by Wayne Kurtzman | Jul 18, 2009 | education, Marketing, Social Media
I recently have the privledge of presenting this at SMBNH (Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire) on behalf of the not-for-profit Destination ImagiNation, Inc. Destination ImagiNation is an unconventional problem solving process and tournament for students of all ages....
by Wayne Kurtzman | Jul 2, 2009 | Innovation, Marketing, Social Media, Web 2.0
Small changes in technology can have big effects on our behaviors and interaction with new technology. The introduction of the answering machine was responsible for a 24% increase in phone calls. How is mobile technology changing the way we work and interact with...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Jun 20, 2009 | Analytics, Marketing, Social Media, Web 2.0
It’s like Christmas morning, all eight nights of Chanukah and your birthday in one day! Boston marketing software company Hubspot has released their 2009 State of the Twittersphere Report. The funny part is I really don’t know if I’m being sarcastic:...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Jun 2, 2009 | Content, eCommerce, education, Innovation, Knowledge Management, Marketing, Social Media, Web 2.0
What if Google were to reinvent e-mail as if it were invented today? They did. Google Wave Developer Preview presentation fired up the crowd at the Day 2 Keynote of Google I/O. Read how Google Wave will change EVERYTHING from education to how business and families...
by Wayne Kurtzman | May 31, 2009 | Innovation, Marketing
Business can take a lesson from the 900-plus teams at Destination ImagiNation Global Finals last week. Teams from all 50 states and around the world were demonstrating the benefits of the synergy of creativity, teamwork and problem solving skills on a timeline. I go...
by Wayne Kurtzman | Apr 30, 2009 | Marketing, Social Media
The swine influenza outbreak makes Twitter more useful and somewhat useless, at the same time. The difference comes down to the care you took when you chose whose updates to follow. Businesses can learn a lot of from this, but mostly how to brand themselves in this...