http://www.davisandco.com/blog/ en-us Copyright 2008 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:56:12 -0500 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:04:00 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Getting feedback is hard: You need to encourage people to participate in a survey, write a review, or share their opinion in some other way. So it’s astounding to me how often companies waste this hard-earned feedback. They fail to... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/you_talk_we_lis_1.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/you_talk_we_lis_1.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:56:12 -0500 Many of our clients wonder, “How can we use Web. 2.0 on our intranet without breaking the bank, terrifying our lawyers or letting the inmates run the asylum?” Here’s a simple idea: Run a contest in which you invite employees... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/how_about_a_vid.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/how_about_a_vid.html Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:57:49 -0500 He’s just been named president of the division. He got the job because he’s smart and hard-working and—let’s face it—a major pain in the butt. He’s relentless; the man never sleeps. And when he latches onto an issue, he’s like... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/curb_your_enthu.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/curb_your_enthu.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:43:21 -0500 This survey is too much fun not to share: AOL has announced the results of its fourth annual e-mail addiction survey—and, as you might expect, nearly half of survey respondents say they’re hooked on e-mail. What’s more, people report that... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/are_you_doing_i_1.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/are_you_doing_i_1.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:08:03 -0500 I’m at it again, continuing my obsession with demographics, which was fueled by a supplement in this week’s issue of Advertising Age that contains insightful statistics about the U.S. Hispanic population, including: The total U.S. population in 2007 was 301,621,157,... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/hablamos_espano.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/08/hablamos_espano.html Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:00:31 -0500 Many of our clients struggle with the challenge of when and how to translate communication from English to other languages spoken by employees. The fact is, translation is difficult and expensive. As a result, far too many companies avoid the... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/07/mayor_bloomberg.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/07/mayor_bloomberg.html Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:39:18 -0500 No, it’s not a typo . . . it’s a new word, a verb, that’s been coined to describe this situation: “To chat with someone when you are in the same room, each on separate computers, and you talk via... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/07/want_to_compuni.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/07/want_to_compuni.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:35:04 -0500 I’m a recovering English major. Although I know way too much about literature, and still spend most of my spare time reading, I’m trying to cut back. Really, I can quit anytime. Well, maybe not, but I do try to... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/07/english_as_a_se.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/07/english_as_a_se.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:16:58 -0500 My son just graduated from high school and, a few days before graduation, brought home his yearbook. This was unlike any yearbook I had ever encountered, but was completely in tune with what the Millennial generation expects from communication:... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/high_school_yea.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/high_school_yea.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:07:48 -0500 I read a lot of weird stuff, about topics that are directly or tangentially related to communication. Sometimes all that content comes together to form a complete and elegant perspective. Other times, the flotsam and jetsam just sits there, like... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/inspiration.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/inspiration.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:39:21 -0500 I’ve been thinking a lot about town hall meetings these days, since I’m preparing for a web workshop on the topic. Apparently, Sen. John McCain also has town halls on his mind, as evidenced by his invitation earlier this week... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/town_halls_a_gr.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/town_halls_a_gr.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:27:01 -0500 As part of a communication measurement project, a colleague and I asked to review the company’s employee engagement survey to see if it contained any communication questions. The survey did, indeed, ask about communication. But before I could focus on... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/ban_the_and.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/06/ban_the_and.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:33:53 -0500 I spoke at a conference last week, and one of the other speakers was asked whether her company is using social media as part of its employee communication program. “Our CEO has a blog,” she replied. “And we thought about... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/05/dont_fear_the_y.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/05/dont_fear_the_y.html Tue, 27 May 2008 10:49:57 -0500 I love demographic information because the more you know about who you’re trying to reach, the more effectively you can communicate. And I love behavioral data even more, because you gain even greater insights by studying what people do. After... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/05/food_for_though_1.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/05/food_for_though_1.html Fri, 16 May 2008 17:18:43 -0500 All you need to do is watch a music video . . . as long as it’s a rap video created by the Poetic Prophet, the alter ego of online marketer Charles Lewis. Although the advice is geared toward Internet... http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/04/want_to_improve.html http://www.davisandco.com/blog/archives/2008/04/want_to_improve.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:35:31 -0500