Social Media & Technology When “It” Hits the Fan. Super Storm Sandy helped to bring greater awareness to the struggles that communicators and leaders face during crises — and to the need for equally super crisis communications preparation and training.
Imagine having an arsenal of communications technology at your disposal, yet having no electricity to use it. For people who try to build too much of their communications strategy around a single means of communication, such as social media, the old adage, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” has never been truer. Today’s public relations professional is deluged with pressure to use social media. But as with all communications channels, the secret is to find the right fit, rather than force a fit. Social media is never a “one-size-fits-all” solution, nor should it be. I’ve used this system successfully in two hurricanes, broadcasting to CNN and The Weather Channel live from the flood waters of my home on Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. Q & A: Facebook ‘Breaks’ and User Behavior. 33 HBR Blog Posts You Should Read Before 2013 - Katherine Bell - Our Editors. By Katherine Bell | 8:00 AM December 28, 2012 HBR’s editors have compiled a list of some of our — and your — favorite of the nearly 2000 blog posts we published in 2012.
As usual, the topics that most preoccupied our authors and readers reflected our shared anxieties: the pressures exerted on our businesses by technology and the global economy — no end to economic uncertainty, the need to make sense of vast amounts of data, the problem and opportunity of disruptive innovation; as well as perennial personal worries — finding work that matters, never getting enough done.
We hope you’ll find some insights here you may have missed the first time around, and that they’ll help you make 2013 a productive and innovative year for your company and yourself. Innovation, Especially the Disruptive Kind, Seemed as Difficult as Ever Why Big Companies Can’t Innovate Maxwell Wessel.
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Forest Service and partners at universities, non-profits and other agencies predict that urban and developed land areas in the US will increase 41 percent by 2060. Forested areas will be most impacted by this expansion, with losses ranging from 16 to 34 million acres in the lower 48 states. The agency highlighted the results of a new study in a press release issued last month. The researchers also concluded that, over the long-term, climate change could have significant effects on water availability, making America potentially more vulnerable to water shortages, especially in the Southwest and Great Plains. Population growth in more arid regions will require more drinking water. The assessment’s projections respond to a set of scenarios with varying assumptions about domestic population and economic growth, global population and economic growth, global wood energy consumption and U..S land use change from 2010 to 2060.
German Man Builds Device to Suck Electricity From Power Lines, Other People - Technology. Say your Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock axe dies in mid-shred.
You could interrupt your blazing rendition of KISS' "Love Gun" and go to the store to buy batteries. But that requires movement, and batteries are expensive. Plan B. Try looking around for the nearest computer, coffeemaker, or other electronic device. There's free electricity in the form of electromagnetic fields just buzzing around these things. That's what German designer Dennis Siegel claims to do. I recently shot some questions to Siegel about why he built this thing and what, exactly, it does. How did you come up the idea for the Harvester?
We are surrounded by electromagnetic fields which are actually pure energy fields. The idea for the project was born in a course at the University of the Arts in Bremen/Germany that was dealing with theories about physical and non-physical spaces as well as programs. What is the range? The range depends on the strength of the electromagnetic field. For Successful People, Planning The Weekend Is Just As Important As Planning The Week. While playing the piano, meeting friends for a soccer game, and chopping wood could be spontaneous activities, for the busiest people, you have to make an appointment to go off the grid as surely as to go on it.
If you have a three-year-old, for instance, and you wish to chop wood, you need to make sure someone else is dealing with the child so he doesn’t decide to “help” you. That requires thinking through your plan for the day and communicating it with your partner or someone else who might watch the child, or even just sticking him in front of the TV so he doesn’t stick himself anywhere near the axe. Playing the piano for hours means making a commitment not to call an equally busy client or look over endless project plans at that time. Eating dinner somewhere lovely often requires a reservation. Any parent knows it’s near impossible to get a Saturday night sitter on Saturday. SendTo-Convert Converts Images From Your Right-Click Menu, Without the Clutter.