by Anastasia on May 7, 2012
We are all geographically unbound, mobile, and busier than ever. It is not surprising that a lot of our communication happens now long-distance or virtually – via the phone, Skype, email, texts, social media, etc. The same applies to learning and sharing our knowledge and solutions with our clients and customers. The Internet is no [...]
by Anastasia on December 5, 2011
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Marina Kostina, the author of “Teach Online,” for her blog series at Effective Online Teaching & Training a few weeks ago. We talked about conflict management in a virtual classroom. Here is the video of our interview. Other cyberpsychology articles and resources: Blog “Positively Media: How we [...]
by Anastasia on February 25, 2011
“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” ~ Mark Twain When Nicole Eggert got harsh publicity from the media for gaining weight since her “Baywatch” days, she decided to use humor as her weapon against the tabloid attacks. She teamed up with “Funny or Die” to create a video [...]
by Anastasia on January 22, 2011
It is not every day that a social media enthusiast gets to live the drama of a social media crisis. Yesterday, apparently, I took part in one after posting this comment to the U.S. Figure Skating Facebook fan page: I was surprised to discover a few hours later that my post was deleted, as were [...]
by Anastasia on January 18, 2011
How hard could it be to undo bad publicity? In one of the questionnaires relayed to 160 Israeli directors as part of the study conducted by the Faculty of Management at the Tel Aviv University, the participants were asked to recall information on Israeli companies that was reported in the press. The research revealed that [...]
by Anastasia on January 8, 2011
“The only way to put out a social media fire is with social media water,” says Ramon DeLeon, managing partner of several Chicago-area Domino’s Pizzas stores, and he should know, as his video apology campaign back in 2009 was hailed as a big success by social media gurus. My 2010 video apology review wouldn’t be [...]
by Anastasia on December 29, 2010
According to Socrates, “An unexamined life is not worth living.” It is this time again when we look back at the year gone by to see what we can learn from it. All the exciting happenings in neuroscience and the explorations of the brain, communication and social networks have rocked this Brain Alchemist’s boat, or, [...]
by Anastasia on October 6, 2010
What happens when Facebook friendships end? This question prompted Christopher Sibona, a PhD student in the Computer Science and Information Systems program at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, to do a study on the Facebook unfriending practices. ScienceDaily reports: After surveying more than 1,500 Facebook users on Twitter, Sibona found the number-one reason [...]
by Anastasia on September 22, 2010
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by Anastasia on August 16, 2010
Social media for business requires planning. With the right strategy, social media can help you maximize your marketing efforts, build long-term, trusting relationships with your clients and prospects, boost your visibility and credibility, while you share your expertise and valuable experience with the growing audience. You can develop good friendships and business alliances and have [...]