digital eve blog

Date: Wednesday February 24th
Time: 19:00
Place: Aroma on Herzl (corner of Yehuda Halevi) in Tel Aviv (Read on …)

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Hi Devas,

I may be one of the youngest on the list which is why I’d like to ask you
all a question. I am just at the beginning of my career, a career that I
love, that I am passionate about and that I am determined to succeed in. My
question is, after all the discussions about the comprise between parenthood
and a successful career, do you feel as mothers that this is true? That
there is indeed a great comprise you have to make and that one will
eventually suffer, or at least dwindle behind?

I do want to have kids, but making something of myself and excelling in my
career is not something I’m willing to compromise on. So what does this
mean? Obviously I know that once I begin having children I will no longer be
able to work the 10-11 hour days that I’m used to, but will I be able to
excel and juggle my family life and professional? Do you believe it is
realistic?

If you feel like sharing, I’d love to hear your opinions and your personal
experiences.

Many Thanks,

~Natasha

At age 23, Natasha Shine is the Social Community and Marketing Manager of a startup company called 6rounds. 6rounds.com <http://6rounds.com>  is a live meeting point, a video chat platform that incorporates real-time communication with interactive features (such as watching videos, facebooking, playing games together, e-learning and much more). Born in London, raised in California, Natasha has now settled in Tel Aviv after making Aliyah by herself almost five years ago.  

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Hi Devas,

You know the feeling of having worked with a really great graphic designer
who has creative, out-of-the-box, thinking skills that can be translated to
image for print/web… whatever – in a way that gets your message across so
beautifully? And at a reasonable price.

Well, back in 2004 I worked with Iris – she was amazing. I used to pay her
more that she charged since she was so good – I felt so blessed. Every
company I went to I took her with me. And then, in 2007 something
unthinkable happened. Iris was offered a full-time job in a company… that
left her with no time to do work on the side.

Since then I have had many experiences with graphic designers… and sadly I
have not had the same experience as I did with Iris. There have been spurts
of magic, but sporadic.

So… I am reaching out to you. A network of professionals like me. And I
hoping you can recommend to me someone, not too costly who can bring back
the spark. I prefer the freelancer – but then again also graphic agencies -
since they can be good too. I have had really good experience with AOP and
Mishan-Portnov and J&J… but i think that they may be out of my budget
right now.

Thank you.
–
Regards,
Miki
054-7799930

PowerSines is a mid-tech Israeli company that provides energy efficiency solutions for lighting worldwide.

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For discussion: A former colleague of mine had a policy of not recruiting former employees back into the company, even if several years had past since their departure. I also think that, in some ways, going back to a previous employer is like going back to an ex-boyfriend/spouse. There was a reason for the breakup or divorce in the first place….so can you really go back?

As I am unemployed due to cutbacks at my last job (sadly this may sound too familiar to many of you), and with unemployment insurance funds dwindling, I cannot be picky. Therefore, I have not yet refused a job offer or job interview based on the fact that I used to work there. If I do have that opportunity in the future, I am curious to learn from your experiences:

What do you feel about this matter as an employee and/or employer? Have you ever gone back to a place that you used to work for? Has your previous experience with that company helped you get used to the job more quickly? Or are you frustrated that things really haven’t changed since you left or were laid off? As for employers, what are your feelings? Have you hired back employees? Did they leverage their past experience effectively into more senior positions? Or do you feel, like my former colleague– that it’s better to recruit “fresh blood”?

I don’t recall this being discussed before here, so if it has, please refer me to the archived discussion:-)

Looking forward to hearing your responses.

P.S. I’m also interested in job leads in marketing writing, copy-writing, editing, narration and/or social media marketing, that may not have been posted on this list due to confidentiality.

Thanks

Ronni Kives

Ronni has been a marketing writer and editor in the hi-tech industry for more than ten years, including companies such as RADVISION, AudioCodes, TTI Telecom and Dassault Systemes (ENOVIA SmarTeam).  She is presently seeking employment within or beyond the hi-tech industry in the areas of marcom, writing,, editing, social media marketing, and /or narration. Originally from Winnipeg, Canada, she currently resides in Kfar Saba with her teen-aged son.

