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#TDGv Studios: A Collaborative Digital Agency

For what was is no more and what is his history revisited.

For only here would we see a moose in a backyard.  Clearly this is no longer Toronto, but a more southern, western, hospitable locale.  The move is done as the next iteration of the Studio is assembled, configured, reset and in many ways upgraded.

KIM MITCHELL - All We Are
From Canadian rocker Kim Mitchell from the album Akimbo Alogo released in 1984. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PXoxgCXus

Mike and Jim, please take the time to really absorb and digest the content of this letter because it reflects the feeling across a huge percentage of your employee base. You have many smart employees, many that have great ideas for the future, but unfortunately the culture at RIM does not allow us to speak openly without having to worry about the career-limiting effects.

Can't tell how many of these I have seen over the years. Connecting with your enterprise is key to strong leadership in times of crisis.

With the great help of our pit crew, we are now officially located in Brantford, ON aka Telephone City.  The Studio is a mess with a 16 foot van’s worth of gear and general junk still requiring to be unpacked and set up.  

However, this is not stopping us from working on an upcoming joint venture with someone I highly respect in the Social Business field.  Can’t say much about it, but the footage is already synced in DropBox and imported for post-production editing.

This is another fine example of how two people that have never met in real life can get together using social networks and freemium services to collaborate effectively.

These segments, in my opinion, will bring a lot of visibility to the concepts of Enterprise 2.0 and Social CRM.  It is also a great way for #TDGv Studios to give back to the community that has shared so much with Robert Lavigne @RLavigne42.com, since March 2009.

Really looking forward to being able to share more on this, but for now it is TOP SECRET.

Take Care,

Rob

Fozzy at Hockeyfest 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS5xINYkJTw

 

For those of you who follow the Life@42 Social Novel.

You will know, how prominent Brantford, ON has been in our plans in bringing the very best Social Business knowledge to the SMBs that have been hit the hardest during these economical times. 

Tomorrow is actually moving day for #TDGv Studios.

Today was a rush of packing and final preparations.  We even had to do a last minute find on a new moving truck. The U-Haul that was recommended to us, could not accommodate the size of the move mentioned when making the reservation.

Thankfully.

 We noticed the error over the weekend and literally tried to get a hold of them all weekend long to no avail.  When we were finally able to get a hold of them, we were left truckless for moving day.  So thanks to the wonderful assistance of our pit crew, we not only got the truck we needed, but made some new friends in Brantford, ON.

Those that are familiar with our brand, know full well that we are already planning a video segment to help promote them on YouTube.  This is are way of saying welcome #TDGv to Telephone City and thank you to the SMBs that literally moved us here.

Editor Note: spelling and grammar are as intended as to best follow the spirit of free-form writing. Trust me, those errors are nothing compared to the argument I am listening to from across the way while trying to write this entry.  ’night

Take Care,

Rob, #TDGv

 

Fozzy - To Kill A Stranger - Hockeyfest 2 - Brantford http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrtvN_S3JsI

We are shifting from a search model to a discovery model. The very nature of this terrifies Google who have made their fortune on search.

We are shifting from a search model to a discovery model. The very nature of this terrifies Google who have made their fortune on search. Facebook on the other hand is based entirely on the discovery model. The discovery model taps into the 3 degrees of connectivity (friend, friend of friend, … ). As such, it allows us to become aware of things that we didn’t know about in the first place. Yes you can search on it, once you hear about it for more details, but how does new knowledge get discovered in the first place? Via a social network based on the concept of weak ties and disconnected interests. In a world where content is become so readily available, the real value is in the semantics of the content. As such, content is free and context is where the value is. The discovery model allows us to use our social network to put not only context on the content being acquired, but also exposes our insight to that of others. Simply put search cannot compete with the discovery model as you need to know what you don’t know first before learning something new.

~ Robert Lavigne @RLavigne42.com 

 December 15, 2010 by @RLavigne42

Original Post http://lifeat42.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/2011-give-me-fringe-or-give-me-death...

Go where the puck is going to be ~ Walter Gretkzy

The @RLavigne42 Rear View Mirror

Publications

• #TDGv: Innovation at the Speed of Thought by Robert Lavigne @RLavigne42.com

  • @RLavigne42 #TDGv
  • December 8, 2010
  Authors: Robert Lavigne, PMP @RLavigne42.com

  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 your customer base.

