by Minter Dial | May 12, 2011 | Social Media
The Community Manager — A necessary stepping stone for social media? Having attended and spoken at a number of conferences* on the subject of the Community Manager, I thought I would resume what I believe are the key takeaways. It is clearly a...
by Minter Dial | Feb 8, 2011 | Social Media
If Facebook has gained 20 million users in France, there are still some people in France who are recalcitrant users, wary of the platform and feel more or less forced to join (6 reasons why not to join!). But, to paraphrase Joel de Rosnay, France is not rear guard; it...
by Minter Dial | Oct 11, 2010 | Health, New Tech
Panasonic’s R&D has come up with a great new tool to help in elderly care. Essentially, the apparatus is designed to help wash infirm or elderly patients in hospitals, eliminating a laborious work for the nurses. As reported in the press release,...
by Minter Dial | Aug 18, 2010 | Marketing
A recent paper by Spanjol, Qualls and Rosa, “How Many and What Kind? The Role of Strategic Orientation in New Product Ideation” in the Journal of Product Innovation Management identified that there are three types of companies: customer centric, competitor...
by Minter Dial | Jul 5, 2010 | Entertainment
Sehr schön! This is a 5-minute video of the flight of a model RC SR71 USAF jet plane (the “Blackbird”) made, it seems, by a German engineer. The video has nearly 2 million views as we sit today. Proof that a great innovative product can get attention...
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