Social Media Pitfalls

Monday seems to be my posting day, I generally go through all my emails and newsletters then.

Great article for people in the workplace. I recently let go of an employee who was badmouthing the company on facebook, which was bothering other employees who had access to her page.

Incidentally, for those in sales, it makes sense to follow the policy, don't put anything on the web or email that you wouldn't want a customer to see. It seems customers get wind of things more than we give them credit for.

As social media become the latest branding strategy, networking technique, job seeking tool and recruitment vehicle, they're also becoming the latest way for people to find out job offers have been rescinded, to get reprimanded at work and even to get fired.

It's happened so many times -- publicized and not -- that one would think we could learn from others' mistakes. (But, if that were the case, I wouldn't have anything to write about, now would I?)

A recent tweet by a potential Cisco employee, for example, turned ugly when she decided to tout a recent job offer:

"Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work."

Unfortunately for "theconnor" (the handle for the would-be employee), Tim Levad, a "channel partner advocate" for Cisco, saw the tweet and responded with this:

"Who is the hiring manger, I'm sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the Web."

Read the rest of the article here...

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/custom/msn/careeradvice/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=1953

The Top 100 Green Design Firms

Great article which underscores the growing practice of sustainable design, pretty significant I think to see an increase of 63% YOY, makes you wonder if the economy hadn't tanked, how great of an increase would we have seen.

By Engineering News-Record

The overall design market has taken a big hit during the recent recession. But for many owners, hard times have stirred increased interest in the more practical elements of sustainable design, such as energy efficiency. The ENR Top 100 Green Design Firms generated $2.85 billion in revenue in 2008 from projects registered with such green design programs as the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, an increase of 63.9% over $1.74 billion in 2007.

Read rest of article here...

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/090706top100greendesignfirms.asp

BIM adoption rate exceeds 80% among nation’s largest AEC firms

Dave Barista, BD+C Managing Editor

July 8, 2009

Building Design and Construction

The nation’s largest architecture, engineering, and construction companies are on the BIM bandwagon in a big way, according to Building Design+Construction’s first annual Top 170 BIM Adopters ranking, published as part of the 2009 Giants 300 survey.

Of the 320 AEC firms that participated in Giants survey, 83% report having at least one BIM seat license in house, half have more than 30 seats, and nearly a quarter (23%) have 100-plus seats. In total, the Giants hold 28,174 BIM seats, with the average firm having 106 seats.

Read rest of the article with this link...

http://www.bdcnetwork.com/article/ca6668193.html

Revit Architecture 2010 Skill Builders

New Tutorials available from Autodesk on Revit Architecture 2010. This first one is focused on the Conceptual Design environment in Revit.

Autodesk Revit Skill Builders

Dangers of too much government spending

My job, my company, and my industry rely heavily on design and construction, so an economic recovery is very desirable where spending in these areas increases. But there is a danger with too much spending by the government (particularly with plans that don't impact an economic recovery), and the new administration may be putting us in jeopardy by digging us in a hole for the next several years with false hope.

Interesting information in the article linked below.

http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/jim-haughey/post/credit-constraint-on-us-recovery-soon-ahead/#When:20:17:00Z

Welcome, this is the first of hopefully many posts on a variety of topics. I am a Sales Manager living in Charlotte, NC. My company TPM, is a consulting firm specializing in design and output solutions for Architects, Engineers, & Construction. We are resellers for companies such as Autodesk, HP, Oce, Xerox, Canon, among others and have been helping our clients for over 35 years across the Carolinas.

When I'm not working, I enjoy movies, books, spending time with the kids.