Jeff's Radio Weblog

 Will Richardson: It's weird but in two different conversations I had today the question came up about what it takes to get teachers to use blogs over the long term. I mean I've trained a lot of people on how to use Weblogs, and everyone thinks it's really neat, but very few actually stick with it. I know that blogging takes more time at the outset, but the learning curve is definitely not steep, and it would seem a great way to organize materials and archive lesson plans at the very least. Seems like the teachers that stick with it just get into the habit, somehow. It works for them on a level that allows them to do it 10 or 20 or 100 times until it just becomes a part of their practice. I would hate to go back to teaching without blogs...but then again, I've got way too much of a blogging habit to even think about doing something as silly as that...
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 Darren Barefoot: When I talk to people about corporate weblogs, I often discuss how an informal, open, honest voice is very compelling to customers. They've spent their lives reading well-spun marketing speak (which, as a writer of said speak, has its own place). When somebody from your company speaks directly and frankly to them, they're immediately sucked in...
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 Jonathan Schwartz: As you may know, I and my team have been focused on reengaging customers on Wall Street. Why? Because they're demanding customers running demanding businesses, and they've got the money, and moreover the motivation, to redefine the computing industry every few years. Few other customers have that kind of technical or financial throw weight...
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