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- Listly Lists versus YouTube Playlists, featuring the 42+1 Live to Air Interview Series with Robert Lavigne
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Dino Dogan on Triberr, Blogs, and Social SEO
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- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Mark Fidelman on Socialized!
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Christine Skulevold on Empire Avenue, Instagram, and Social Media Addiction
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Mark Ashford on “The Office is Closed- Work Remote – Work from Home. How, and Why”
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Kevin Green on Empire Avenue, Social Media, and Social Networking
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Doug Wolfgram on Empire Avenue, Interactive Media, Social Selling
- Robert Lavigne 42+1 Interview with Stephen Shapiro, Best Practices Are Stupid, The Art of Leadership
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Kim Reynolds on Empire Avenue and Social Media
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Rob Nielsen on Empire Avenue and Social Media
- 42+1 Interview with Robert Lavigne and Michael Q Todd on Empire Avenue and Social Media
- The Life@42 Manifesto by Robert Lavigne, Your Social Business Mentor (http://SocialBusinessMentor.com)
- What is Inbound Marketing? What is an Invention? What is MESH Conference? What is Towel Day?
- A 42+1 Screencast on Remote Collaboration and Business Success with Robin Dickinson
- Robert Lavigne reviews The Social Media Business Equation by Eve Mayer Orsburn #DouglasAdams60th
- A 42+1 Social Business Screencast on Social Media with Tim Burrows of the Toronto Police
- Have you seen the NEW NEW Twitter? – A Social Business Life@42 Workshop with Robert Lavigne
- New to Google+? What is Google Plus? – A Life@42 Workshop with Robert Lavigne, Your Social Business Mentor
- A Tale of Two Tweets #Dickens2012 aka “#Happy200Chaz Charles Dickens from the Brantford Library”
- How the Brantford Library understands “The Social Media Business Equation” by Eve Mayer Orsburn
- Marshall Sponder’s Social Media Analytics – “Numbers Lie! Engaged Communities Drive Value.” ~Robert Lavigne
- Marshall Sponder’s Social Media Analytics – “Content is Free – Context is Where the Value IS.” ~Robert Lavigne
- Marshall Sponder’s Social Media Analytics – “Deep within Foreign Territory, the need for Human Intel is Critical” ~Robert Lavigne
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#TDGv Empire Avenue #EAvTO #SuperEngagers Day at the 2011 The Art of Leadership Conference
Recorded live in front of an audience at the #EAvTO event on May 30, 2011 in Toronto, ON, Canada.
#TDGv Night: A Q&A with Duleepa Wijayawardhana aka @Dups co-founder of Empire Avenue
“Go where the puck is going” http://gretzkystreethockey.com/
Invest in RLavigne42 on Empire Avenue (RLavigne42.com/Invest) Continue reading
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Huge Thanks to Peter Radzio (@peterradzio) for the recent Robert Lavigne (@RLavigne42) Personal Brand Review
Robert Lavigne (@RLavigne42)
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I want to thank Peter Radzio (@peterradzio) for his recent review of “The @RLavigne42 Tweet Round-Up” featuring the tweets of Robert Lavigne(@RLavigne42).
Robert Lavigne (@RLavigne42) Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Social CRM, Personal Branding Micro-Blogger and Researcher at The @RLavigne42 Tweet Round-Up.
“In order to grasp the significance and ramifications of social media I list Robert as one of the bloggers I follow. It has greatly enhanced my comprehension as to how this new tool will aid me in my marketing efforts.” February 23, 2011 peter radzio, secretary, Ontario Libertarian Party
Back in September 2010, I was asked to keynote at Ontario Libertarian Party’s executive meeting on how Social Media should be used across the spectrums of Social Media Marketing, Social Business and Open Government.
Top qualities: Personable, Expert, Good Value September 21, 2010
Engage with Robert Lavigne (@RLavigne42) – Enterprise 2.0 Mentor and Leader at The Digital Grapevine (#TDGv)
The “@RLavigne42 Tweet Round-Up” is also available as a Daily Paper.li. Continue reading
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Today I got a call from a recruiter looking for a “2.0 guy”. Needless to say my reply shocked and surprised him.
