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		<title>About Social Media Tools for Work &amp; Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Media Tools for Work &#38; Learning (SMT) helps organizations improve performance and long term outcomes through social media technologies. Listening, engaging, encouraging and energizing are the key attributes and skills that I bring to my work with individuals and organizations. My focus is helping organizations create an integrated social media program that: Grows their funding [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social Media Tools for Work &amp; Learning (SMT) helps organizations improve performance and long term outcomes through social media technologies.</p>
<p><strong>Listening, engaging, encouraging and energizing</strong> are the key attributes and skills that I bring to my work with individuals and organizations.</p>
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<p>My focus is helping organizations create an integrated social media program that:</p>
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<li>Grows their funding or      financial return;</li>
<li>Increases their membership      base including consumers, partners and supporters;</li>
<li>Strengthens human resources      by attracting and retaining high performance staff;</li>
<li>Fosters a learning culture      that fuels innovation and solutions to tough business problems;</li>
<li>Maintain a coherent public      relations strategy that breeds member and stakeholder loyalty.</li>
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<p><strong>Sample Services</strong></p>
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<li>Web site: custom design,      support &amp; coaching;</li>
<li>Open Atrium: installation      hosting &amp; coaching;</li>
<li>Governance: strategy,      policy, procedures;</li>
<li>Social Media: develop      program &amp; integrate</li>
<li>Workshops: extending reach      with Social Media tools;</li>
<li>Workshops: workspace      learning &amp; collaboration</li>
<li>Events: video recording,      hosting, advocacy</li>
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<p>A list of the sectors in which he has experience can be viewed when you click on <a href="http://www.socialmediatools.ca/2009/01/22/welcome-to-social-media-tools-for-work-learning/#more-1218" target="_blank"><em>Read more..</em>..</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Background experience in designing and managing programs include the following: </strong></p>
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<p>Current information about my services can be viewed on Brent&#8217;s <a href="http://www.socialmediatools.ca/socialmediaservices/">Social Media Services</a> page.</p>
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		<title>Social Media Tools &#8211; Increasing Capacity &#8211; for you and your organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world where the social Internet brings unheralded opportunities to grow and develop as a lifelong learner and as a productive employee or entrepreneur. Social media tools are simple, meaningful and necessary in the work we do with others. My consultancy&#8217;s purpose is to introduce social media tools, showcase their benefits and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We live in a world where the social Internet brings unheralded opportunities to grow and develop as a lifelong learner and as a productive employee or entrepreneur. <span> </span>Social media tools are simple, meaningful and necessary in the work we do with others.</p>
<p>My consultancy&#8217;s purpose is to introduce social media tools, showcase their benefits and support their use by practitioners and organizations who recognize the value of social media for bringing positive change to people, organizations, networks and community. My services center on supporting and using appropriate social media tools with organizations and individuals so that communities are strengthened, learning is enhanced, networks are stronger and workers are engaging their clients with the most effective tools possible.</p>
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