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How To Socialize Your Cat
Cats Training | November 7th 2009
Part of many cat’s personalities is independence. Since most cats can fend for themselves, are very good hunters, and cautious by nature they may not be very social. Or in pet terms, they just don’t care if you want them to do something; read more
Branding Reinforcement Tool or Source For Competitive Intelligenc…
Tools For Thought | November 5th 2009
It should not be a huge shock to find that some of the well known brands in the world have a Facebook Fan Page. The popular social media marketing tool allows marketing professionals to reinforce brands on the web by engaging consumers via wall post read more
Social Media: Where Negatives Are Positives?
On Brands | October 27th 2009 by David Cameron
If you read my previous post (What is Socialnomics?), then you know I had the chance to review the book Socialnomics, in which author Erik Qualman offers a number of insights and observations on social media. One of those insights I’d like to s read more
Should you be able to “abhor” Facebook posts? Threadsy says y…
VentureBeat | October 14th 2009
Oh, “I bought new socks” status update. How I hate thee…. And now you literally can hate them. Threadsy, which puts e-mail and social network updates together in one stream, is experimenting with an “abhor” button to fl read more
Getting the Word Out About My Novels
Author James Ross | October 4th 2009 by Mindy Schwartz
This summer could not have been more pleasant. We enjoyed resort-type weather in the St. Louis area for June, July, August and September. The moderate temperatures were ideal for golf. As the warm summer weather starts to fade and the crisp autumn read more
Exterminating Humanity by Discouraging one Breeder at a Time
Political | September 27th 2009
Adloyada makes note of something that has ALWAYS cracked me up – the naïve and awkward way that the BBC parrots whatever political Agitprop is available to them, which they then dramatize in such childish fashion that the only people who take it a read more
Using Social Media for Positive Reinforcement: #lovetheclimate gi…
Everything Between | September 23rd 2009
Over the past few weeks of completely ignoring this blog and much else outside the scope of my work with Live Earth I’ve been swirling in social media madness surrounding our #lovetheclimate giveaway. It’s Global Climate week and we wante read more
Linking Multiple Social Media Profiles
LeftTheBox.com | September 17th 2009 by Samir Balwani
An often overlooked advantage of social marketing is the ability to utilize multiple platforms as a network, allowing each to help another build a community. The topic sounds difficult, but in practice can be very easy. It requires resources to creat read more
Embedding Social Interactions Within Reinforcement
Autism Community | September 7th 2009 by Abby
A new study was published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders this month (September 2009). The authors (Robert Koegel, Ty Vernon and Lynn Koegel) investigated the effect of an intervention on the social engagement and nonverbal orien read more
Positive Reinforcement
Inconsequential Logic | August 21st 2009 by Roschelle Nelson
Recently I joined a social network group Positive Thinking for Life. It was more of a way to reconnect with the super cool chick that started the group, Carol King. I met Carol online last year. She's a gifted writer and a truly beautiful person.Afte read more
Identity Criterion
PUA Lingo | July 1st 2009 by Casual
The degree of social reinforcement that mentally allows a PUA to become in a certain state and assume a certain [...] read more
What and Why I Do What I Do As a Marriage Counseling Practitioner
Boost your life and business with Creativity | June 24th 2009 by Dr. Joseph Abraham
100 Years of Marriage Counseling Theory and PracticeSigmund Freud (1856-1939) claimed that the roots of the psychological problems are innate motives (sex and aggression); the conscious mental processes have trivial importance compared with the uncon read more
B’s Social Experiment
Just Making Convo | June 24th 2009 by BSchooled
Objective: To examine the effect positive reinforcement has on employee morale and productivity in the workplace. Background Information: Due to the current economic recession (and the fact this place is a downer even on the best of days), read more
3 Quick Ways to Motivate Yourself
My Equilibrium Coach Blog | June 17th 2009 by Aerobodies Fitness
By: Jaci Sellenrick Everyone knows that exercising takes a lot of mental confidence just to feel comfortable at the gym. The more confidence and desire you have in yourself, the more likely you will be engaged in physica read more
How To Stop Smoking Using Self Hypnosis
Sekf Hypnosis Blog | May 28th 2009 by jenna mills
Cigarette smoking is one of the most common vices here and abroad, and is now adopted for pleasure or as a social tool. For adolescents smoking may produce pleasurable sensations and serve as a source of positive reinforcement, and for those who smok read more
Integral Options Cafe: Albert Bandura - Profile
Education & Learning | May 26th 2009 by rehan
Main points Before Bandura, psychologist Julian Rotter had put forth his own theory of social learning . In a 1954 book , titled Social Learning and Clinical Psychology, Rotter held that people choose which behaviors to perform based on two factors: read more
Great Deck on User Behavior: "Discovery is the New Cocaine&q…
Crash Dev | April 21st 2009 by Chris DeVore
Just discovered this deck (thanks for the tip iseff) - great current take on personalized intermittent reinforcement in social media. If you're designing a social site and want to create user addiction, this is a great refresh on the levers to pull. read more
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