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Harvey Mackay Book Interview : THE MACKAY MBA OF SELLING IN THE REAL WORLD

by on November 29, 2011 in Business Strategy, Change Management, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Recruiting

Last year Harvey Mackay visited Chicago for a media tour for his previous book last year and I got to travel from media outlet to media outlet with him for a day as he did so. The experience would be hard to describe beyond that it will never be forgotten as long as I live [...]

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Seth Godin Keynoting Search Engine Strategies Chicago and His New Book Meatball Sundae

by on November 1, 2007 in Blogging, Branding/Buzz/Viral, Change Management, Chicago, Customer Experience, Recruiting, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization

In advance his upcoming speech at Search Engine Strategies Chicago, Seth Godin held a intimate conference call in regards to the conference and his upcoming book Meatball Sundae. At first I was thinking this would be a long speech, it was in actuality a short, crisp presentation followed by a spirited, fun and playful question [...]

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If You Were Recruiting An Acoustic Guitar Player…Tommy Emmanuel

by on October 19, 2007 in Change Management, Online Recruiting, Recruiting

If you were going to recruit an acoustic guitar player, what attributes would you seek? If you were recruiting in the traditional manner, you’d seek these attributes: – college degree in music – experience working for an orchestra or band – experience in an educational institution as a music teacher But if you were looking [...]

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HR Technology Conference : Lehman Brothers Leverages Recruiting Beyond Talent Acquisition

by on October 11, 2007 in Change Management, Online Recruiting, Recruiting, Reputation

Heather Redderson, VP, Global Talent Technologies, Lehman Brothers Derek Mercer, CEO, Vurv Technologies When I saw this description I knew I had to attend this session… The HR systems at Lehman Brothers, the fourth-largest investment bank in the world, have traditionally been siloed, probably just like yours. But, competing with Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, [...]

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eComXpo is October 9,10,11, 2007

by on October 5, 2007 in Blogging, Chicago, Email, Entrepreneurship, Interactive Ads, Mobile Search Marketing, Recruiting, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Social Media

Chicagoland’s very own eComXpo is October 9,10,11, 2007. You can join the fun and learning from anywhere in the world though! eComXpo is the premier virtual Internet Marketing conference that is FREE to attend. I’ve also had the honor of speaking there previously. It’s a great resource for learning Internet marketing concepts and networking. Register [...]

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Chicago TiECon ’07 Mentorship: Boosting Tomorrow’s Business Leaders

by on September 18, 2007 in Chicago, Entrepreneurship, Recruiting, Venture Capital

There are still a few seats left! TiE puts on amazingly high quality events, I greatly look forward to seeing you there! Sign up now, don’t delay! TiECon Midwest is the premier event organized by TiE-Midwest held every two years. Join us in Chicago this October 5th for TiECon ’07 Mentorship: Boosting Tomorrow’s Business Leaders, [...]

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KickStart Solves the Wrong Recruiting Problem

by on August 31, 2007 in Online Recruiting, Recruiting, Social Media, Yahoo! (YHOO)

While I have not seen or used the reported Kickstart, Techcrunch described it in the following manner: “Yahoo is reported to be working on a new social networking service that matches college students to employers.” (emphasis added) This is not a knock on Yahoo!, but this is not solving the actual problem that the entire [...]

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Seattle – New Search Marketing Executive Mecca?

by on August 17, 2007 in Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Recruiting, Yahoo! (YHOO)

The land grab described in the Seattle Times seems to indicate this might be the truth. Seattle and the surrounding region is a wonderful place, I’d love to live there one day either in downtown Seattle or Bellevue. It’s interesting that they are moving locations to where the available talent is. They should explore Chicago [...]

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