Having a chance to talk to the two major customers in a social setting for several hours made the difference.
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Yet few of the recent Internet and social-media IPOs are setting the market on fire.
While the social media backlash had no visible impact on television ratings, the issue raises a concern on whether the IOC is setting a precedent for how social media will be monitored at upcoming sporting events, such as the Super Bowl and the World Cup.
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The former members of the trafficking factions, who will be on the debate, participate in AfroReggae social projects and are setting a dialogue that has become possible only by a solid social work and the desire to change.
The key concern for HR is that there is great deal of unknown surrounding the issues that are emerging out of the stratospheric rise in the use of social media by employees, both in the setting of the workplace, and even on the Internet.
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The 7.65% Solution has several other intriguing aspects, including the setting up of a genuine Social Security trust fund that could invest monies in corporate bonds.
But there are also free ways to get ringtones, like the ringtone creator application on Facebook -- one of several ringtone applications on the social-networking Web site -- that make setting ringtones all the more appealing.
Gone are the days of working in a traditional office setting, where cubicles separate colleagues and the only social interactions occur around the water cooler.
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Setting out to diagnose the social ills that face Britain, Hensher, in his refusal to empathize, ends up seeming symptomatic of them.
While conflict is a normal part of any social and organizational setting, the challenge of conflict lies in how one chooses to deal with it.
Each of these and others like them has been, or soon will be, re-launched on Forbes.com in a style and format that provides the information you want in a social media setting.
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They are setting the agenda, leading the Social media agency conversation, sharing their views, recommending the best products and deciding whether brands are successful or not.
Mr Duncan Smith announced the setting up of a scheme to stop social breakdown.
Now, the pair have turned to social media for help, setting up a Facebook page, A 7734, which has been viewed more than a million times.
On the surface, the social-networking site would seem a perfect example of the old entrepreneurial model, with Mark Zuckerberg (setting aside the pesky question of whether he really invented the thing) as a sort of modern Alexander Graham Bell.
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The company's also setting up a game-centric social network, where you'll be able share your game progress (and even screen grabs) with other gamers.
Concerned about the social and educational ramifications of extracting him from a "normal" setting, she moved him back to public school--after much ado and against adviser recommendations.
Setting up a firm to use social media is just the start.
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Ms Baillie defended her record during her spell as social justice minister and said she was involved in setting up the McFadden Commission, which called for better regulation and support for charities.
At the time nobody imagined that, in addition to her role as a social lioness and hostess to the powerful, she was simultaneously responsible for setting in motion a process that would profoundly impact the outcome of the Afghan war.
Setting aside the farmers' vaunted place in American politics and social history (and I'm biased here--my father grew up on a farm and I spent my fair share of time on one), this has been a very good trend for America, and the world.
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The setting up of the boards follows the passing of the Health and Social Care Act last year.
So, setting aside all the hype and conjecture, are there any examples of social media actually being used to shape government policy?
Mr Hunt does a brilliant job of setting the two men's endeavours in the context of the political, social and philosophical currents at the time.
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The site re-architecture we began just last September to place our content in a social media setting is still very much underway.
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But Ms Teather said the government would support it in setting up as an independent, not-for-profit social enterprise "to carry on its outstanding work driving up the quality of school meals".
In the New Year, the coalition will publish a mid-term report setting out plans for child care, transport, social care and youth unemployment.
These include a measure to allow anybody setting up a new business to delay for at least a year the payment of onerous social security charges.
Investors on Wednesday also reacted to news that Google is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook.
So two and half months on from setting out on this quest, I still don't know whether the Department of Social Development will treat Troubles victims in Northern Ireland on a par with victims of the 2005 London bombings.
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