Ronni Kives
Marketing Writer, Editor, and Narrator
Kfar Saba

email: > rkives@zahav.net.il
> Twitter: RonniKives
> LinkedIn: http://il.linkedin.com/pub/ronni-kives/0/67/a24

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Networking To Make A Difference.

A DE event held on 10th September 2009

We did it! We got out from behind our screens and met some real women.

While we were doing that we heard about over 200 real children whose lives are being changed for the better  at the Bet Elazraki  Childrens Home in Natanya where the event was held.  And we had a chance to hear how the real corporate and social responsibilty professionals at Cisco give back to make a real difference in Israel and all over the world.

Here’s what some of the women there said…

 ”"Thank you so much to our inspiring speakers, gracious hosts and enthusiastic participants for opening your hearts and minds to make this happen.”"

“We got to know each other, exchanged business cards, but most importantly -
were inspired to think about our contribution to the community. ”

“”The brainstorming session on what each person can volunteer from their own experience was also a brilliant way helping everyone to get to know each other – and what a lovely group of ladies they were!”

“”It was a privilege to meet so many smart and engaged women and to
learn and be inspired about how we, as professional women, can contribute to
different aspects of our society.”"

”

We hope to follow up on the evening with practical action related to both Bet Elazraki and Cisco”s CSR programs.

Website: http://www.elazraki.org.il

http://www.cisco.com

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Hi Aviva

In response to your post about exposing your personal facebook interest, language and activities to business contacts:

The various social networks are like online versions of real life social
environments. I don’t wear professionally acceptable clothing to the beach,
and wouldn’t be embarrassed if a client saw me there in a bikini. However I
certainly wouldn’t wear a bikini to a work meeting. Therefore I think it’s
all about being clear about your personal environment within each social
media platform. For instance, I made a decision from day one that facebook
would be social for me. I accept clients and colleagues as friends, but my
facebook picture is intentionally of me with two kids that shows them
without question that this is a social, not professional, environment for
me. This also means that I don’t use my personal facebook profile as a
business tool like many people do.

If I saw a client at the beach with my kids running around me I would gladly
talk business with them, but I wouldn’t set up a meeting for that
environment. Similarly, sometimes there is a comfortable cross-over, but
it’s not a “Seital” facebook, it’s a “Rashi” facebook profile. Having said
that, I am aware that some professional contacts are privy to my facebook
activities so I am cautious not to do professionally damaging things there,
just like I wouldn’t do something that could damage my professional
reputation at the beach – but there’s a difference between professionally
damaging and non-professional. Twitter on the other hand is more of a
blended professional interface for me, although I do blend personal updates
there too and quite like the personal/professional blend within that
environment.

So bottom line – I think it’s all about setting expectations. If you’re
inviting or accepting professional colleagues to what is clearly your
personal space, then they’ll accept it in that context and realize that the
music you enjoy isn’t a reflection of your professional competency, and your
jokes with friends show your social side, not your professional
communication style.

Good luck in achieving the professional/personal balance we all work towards
in real life, now reproduced via the online social environments!

Regards

Rashi

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Rashi Elmaliah is a marketing strategist for about a decade and is founder & director of Seital. Seital provides marketing strategy and implementation services to Israeli companies targeting international markets.

Rashi Elmaliah
Director
Seital – Marketing Strategy & Implementation

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* welcome to our new website at www.seital.co.il

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Hi to all Entrepreneurs & Solo/Small Business Owners!

Some interesting results from an Australian survey of over 1700 entrepreneurs. Top 3 challenges are: Finding clients, Wearing too many hats, Not enough hours in a day & more. Reporting to be quite happy (with 8 out of 10 overall satisfaction rate).
In addition, women entrepreneurs report other challenges: Domestic Division, Thinking too Small, Making Business Personal.
See more in my article: http://www.inhasharon.co.il/article/index/6976 .

Curious to see how this compares with YOUR Entrepreneur Challenges….

Please help by posting YOUR top 3 challenges & YOUR overall satisfaction level (out of 10)!

Fill in the survey & I’ll share the results: http://www.u-solve.co.il/u-solve-nitzanim-entrepreneur-survey-june09.pdf

Many thanks for your inputs & help!