  Honors and Awards:
  - Top 25 (#12) Online Influencers in Leadership - HR Examiner (2011)
  - Project Management Professional (2009)
  - Featured in a six-part series on Project Management in ComputerWorld Canada (1999)

  Groups and Associations:
  #SocialEmpire on EmpireAvenue: The Social Stock Market (2011),
  co-Chair and advisor Knowledge Workers Toronto (2010-2011)
  PMI Member - Project Management Institute, Southern Ontario Chapter (2009-2011),
  Director – Porsche Club of America (Upper Canada Region) (2003)

• #TDGv Racing: A Motorsports Social Novel by #TDGv Studios and @RLavigne42

  • @RLavigne42 #TDGv
  • May 24, 2010
  Authors: Robert Lavigne, PMP @RLavigne42.com

  #TDGv Studios: A Collaborative Digital Agency (TDGv.net)

  Social Business, Social Media, Personal Branding, Social CRM, Enterprise 2.0, Leadership, Management Consulting, Mentoring, Video Production, Video Editing

Life@42: A Social Novel by Robert Lavigne @RLavigne42.com featuring #TDGv Studios
@RLavigne42
August 18, 2010
Authors: Robert Lavigne, PMP @RLavigne42.com
“A Polymath—the Greek word for Renaissance Man—is someone who excels in many disciplines. The New Polymath is an enterprise comfortable with multiple technologies and is packaging 3, 5, 10 strands of infotech, cleantech, healthtech, biotech and nanotech to create innovative new products and solutions.”

~ Vinnie Mirchandani, The New Polymath.

The Three Gears of Enterprise Social Media Adoption
@RLavigne42
September 16, 2010
Authors: Robert Lavigne, PMP @RLavigne42.com
“Only through engaging using a Third Gear philosophy will you achieve the real value proposition that Social Media can deliver. Whether it is within your organization using Enterprise 2.0, or outside of your organization using Social CRM, your mindset and attitude in using the tools will determine your success or failure and not the tools themselves.” ~@RLavigne42

Brand Conversation with Robert Lavigne, PMP
@RLavigne42
October 19, 2010
Authors: Robert Lavigne, PMP @RLavigne42.com
“By becoming a transparent organization that engages in Social Media, your employees and clients are not only the conduit of such stories, but the storytellers themselves.” ~@RLavigne42

“Each layer of my social network provides an added level of credibility to the personal brand I am promoting and an opportunity for others to relate it to their own social network.” ~@RLavigne42

Yesterday, I invested in a pair of Studio beats by dr. dre Headset for #TDGv Studios (TDGv.net).  I also picked up a HTC Desire HD from Telus in Brantford, ON.  Brantford is also called Telephone City.  It felt appropriate that I get a new “telephone” to help celebrate the move at the end of the month.  I am formally taking up residence in #TDGv Studios West and will be running The Digital Grapevine from Brantford while still networking and virtual office working in Toronto.

Well the irony of that purchase is that I actually no longer have a working “telephone”,  You see the Rogers system no longer knows which phone I actually am using. My personally owned RIM gear was doing hard crashes after mere minutes of use.  This prompted me to revert back to my trusty backup well over a year ago.  So I have been using my 2004 Rogers phone with my current SIM card.  This speaks volumes as well as to the current situation going on with RIM investments and valuations.  A 2004 phone is more reliable right now than one of the most recent RIM blackberries.

As a result of all this, my new Telus cell can do outbound calls, but it cannot receive calls.  Rogers has seemingly removed me from their network and yet claim to have no clue as to how to move my inbound over.  Rogers has my SIM number, e-mail address, account information, phone number, etc.  And yet, I am now asked to go through call center hell to give them information they already have.  Truly another sad example as to why the move away from Rogers also coincides with my move to an Android.

I am, however,  actually more connected than I was prior.  This is actually the first 3G phone I have had.  Hard to believe that over 20,000 tweets and 850 LinkedIn connections were made using only wifi since March 2009.  More on that later.

Take Care,

Rb

#TDGv Studios http://TDGv.net