COLLIDING WITH THE SOCIAL WEB

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Here are some of the latest posts in Colliding With The Social Web.

Below are sections with content that is aligned to each of the service areas: Strategy, Audiences, Experiences and Productivity.

Finally, I also have pulled out content related to: Government Contracting (the most important industry to my professional career), Parenting, Start-Ups and Entrepreneurs, Technology and Television, Movies and Entertainment.
Lastly, if you just want to view all the content as it has been published chronologically, you can Click here to view ALL blog posts.

Read more +18 February 2023 By Michael Hackmer in Productivity

Multiplying Your Personal Effectiveness In Quantum Leaps

Read more +15 January 2021 By Michael Hackmer in Health and Well-Being

Healthy Living: Vitamin D can help reduce coronavirus risk by 54% according to Boston University doctor

Read more +30 October 2020 By Michael Hackmer in Audience, Buyer Persona, Customer Persona

How To Get Started Identifying Your Target Audience

Read more +27 September 2020 By Michael Hackmer in Media

When Just the Facts Are What Is Missing

Stay Home - Save Lives - AdobeStock_334374864 2000 x 500

Read more +26 July 2020 By Michael Hackmer in COVID-19, Ethics and Integrity

Being Pragmatic About COVID-19 At Work

Read more +24 March 2020 By Michael Hackmer in COVID-19, Health and Well-Being, Motivation

15 Ways To Get Your Mojo Back During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Strategy

Businesses and organizations need to identify emerging trends and curate ideas to build smarter strategies for growth and success. But what trends are important? How can you develop ideas for your business or organization? The posts in this section are designed to answer these questions and more. For more information on the "Strategy" service, click here.

Read more +28 March 2019 By Michael Hackmer in Creativity, Idea Building, Motivation

The world is but a canvas to our imagination

Read more +22 August 2017 By Michael Hackmer in Creativity, Idea Building

Time To Brainstorm Designed To Help Generate Ideas And Solutions For Businesses, Agencies And Entrepreneurs

Read more +21 March 2017 By Michael Hackmer in Society, Trend

Right To Be Forgotten Should Be About Correcting Harm And Reputation Management, Not Restricting Speech

Audiences

We all know that personalization and technology have created more audience segments than ever before, and more ways to reach them. These posts all cover audience identification from tactics to finding the right people, to understanding the trends fueling segmentation and personalization. For more information on the "Audiences" service, click here.

Read more +30 October 2020 By Michael Hackmer in Audience, Buyer Persona, Customer Persona

How To Get Started Identifying Your Target Audience

Experiences

Technology has changed how people consume information and how they engage with brands. Content and digital experiences need to be engaging and informative. If you do not offer something compelling, you can lose more credibility than if you offer nothing at all. This blog section deals with the kinds of content and experiences that open eyes and get people thinking. For more information on the "Experiences" service, click here.

Read more +30 August 2013 By Michael Hackmer in Experience, Start-Ups

Gravy Hyperlocal Event App Gets Cooler With Web Portal And Better Location Searches

Productivity

How can we achieve more or be better leaders? How can we get motivated? Once focused, how can we stay focused and be productive? These posts are about motivation, inspiration and energy leadership, and importance of valuing people, as ways to improve productivity and increase organizational success. For more information on motivation, click here for our "How To Get Motivated" page. For more information on the "Productivity" service, click here.

Read more +18 February 2023 By Michael Hackmer in Productivity

Multiplying Your Personal Effectiveness In Quantum Leaps

Read more +24 March 2020 By Michael Hackmer in COVID-19, Health and Well-Being, Motivation

15 Ways To Get Your Mojo Back During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Read more +17 December 2019 By Michael Hackmer in Dreams and Goals, Entrepreneur, Motivation

Your First Attempt Won’t Be Your Best Or Your Last

Additional Content Sections

Government Contracting

One of the most important industries in my professional career has been Government Contracting. Some of the content here is exclusive to Hackmer.com, while other posts have been repurposed from other media websites where I have published articles.

Goodbye - Picture of GovWin Website from November 2010

Read more +24 July 2013 By Michael Hackmer in GovCon

Remembering The GovWin Community

16 March 2012 By Michael Hackmer in GovCon

Hackmer Leaves Deltek’s GovWin

Panel for Cloud Trends In The Federal Government, including Michael Hackmer

Read more +06 March 2012 By Michael Hackmer in GovCon

Cloud Trends In The Federal Market

Parenting

I started being a parent in my early twenties in 1999. On July 14, 2017, I started again. There are no regrets, only lessons learned and new experiences. Click here for posts with thoughts on and experiences with parenting.

Read more +15 February 2016 By Michael Hackmer in Parenting

Motivating Teens: How To Connect College To High School Learning

Why Parents Need To Stop Talking And Start Listening To Their Teens - Michael Hackmer

Read more +01 February 2016 By Michael Hackmer in Parenting

Why Parents of Teens Need To Stop Talking and Start Listening

7 Tips For Motivating Teens - Michael Hackmer

Read more +18 January 2016 By Michael Hackmer in Parenting

7 Tips For How to Motivate Teenagers

Start-Ups and Entrepreneurs

Interested in start-ups? Entrepreneurs? Me too! These are latest posts around start-ups and the people who start new businesses. There are stories as well as interviews.

Read more +17 December 2019 By Michael Hackmer in Dreams and Goals, Entrepreneur, Motivation

Your First Attempt Won’t Be Your Best Or Your Last

Read more +02 January 2017 By Michael Hackmer in Society, Start-Ups

Is There A Market For Renting Men Who Will Listen?

Read more +18 September 2013 By Michael Hackmer in Media, Start-Ups

Is Medium The Future Of Media?

Technology

Technology fuels society. It impacts everything we do - from consumption to communication. These posts cover the latest in technology and trends in tech.

Read more +11 December 2017 By Michael Hackmer in Inventions

Invention Review: The Sock Slider

10 February 2011 By Michael Hackmer in Gov 2.0, Technology

What Is Gov 2.0?

10 February 2011 By Michael Hackmer in Conferences, Events And Contests, GovCon, Technology

The Opportunity to Ask is Now: Cloud and Cybersecurity

Television, Movies, and Entertainment

A part of me still wants to be an actor. I love TV, movies, and the world of entertainment. Though I do not get to watch as much TV as I want, I still manage to find shows that grab my attention. These posts cover my thoughts on TV, movies, and entertainment.