Gloria Kinrot
CEO – Professional Business & Life Coach & Consultant

U-Solve

054-542-2067
www.u-solve.co.il

Read my Entrepreneur Weekly articles at inHaSharon

U-Solve serves entrepreneurs and international organizations with solutions in 3 areas of focus:  1) Collaboration for Teams & Organizations; 2) Success & Growth Programs for Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners & Service Professionals; 3) Business & Life Coaching for Aspiring Individuals, Women & Leaders

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Hi Steve,

It’s all in how you twitter, and why.

Yes, people use Twitter to tell others they are going to the bathroom -
hello, don’t need to know that. So – don’t follow people like that.

Others use it for political purposes – to have political discussions with
others (the advantage here is one of education). While you are “fighting”
the good fight – others are listening and learning.

Others use it to promote their blog or their business. By asking those who
are following you to “re-tweet” your 140 character message, it is going out
well beyond your scope of influence. So, you build and build…and then…

“Looking for documentation projects – telecommunications, etc. Contact
WritePoint” – works.

Or – one of our staff is traveling to the States and looking for kosher
rest. in Indianapolis” – and the information comes streaming through.

“Anyone know if there’s traffic on the Ayalon” and a few minutes later
“Office overlooks Ayalon. All clear to Rokach”

And…”just posted to http://www.israelisoldiersmother.blogspot.com check it
out” – you can alert hundreds of people (even thousands potentially) of new
blog posts, new sites you designed (ask them to give their opinions…but
what you are really doing is calling attention to your abilities).

And then you get, “I’m late with my #followfriday. @ASoldiersMother to learn
what the personal side is of having a son in the Israeli army.”

Which means not only have you touched your base of people (your followers),
but touched others.

Finally, a tool like TweetDeck goes a long way in making Twitter a more
usable tool.

HTH,
Paula

Paula R. Stern is the CEO and founder of WritePoint Ltd., (http://www.writepoint.com)  a leading technical writing company in Israel. WritePoint’s offerings include a full range of documentation services as well as a wide range of  training courses. Paula is the list owner of Techshoret, the Israel technical writers list, as well as MarcShoret, a list for MARCOM professionals. She is an Adobe Community Expert and moderator of an international list of help authors. Her most recent endeavor includes the launch of two publishing houses, one focusing on Jewish/Israeli books and a second one that has a diverse and international flavor to it. Finally, Paula is the mother behind A Soldier’s Mother, a blog about her experiences as the mother of an Israeli soldier. (http://www.israelisoldiersmother.blogspot.com)

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Self-hosted WordPress is the blogging software of choice for most serious,
professional bloggers. Self-hosted means that you download the software (at
www.wordpress.org) and install it on your own server. This gives you the
most flexibility and control over the types of pages, content, and
appearance you can have on your site.

As Sharon said, WordPress is free software – it’s Open Source. However,
installing the software and customizing the themes (which is the WordPress
term for templates) can be complicated. That’s where the cost for a
WordPress-based site or blog can come in: if you decide you want a
customized, branded blog/site, you may have to outsource that work to a
WordPress professional.

If you just want to test the waters and see if blogging is even for you, I
recommend starting a blog on WordPress.com. It’s free, they have a decent
range of themes you can choose from, and for a minimal fee you can have your
own domain name on your blog there (i.e. instead of myblog.wordpress.com you
can have myblog.com). Having your own domain name gives your blog a much
more professional and serious appearance.

Aside from the benefit of being able to easily add your own domain name to
your blog, if you have a blog on WordPress.com and it goes well and you
eventually see you need more control and features, it is relatively easy to
move your blog onto your own server while keeping all the URLs for your
posts. This is crucial for retaining search engine and link traffic that you
may have generated until that point.

Hope that helps.

Miriam

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Miriam Schwab
illuminea marketing & media | www.illuminea.com
T: 972.2.566.0297 | C: 972.54.571.0624
mschwab@illuminea.com

twitter: @miriamschwab <http://twitter.com/miriamschwab>

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My boss seems to think that having an active Facebook account which was

posted to daily could replace a blog on our website. Is that true?

My understanding was that they both had their own function and place but I

don’t want to waste resources on both if Facebook could solve both the goals

of communicating casually with a user base and creating a community around

our product line.

Any thoughts?

Michal Wachstock

Director of Online Marketing and Sales at Ultragen Ltd.

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