18 Ways To Increase Your Digital Presence

Getting or keeping a job in today’s unstable business climate takes coming up with new ideas and new ways to present yourself  – it takes digital presence.

Increasing your digital presence on social media is a lot more than just updating your status on Facebook or IBM Connections.

Here are 18 sure fire ways to help you get online and noticed. Read along as IBM’s Social Butterfly, Lorian Lipton, motivates you with her 18 Ways To Increase Your Digital Presence, from her blog The Digital Attitude: Becoming Eminent.

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Greater IBM, what would you add to these? Have you got any tips to share?

 

 

- Posted by Lorian Lipton

What Should You Tell Cloud Adopters? Five Key Messages

By Frank De Gilio, Smarter Computing blog

Recently I was part of a video debate panel on cloud computing. Actually rather than a debate, it was more of a discussion on the roles of public and private cloud in an enterprise.  Larry Carvalho, Kevin Jackson and I talked about issues in a discussion moderated by David Linthicum. While these discussions were hardly the arguments that make for entertaining video, they leveraged different perspectives to provide a good thumbnail sketch of what enterprises are experiencing when it comes to cloud infrastructure.

David kept the conversation rolling and there were some very interesting topics that are important to businesses trying to create hyper-efficient IT services.  You can see some great clips, as well as the full replay in a blog post here.

The topics discussed by the panel deserve a little more discussion than was possible in the hour allotted. I plan to dedicate a post to each topic in the near future, but for the time being, there are a few messages that came out very strongly. What are those five key messages?

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Greater IBMers, what would you add to this list? Is anything missing?

- Posted by Regan Kelly. Part of our May 2013 theme of emerging trends.

The Center for CIO Leadership Launches New Blog

The Center for CIO Leadership is an international, cross-industry peer community solely focused on the advancement of business competencies for technology professionals through peer insights and connections, education, and research. It provides CIOs from around the world with access to a global community of academic and practitioner experts, peer CIOs, and business leaders with a common goal of advancing the CIO profession and providing professional development.

And now it has its own brand new blog – check it out!.

Focused on advancing the CIO profession through global thought leadership, research, education, and outreach, the Center develops practical insights, sponsors a global learning community, promotes peer-to-peer mentoring, and fosters greater understanding of IT among business leaders and executive influencers. It was founded by IBM to achieve these goals as an open, collaborative network of executives and institutions from around the world. The world’s leading CIOs are actively taking a role to shape their future in this unique, collaborative community. Explore the new blog!

And then let us know what you think, in the Leave a Reply field.

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Related:

The CIO Leadership and Innovation

The CIO Innovation Lab

Connect:

• Join The Center for CIO Leadership group on LinkedIn
• Follow on Twitter
• Watch related videos on YouTube

- Posted by Regan Kelly. This post is part of our theme of Emerging Trends for the month of May, 2013.

The Top 10 “How to Sell” Books of All Time

Amazon.com today offers 341,472 book titles that include the word “sales”. And 48,427 of its titles include the word “selling.” Because it’s unlikely that you’ll get to read all of those, Inc.com’s Geoffrey James here identifies the top ten that should be found in every business library.

See the Top Ten of All Time

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Greater IBM, what’s missing from this list? Let us know in the Leave a Reply box.

About the author:

Geoffrey James writes the Sales Source column on Inc.com, the world’s most visited sales-oriented blog. His newly published book is Business to Business Selling: Power Words and Strategies From the World’s Top Sales Experts.

Follow him on Twitter: @Sales_Source

 

- Posted by Regan Kelly

 

How Can Technology Help Conserve Water? Join Friday’s Chat

Water is one of our most essential resources. Of all the water on Earth, only 1 percent can be used by ecosystems and people. As the world’s population increases to an estimated 8 billion in 2025, the demand for water will rise too.

It’s time we get smarter about water.

Join in the Smarter Friday chat on World Water Day, March 22, as IBM Smarter Water Architect Eoin Lane discusses how technology can help us with water: http://on.fb.me/11iZe4q

Related:

• Friday, March 22 is World Water Day. Find out more.
• Building a Smarter Planet: A Smarter Planet blog
• Smarter Planet at IBM.com
• Smarter Planet Tumblr

In Case You Missed It: Catching Up with Greater IBM

In this issue:

• IBM Connect 2013 – Watch it anytime
• What’s new around The Greater IBM Connection
• Welcome, new members!

IBM Connect 2013 – Watch it anytime

If you’re not in Orlando for IBM Connect 2013 this week, not to worry: you can now see replays of The IBM Connect OGS, Keynote, and many other exciting sessions.

We’re happy to let you know that these and many more are available for replay on Livestream.  Watch them anytime, all in this video library.

