WittyParrot's list of top 100 HR influencers to follow on Twitter #socialHR

The folks at SaaS company brought up a list of top 100 HR influencers to follow on Twitter and I was fortunate to be ranked on with fellow HR friends from India along with Abhijit Bhaduri, Anand Pillai, Vivek Paranjpe,  Achal Khanna, Yashwant Mahadik, Kavi Arasu

Top 100 HR To Follow On Twitter from WittyParrot

Using #SocialMedia for your professional growth

So the good folks at +SocialSamosa invited me to a "Twangout" - where people could ask me questions via Twitter and I had to reply via a Google Hangout. It was moderated by the co-founder +Ankita Gaba

You can watch the video here - more about the Twangout here

Update about my LinkedIn account

So after I clicked on delete my account on LinkedIn I realised it wasn't deleted. It was still there and turning up in Google searches.

Then I got an email from someone in customer support saying my number of connections was too large for the system to delete it automatically, therefore a customer support person had to do it from the backend. And wanted to check if I was really sure if I wanted to delete it.

That made me pause.

Many friends had called me or chatted with me after my last blog post, and one thing stood out when someone said "what will people think if they can't find you on LinkedIn?"

That was when I realised how much online identities are a part of how people percieve us. Yes I have made judgements when I can't find people on Facebook and LinkedIn. I assume they are not who they claim to be .. so for that reason alone, I am not proceeding in deleting my LinkedIn account.

But I am not going to be active there. It has no use for me. However that doesn't mean it's not useful for you. People with niche skills, you have to be on LinkedIn.

Top 10 e-learning folks in the world and in three regions

I was extremely surprised yesterday that this site mentioned that I had been listed in the Asia Pacific section of e-learning movers and shakers!

I have no idea how they made that list. Yes, I sometimes tweet about e-learning but this shows how such lists can be very subjective!

But do go through the lists and you'll find some amazing people to follow and learn from including Charles Jennings, Donald Taylor, Elliot Masie, Harold Jarche, Jay Cross and several true e-learning thinkers! I feel like an impostor in this company :)

On a different note, I am doing a "twangout" (Google Hangout+Twitter chat) hosted by Social Samosa. So if you'd like to know how you can use social media for professional purposes, then register here. It's on 7th from 3-4 pm IST.

Quoted in : Social Media and the Job Hunt #SocialRecruiting

So I am quoted in this Mint article :)

Social media helps companies reach out to a large talent pool that has skills and is interested, but may not be aware about openings, said Gautam Ghosh, HR expert and blogger. “Both the employer and the employee get to showcase themselves better through this medium. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter—all three can be used effectively to showcase work,” he said. Reducing headhunter costs is an added advantage.

Here's the video segment :)

HR and its role in making a "social business"

The following is an article I wrote for the National HRD Network newsletter. Would love your feedback

How Human Resources can help craft social business from Gautam Ghosh

Speaking at the #SBS2013 on 23rd May, in Mumbai

A break during the Dachis Group Social Business Summit in Austin, TX (Photo credit: Lars Plougmann)

When I started my career in the social business consulting space, there were two firms I was following closely. One was Altimeter Group the analyst firm started by Groundswell co-author Charlene Li with superstars like Jeremiah Owyang. The other was a firm that started off as a consulting firm, but has since become a social analytics product firm - The Dachis Group, fou.nded by Razorfish founder Jeff Dachis.

Three years ago Dachis Group launched a series of events called The Social Business Summit. This year in 2013 the Social Business Summit comes to India, on 23rd May.

Here are the details. And I am proud to be a speaker at the event. Hope to see you there :)

Social Media and Knowledge Management inside organizations

So I was invited to give a talk at the first K-Cafe event at Mumbai. The topic was how can the principles of social be used to embed KM in an organization's DNA. The audience was the Mumbai KM Community.

The folks at iGate (which hosted the event) took a video and shared it on YouTube. Have embedded it below. The event photographs are on Flickr.

McKinsey on 6 social media skills for leaders

McKinsey Quarterly has a brilliant article on how leaders need to build social media skills, at a personal and organizational/strategic level. Along with examples from GE.

So if you're a leader in an organization which of these skills would you focus on depending on organizational priorities?