Imagine watching your meeting unfold as an illustrated map – soon after each person speaks. See how ideas intersect. Where the conversation is going. That’s how visionary graphic facilitation guru, David Sibbet supports a group in seeing – together – what they are co-creating.
Dave started doodling meetings in his notebook way back when he was [...]
We can learn more from our mistakes than our successes. That’s especially likely if a small, supportive group of peers probes to understand us better before they offer advice. In part, that’s what Learning Circles can offer. Mutual mentorship.
While most are created for people to learn from each other at work (especially [...]
From tax evasion and money laundering to what’s happening at Guantanamo, whistleblowers’ “secret” documents can be posted and seen by anyone with access to the Internet, thanks to Wikileaks. Even a federal judge’s order here in San Francisco can’t completely quash the testimony now. People just post the story on mirror servers and elsewhere. [...]
So says Smart Mobs author Howard Rheingold in this 19-minute talk at the Ted conference. He believes it is instinctive to want to participate in a compatible group. Of course, we are only as strong as the weakest link. Hear how to be a part of
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… is because of you innovative people. You have more freedom to choose where you’ll work and live. And many innovative people choose to live near each other. This choice creates an increasingly “spiky” rather than a flattening world that Tom Friedman sees. So argues Richard Florida (for reasons different than Joseph Stiglitz), author [...]
Owners of small businesses are usually time-starved. They crave practical methods that have proven success. They want to get news-you-can-use tips quickly, anytime they have a spare moment. That’s what small business expert, Anita Campbell has discovered.
To increase your profits, offer
1. to your chosen niche market
2. the most valuable mix of [...]
Work-at-home customer service reps who take calls for companies like Vermont Teddy Bear, 1-800-Flowers and Office Depot now have a fresh way to trade ideas and to socialize. The reps’ employer, Alpine Access made it happen. It is a start-up serving smallish businesses. Adapting the social networking phenomenon to their [...]
Some women’s organizations are stalled. Others are growing like wildfire – and most any group can adopt their member-delighting methods, including yours. Hear how from Diane Danielson, CEO of the DowntownWomensClub.com. Later on, you’ll hear from Beth Schoenfeldt, the co-founder of another rapidly-growing group, Ladies Who Launch.In this flattening world both groups [...]
A huge protest on Monday gives you a blueprint on how to jumpstart your call to action. It happened quickly. If hundreds of thousands of Colombians can organize a protest on Facebook, to take to the streets against the violence-prone Marxist rebel group, FARC then perhaps you and like-minded others can launch [...]
You don’t have to be a powerful politician to increase your influence by partnering. Emulate their tactics. Here’s how:
1. Are You Under Someone’s Thumb?
When your piece of the pie keeps getting smaller, don’t battle others for a bigger piece – making their share smaller. Instead join forces with them and fight [...]
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