Getting asked to speak at TED2013 was delightful, but especially because I got the chance to redeem myself from my less-than-stellar talk at TEDGlobal. I write about the secrets of …
The Economics of Generosity
One of the most powerful talks this last week at TED centers on adapting to a new era, the Social Era. Amanda Palmer has been a disruption in the music …
What is “social”? (An Etymology of Sorts)
Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Social Business, Social Innovation, Social Era – are they all the same, or are they quite different? Do you know? If you don’t know, you might …
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Designing Workshop & Seeking Your Advice…
I wonder if I can ask for your advice on something? Over the last few months, I’ve been asked to do more workshops and I could use your advice on …
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Why People Listen to You, Follow You
He taught me so much. Not because of what he said, or even how close we were, but what he embodied. Jerry Witherspoon died of pancreatic cancer a few weeks …
Having a Point of View
“Your writing is better than my writing, but your headlines … they suck.” That nugget of rather direct insight was delivered over a lunch conversation by a best-selling (and incredibly …
Onlyness (The Topic and the Talk at TEDxHouston)
The first step to unlocking talent in the #SocialEra is celebrating something I’ve termed onlyness. Onlyness is that thing that only that one individual can bring to a situation. It …
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Sitting is the Smoking of Our Generation
Yesterday, I shared with you the “big” news that I’m speaking at TED at their Long Beach event a short 40 or so days from now. The topic of my …
The Run Like Hell From List
Such a private thing it is to share this, but I have. The idea of this post started when several months ago, a person who runs a professional networking organization …
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