social networking

• Can I have a puppy please? Social media for lawyers
  Posted on April 2, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I wouldn't describe myself as a social media guru, although if I'm in a roomful of lawyers the chances are I'll know more about the subject than the rest of them combined. This isn't hubris: I know for a fact I was appointed to the management board of a legal charity in large part because none of the other trustees, nor many of the staff, knew their Twitter from their Tumblr. It is, however, a fact I find terribly amusing.
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  Posted in: Legal services
  Tagged: advertising, Google, lawyers, Luddite, social media, social networking, technology, Twitter
• Fired because of Facebook?
  Posted on February 21, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Hard as it may be for anyone under the age of 30 to believe, when I started work there was no such thing as social media. In fact, there was barely even email. I remember trying to send my first email, via a modem that kept dropping the connection. It took so long I ended up phoning the person who sent it and we chatted while I waited for the message to come through.
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: Apple, Argos, employers, employment law, Facebook, John Flexman, LinkedIn, social media, social networking