Archive for the ‘Individual’ Category

Who’s Your Favorite Comedian and What are You Learning From Them?

Comedians can be sometimes be the best conversation coaches. Especially in terms of behavior and body language. Here’s a series from Presentation Zen-meister, Garr Reynolds with some poignant picks from The Comedian Quotes & Lessons from “Comedian” View more presentations…

Social Media- Merging On and Offline Activities

I heard about this amazing project in Detroit called Loveland on NPR. You can hear the full story here but here it is in the compressed version.
Jerry Paffendorf bought a relatively useless plot of land in Detroit and then portioned the entire thing up into 10,000 square inch plots of land. He sold the [...]

Sex, Science, and Innovation Twitter

Twitter growth is slowing down. Only 30% of the members actually do it. What can actually get accomplished in 140 characters? Obviously there is a hardcore group of tweeters feeding twitter. And another hardcore group trolling Twitter. Are they the Paul Reveres of our society or the Chicken Littles?

Social business beyond just the marketing department

I’ve been thinking a lot about how organizations extend the use of social networking beyond the marketing department. You’ve probably thought about this too or are even implementing it at your company.

It seems there are three phases of development…

Creative Capital; The Next Factor of Production

If we expect to deliver an alternate social currency backed by innovation, we need to reflect deeply upon this specific factor of production. We need to think, observe, and interpret with the flexibility that “Creatives” have – if not, we need the humility to let them help us. Only then can we start connecting the dots.

Blockbuster Writes Their Own Obituary

I’ll keep this post short because that’s about how long Blockbuster seems to want it.

They Are Saying Something New About Social Media, Finally

Now, all of a sudden, a new idea is emerging…it’s barely an audible chirp, but it will become a tectonic rumble before long: Social Media is beginning to take on the characteristics of a Financial Instrument.

When Social Media Becomes a Science

ay Deragon posted a series of articles recently on his Relationship Economy blog which I found especially exciting. As usual, Jay is bringing forward some very important ideas related to social media components and outcomes, but what really sets this new mindset apart is the fact that Jay is asking the same questions that have been plaguing scientists for 100 years.

Social Media Power By The Hour

Making human knowledge and intentions tangible in a market place opens up the possibility of a whole new class of business plans. We call this Social Power by the Hour.

What About the Million Follower Question?

which is more useful to a brand- “a million followers without any idea of what you’re going to do with them” or a “kick ass strategy with zero”?