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What’s new around The Greater IBM Connection

If you haven’t visited the blog lately, here’s a roundup of some popular recent posts you might have missed:

• Congratulations, IBM WebSphere Champions 2013!
• Watson’s Off to College: Supercomputer joins forces with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Quit Thinking So Positively (+ 4 Other “Good” Habits To Ditch)
• The Little Red Laptop Button? A Patented IBM Innovation: http://wp.me/p2kcos-Lh
• And just for fun – a new cartoon that might seem familiar, on work-life “balance”

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Welcome!

If you’ve just joined The Greater IBM Connection, welcome. We’re glad to see you here and we know you’re going to enjoy reconnecting and networking with your IBM friends and colleagues.

These useful links will help you get started:

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• Facebook: Click the Like button to see Greater IBM news in your Newsfeed.
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•  LinkedIn: Be a part of one of the largest groups on all of LinkedIn, and join nearly 80,000 Greater IBM Connection community members. Contribute to the conversations or start your own – it’s your community, see you there!
  

Greater IBM Blog: Could Have Powered 7 Film Festivals?

Kind of amazing, but here’s a snippet from The Greater IBM Connection 2012 blogging report – if each blog view were a film, this blog could have powered 7 Film Festivals.  Not bad, considering that the blog was only re-launched in late August.  Here’s an overview of the top ten posts, by number of views, for the year.

BLOG POSTS	NUMBER OF VIEWS
1 – In Focus: Aetna Plans for IBM Retirees Available through Retiree Health Access® (Oct 2012)	1,417
2 – Are You on the Fast Track? New Tech Trends Study Out Now (Dec 2012)	1,143
3 – 9 Bad Work Habits – and How to Break Them (Nov 2012)	1,065
4 – Author Walter Hehl on The Ominous Acceleration of Knowledge (Aug 2012)	954
5 – The One Key that Helped Drive the Computer Revolution – Thanks to IBM (Oct 2012)	812
6 – Did You Know About the IBM Gift Advisor? (Dec 2012)	788
7 – Five Things You Should Stop Doing – Your To-Ignore List (Sept 2012)	679
8 – Be Happier at Work: Stop Doing These 10 Things Right Now (Dec 2012)	614
9 – Coffee Nation: How Caffeine Affects Your Creativity (Sept 2012)	595
10 – 5 Top Tips to Starting a Successful Business, by Richard Branson (Oct 2012)	583

–Posted by Julie Yamamoto, Program Manager, The Greater IBM Connection

What’s The Buzz for December 2012

Here’s a quick snapshot of what YOU have been talking about for the month of December 2012. Top five discussions/posts on LinkedIn, Facebook, our blog, and Twitter

LINKEDIN DISCUSSION	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES
Why former IBMers who left maybe years ago for any reason are still active on The Greater IBM Connection?	58 (Dec), 128 all time
IBM Leader in Gutting 401(k)s – Forbes	34 (Dec), 39 all time
Has IBM lost the I…apparently in job postings!…(all job adverts are USA…)	33
Lotus No More	27
Great article….Passing of Zig Ziglar	21
FACEBOOK POSTS	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES/ SHARES
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty has won a place in a BIG year-end list (Ginni Rometty photo and link to CNN story)	228
Green for the holidays! Read about how an IBM Centennial Grant supports the movement for green schools in Singapore (Photo and link to blog story)	112
It’s a matter of subtraction, not addition – try NOT doing these 10 things and see how your work life and happiness levels can improve (link to blog post)	44
#IBMAlumni, here’s another short history quiz for you – who invented the world’s first hard drive? (Photo and link to blog story)	44
#ibm #ibmsimon GreaterIBMers, did you think that the world’s first #Smartphone = #Apple or #Android? Think again… (Photo and link to blog story)	42
BLOG POSTS	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES/ SHARES
Innovation Breakthrough: IBM Chip to Use LIGHT to Significantly Accelerate Your Internet	88
Be Happier at Work: Stop Doing These 10 Things Right Now	88
Are You on the Fast Track? New Tech Trends Study Out Now	50
World’s First Smartphone = Apple or Android? Think again…	46
IBM’s 5 in 5: Welcome To The Era of Cognitive Systems	28
TWEETS	NUMBER OF RETWEETS
Leadership is doing what is right when no one is watching. – George Van Valkenburg	5
Infographic: what the 2012 #IBMTechTrends results can tell us about skill gaps in technology.	4
#ibm #bigdata #smarteranalytics Free Webcast 12/6 at 11am ET – Leveraging Analytics for Competitive Advantage	4
Factoid: We Spent 121 Billion Minutes on Social Media in One Month	4
(too many to list)	3 each

–Posted by Julie Yamamoto, Program Manager, The Greater IBM Connection

What’s The Buzz for November 2012

Here’s a quick snapshot of what YOU have been talking about for the month of November 2012. Top five discussions/posts on LinkedIn, Facebook, our blog, and Twitter

