to confirm
that she received my latest email. I will keep you posted as I hear
more.
Happy Friday,
Jackie
P.S. I have a big basketball game tonight but will have to be there
around 3:30-4:00 (my game starts at 5:30). I will have my phone on me
feel free to text me or e-mail me. I will do my best to take her call
if she calls back around that time.
Shing Vang ✆ to google-dragons
show details Jan 20 (1 day ago)
Hello you two! I am at work and wanted to quickly email you two that I am working at trying to see if I can talk to someone from Intel so that we can get going on our project. It sounds like they have social media but the hangup is trying to find a person who will take the time to talk to me. Wish me luck!
Jackie, if yours is a go...let's move forward with the fitness center...
I'll try out google dragon when I get off of work.
Thanks for everything!
Shing
Jackie Lopez to Google
show details Jan 20 (1 day ago)
Hi team dragons!!
I was playing around with the settings and it looks like we can all
post now. Try it out and see if you can respond if you can and if you
are all ok with using google groups as an additional tool I think we
are good to go as far as the tools go.
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Shing--Can you get text msgs? I forgot.
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Shing,
Thanks for doing the leg work to find out about the weight watchers thing. Garret didn't have much luck at the Roseville location (he just texted me) but he did get some info for the Elk Grove location hopefully this will be better. In addition to leaving a voicemail for Erin (CFF) I emailed her. I remember that emailing is a good way for her to communicate.
Keep up the good work team. I will start becoming more unavailable as it reaches closer to 2pm. Emails and texts are working great and should continue to while I'm with the JV team.
Jackie
P.s. I love how "in the loop" we are keeping each other. :D
Garret Earley ✆ to coachlopez24
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Jackie,
Im at the mall in Roseville. I was going to text you to see if I should still talk to them, but I realized I don't have your cell. I'll be here for a little bit if you want to text me at 9163807494.
Thanks,
Garret
Shing Vang ✆ to me, Jackie
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Yeah Garret...I hope you can talk to Apple! Just to let you all know, I spoke to a rep on the phone from Weight Watchers and they do have an online program for members where they can talk to each other, but I am not a member and will not be able to check it out. The problem I found with Weight Watchers is that the actual physical place where they hold classes are not open all day. They have specific times when the building is open. For example, the one in Elk Grove is closed today and will open tomorrow from 2pm-4pm and then Fri from 8am-1:30pm. Also, in talking to the lady, she wasn't very familiar with it and I asked her if there was one person at the site that would be able to help and she was not very sure as these people were more of the personal interactions type and not necessarily social media type. It sounded like this Social Network is done and organize at the Corporate level.
This doesn't sound like a go with Weight Watchers.
Shing
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Garret Earley
Okay,
Now I have the email traffic and I am back in the loop. No problem with the wikispaces. I can convert to another tool if you all want. I enjoy doing it so its no big deal. When I get home ill send the blogspot link. I did it, I was just concerned that it didn't turn out user friendly. I'll talk to Apple too since I'm here.
Thanks,
Garret
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Looks like we are all hard at work on this. I bet you its something as simple as changing something in the access part that will allow us 2 post stuff. Anyway, keep me posted on how it goes guys! Good luck!
Ps. Shing: Garret is at apple right now.
Shing Vang ✆ to Jackie, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Just so you both know, I am not working today. Please call me at 214-6682 if you need to get a hold of me. Jackie, I joined your Google Dragons space but I can't post anything either...maybe we should just use Google Docs...anyway, I am calling weight watchers as I am typing this email away and am still on hold...don't know how well it will go...
Shing
Shing Vang ✆ to Jackie, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Jackie, I too remember that Prof did not want us to use wikispaces...Sorry Garret...
Shing
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Hi again team,
I just called and left a message for Erin, my contact at California Family Fitness. I have to be on the bus 2pm today so if she calls me back anytime after then I will do my best to returner call before my game at 5pm (ish).
I also called Mary Haynes at Barnes & Noble and spoke with another mgr. who told me that it would be better to Mary about our project, she seemed very uninterested and not willing to help. Mary starts her shift at 4pm today so I will be getting more info later this evening to share with you ( I hope).
Sorry for the over communication just wanted to keep you all in the loop on my status.
Have a great day,
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to Shing, me
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Hi Team,
So in an effort to create another space (I'm sorry Garret that Jackie won't let us use wikispaces) I created and invited you both to a google group called google dragons. I tried to post something for a discussion so that you all will be able to see it and it said that I don't have sufficient permissions to do this which I don't understand since I created the darn thing. Just goes to show how tech savvy I'm not lol!! Maybe I need to have another member accept first??
Now, I'm not even sure if you all even got my invitation to join...good grief! In it I told you that if you both choose to not use google groups as a tool my feelings will not be hurt and that is still the case. Since I can't start off a converstaion we may have to dump this idea anyway. I just thought I would try my hand at this tool business. :)
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to me, shingvang
show details Jan 19 (2 days ago)
Hi Garret,
Thanks for working on this. I'm sorry you had a difficult time with blogspot. I really like the wikispaces idea too but I remember Jackie saying that we can't use it, since this is what we are using for our other class assignments. I hope you didn't put too much time into it.
Myabe just sticking to googledocs is what we will have to do.
Jackie
Jackie Lopez ✆ to me, shingvang
show details Jan 18 (3 days ago)
hi team
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Garret Earley
Sorry for the late reply. I like the Barnes and Noble idea. Also Apple might be a good option as well. I will be thinking of some other things we can examine as well. I am also glad to be working with you and Shing. You are both awesome. See you later tonight.
Thanks,
Garret
--
Garret L. Earley
Jacqueline Y Lopez
show details Jan 13 (8 days ago)
Hi Team!!
So our deadline to have our project completed will be here before we know it.
Garret: Shing and I spoke briefly after class on Tuesday about who we can interview and what social media tool we can use. This was more like a brainstorming session, here is what we discussed:
Tools: Google Docs-It's the only one we both know how to use but I was wondering if both of you would be willing to try one of the other "free" tools. I'd like a chance to learn how to use a new tool and I have not had the best of success with Google Docs in the past. If we do use google docs, we will need each others gmail addresses. Here is mine: coachlopez24@gmail.com Please use this one to communicate with me--checking my drexel email is quite the task for me.
Drexel Group Pages: We discussed this idea briefly but I looked into it and it seems like we will have to get Jackie A.M. to set it up for us and it will be available for the entire class to see--I could be wrong though.
Project Ideas: Drexel, California Family Fitness (CFF), and Weight Watchers. I have a connection at CFF whom I've been using for my other HRD assignments--but I'm not sure if they will be appropriate for this project.
Extra information:
Barnes & Noble: After class on Tuesday, I had to go to the book store (Barnes & Noble) and while I was there I asked the mgr if they use virutal communities. She said YES!! She has to ask permission for us to interview her and I'm still waiting on a response which is good since I wanted to run the idea past you all as well.
Apple: While talking with the Mgr. she suggested we look into apple as well. She said she knew for a fact that they use virutal communities internally and if her district mgr said they couldn't do it, Apple would be the next best thing. Personally I think this idea is better anyway. Again wanted to get your thoughts.
Garret & Shing I am looking forward to working with you both! I have worked with both of you before on separate projects and was excited to see that we were in the same group. I know our group will be great! :)
See you soon,
Jackie
P.S. sorry for the super long e-mail, they will get shorter after this. :)
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