Today I got a call from a recruiter that I know and respect. I was however surprised to hear what company/position he was pitching to me. You see I had previously applied to that company shortly before becoming a “2.0 guy”
When listening to what they were looking for (apart from a “2.0 guy”), I was shocked and saddened to hear that the role was more or less a carbon copy of the role they tried to fill over a year and a half ago.
I know what I have been able to achieve in that same timeframe by embracing the core social business elements of transparency, engagement and collaboration.
I know how much I have progressed in the same timeframe by understanding the real value of being a knowledge worker within a social business.
I know what can be achieved in a short timeframe when you start incorporating communities, crowdsourcing and corporate alignment.
So I struggled to understand how this heavily funded organization could literally still at the starting gate given the parallel timeframe we both shared.
You see not only had I applied for the role way back then, but I also know one of the consultants that used to work for that organization. Between that inside knowledge and the obvious lack of forward momentum on their corporate goals, I issued many challenging questions before even considering sitting down for a potential interview.
There is a strong difference between hiring a “2.0 guy” and becoming a “2.0 organization”. So instead of simply saying no thank you, I attempted to shed some light as to what the organization would actually have to do if they really wanted to not waste another year and a half of their time and someone else’s investment.
When all was said and done, I shared the following e-mail with him that I would like to share with you as well. The e-mail contains artifacts that to me best exemplify the lessons that I have learned about what it means to be a “2.0 organization”. I would hope that you all would take the time to listen and read these before thinking of hiring a “2.0 guy” to attempt to become a social business (and as such not #FAIL in your goals). Continue reading
Introducing my Step Cats: Luba and Spike – Don’t Let Your Life Tick Away From You
This is my personal brand.
“Seasoned GenX Leader Capable of Leveraging the Technically Savvy GenY Knowledge Worker”
Nice. Simple. Tweet-able. Tagged. Contextual. To the Point.
My personal brand is a clear indicator of both who I am and who I wish to mentor towards making an organizational shift leveraging the values of Enterprise 2.0, Agile Development, Transparency and Accountability, Collaboration and Engagement, and providing a cultural shift both within your organization and across yours customer base.
It only cost me 2 years and 10,000 hours worth of effort, research, networking, and financing!
Do you have 10,000 hours to waste?
No?
Then leverage my findings and social network, and engage with Robert Lavigne (@RLavigne42). Continue reading
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Have signed up for BranchOut on Facebook (already ported my LinkedIn details)
Robert Lavigne
“Seasoned GenX Leader Capable of Leveraging the Technically Savvy GenY Knowledge Worker”
Toronto, Ontario
Summary
Robert Lavigne is currently available for hire to assist you in formulating your Enterprise 2.0 strategy and corporate integration.
Robert Lavigne, PMP (@RLavigne42) has acquired over 20 years of business-enablement via technological innovation. During these years, he has contributed to over 60 major projects and 15 commercialized products in both Startup and Enterprise organizations.
Rob is passionate about growing businesses via the enablement of new technologies and innovative approaches.
Robert has headed numerous mission critical software development departments with multi-million dollar budgets. He has been accountable for systems responsible for the payment of millions of monthly payrolls. Systems under his care have calculated the market-driving audience metrics for both the TV and Radio industry in Canada.
Robert has been responsible for products that have evolved from the “Paper Napkin” stage through to Tier-1 implementation at major Telecommunication Providers.
Robert Lavigne has been recently researching and networking in the fields of Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Social CRM and Personal Branding to compliment his existing Agile Development and Leadership experience.
This evolutionary knowledge furthers the delivery of Real Corporate Value (RCV). The use of modern social networking tools and related mindsets fully engages business relationships and departmental convergence.
Rob subscribes to the need for further contextualization of accessible content to achieve real returns in the field of Competitive Intelligence and Business Innovation.
Specialties
* Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Social CRM & Branding * Agile, SCRUM, PMBOK & RAD Methodologies * SaaS, SOA, .NET, JAVA & N-Tier Architectures * Networking, Staffing, Team Building & Mentoring * Strategic Planning, Innovation & Cost Savings * Product Management, Sales & Marketing Support * Win-Win Negotiations, Partnerships & Prioritization * Project Management Professional (PMP) * Honours Bachelor of Commerce (MIS) * Bilingual: English (fluent), French (spoken) Continue reading
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