LINKEDIN DISCUSSION	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES
What’s the most interesting thing you do in your non-work life?	32 (Nov), 266 all time (posted twice)
Baby Boomer Retirement – What Happened?	29 (Nov), 70 all time
Lotus No More	21
Have You Endorsed Anyone w/ LinkedIn’s 1-Click Endorsements?	19
Why former IBMers who left maybe years ago for any reason are still active on The Greater IBM Connection?	15 (Nov), 104 all time
FACEBOOK POSTS	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES/ SHARES
Guess who’s at the White House to meet with President Obama today? (Ginni Rometty photo)	634
“Remember the difference between a boss & a leader: A boss says ‘Go!’, a leader says ‘Let’s go!’ ” – E.M. Kelly (quote)	199
Read how an IBM Centennial Grant enabled the public-private partnership of IBM and the Drishtee Foundation to transform poor, isolated Indian villages into instrumented, interconnected and intelligent communities. #IBMvolunteers (link to Citizen IBM story)	129
It’s not your job (entirely). It’s you. But you can get a big boost in your performance and happiness by quitting these bad habits. (link to blog story)	101
12 of the nation’s CEOs – including IBM’s Ginni Rometty – are reportedly feeling optimistic after meeting this week with President Obama at the White House (Ginni Rometty photo)	81
BLOG POSTS	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES/ SHARES
9 Bad Work Habits – and How to Break Them	152
“Marketing is dead”: The Rise of the Social Business Imperative	43
CEOs, Including IBM’s Ginni Rometty, Optimistic after Meeting with President Obama	42
If You’re Ready to Lead, Why Not Join IBM?	29
The Most Common Hiding Places for Work Passwords – Don’t Do This	26
TWEETS	NUMBER OF RETWEETS
#IBM has been ranked America’s Most Community-Minded Company: read why Big Blue is #1	13
Remember the difference between a boss & a leader: A boss says ‘Go!’, a leader says ‘Let’s go!’ – E.M. Kelly	8
We all know the #IBM logo….but it wasn’t always this way. From globes to stripes – see its long evolution	7
Women in IT: How deep is the bench? (and we know who’s at the top of the game…)	6
1 – CEOs including IBM’s Ginni Rometty are optimistic after meeting this week w/ President #BarackObama, 2- ‘Success Secrets of The World’s Most Powerful Women’ – don’t miss this!	6 each

–Posted by Julie Yamamoto, Program Manager, The Greater IBM Connection

What’s The Buzz for October 2012

Here’s a quick snapshot of what YOU have been talking about for the month of October 2012. Top five discussions/posts on LinkedIn, Facebook, our blog, and Twitter

LINKEDIN DISCUSSION	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES
What’s the most interesting thing you do in your non-work life?	45
Baby Boomer Retirement – What Happened?	41
Greater IBMers:  What’s your most productive time of day? (Poll)	24 votes, 1 comment
What is the best way for ex-employees to rejoin IBM?	19
Lessons Learned:…What’s one lesson YOU learned at IBM that you use in the rest of your life?	18 Oct, 542 all time
FACEBOOK POSTS	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES/ SHARES
Click like if you’ve ever seen this clock in a classroom or on a wall at IBM (photo of clock)	247
Here’s how an IBM mobile employee looked in the late 1950s (photo)	109
That line between your work life and your home life:  is it a thing of the past?  (link to story on work-life balance)	77
Go Big Blue!  #IBM stock is now trading at its all-time high. (link to story)	66
#GreaterIBM:  is Facebook now the first thing you do in the mornings? (link to story)	54
BLOG POSTS	NUMBER OF COMMENTS/ LIKES/ SHARES
Today It’s Not Work-Life-Balance, but Work-Life Blend	119
The One Key that Helped Drive the Computer Revolution – Thanks to IBM	99
CIOs and CMOs Partner To Become Co-Designers of the Customer Experience	78
Newsweek Votes IBM Greenest Company in the US	76
5 Top Tips to Starting a Successful Business, by Richard Branson	63
TWEETS	NUMBER OF RETWEETS
“Remember, happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.” -Dale Carnegie	10
What is PaaS and why should I care?  IBM CAI has an idea	5
“Culture is what people do when no one is looking.” Ginni Rometty @IBM	5
Big Blue voted the greenest U.S. co. for the 2nd year in a row. Congratulations on the win, #IBM! wp.me/p2kcos-sa #green	5
1 -IBM Master Inventor @andysc tweeted his way to lower energy bills. Join him at #P4SPcha, Oct31 noon ET bit.ly/VmbLf6 @smarterplanet, 2- #IBM Reports Nanotube Chip Breakthrough nyti.ms/QOqvU0 massive!, 3 -What does big data mean for marketing? Interview w/ IBM CMO Jon Iwata on CIOs, CMOs, & the customer experience, 4-Grad schools add bigdata analytics degrees ow.ly/ekycY (from @Computerworld) #ibmanalytics, 5- @IBM CIO Jeannette Horan on the value of a STEM background, + 3 pieces of life advice for anyone. ibm.co/O2DwKR	4 each

–Posted by Julie Yamamoto, Program Manager, The Greater IBM Connection