Archive for the 'community' Category

We’d Rather Work Together Than Alone

Friday, February 15th, 2008

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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 […]

Why Our World’s Not Quite Flat …

Friday, February 15th, 2008

… 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 […]

Boost Profits by Creating a Customer Community

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

But first figure out the kind of community that your customers most desire: Clique, Cult, Network or Nation?
So advises popular co-authors of Church of the Customer, Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba. That is if you want to inspire “the word of mouth gospel” from avid customers.
To turn your customers into evangelists (your sales […]

Bring Music to the Isolated in Your Community?

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

Thousands of prisoners, nursing home patients and others cut off from freely roaming the world have been moved by the live concerts organized by Bread and Roses. Famous musicians including Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis and Tuck and Patti have been joined by hundreds of other skilled, local musicians, sound engineers, event producers and […]

 
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Make Your Next Conference More Participatory …

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

… so they’ll want to come back next year. How many conferences have you attended where you felt talked “at” by a series of speakers up on stage? Then you rushed between sessions to meet new people and catch up with friends in the hallways. Wouldn’t it be great to have a meeting […]

Be an Alpha Swarmer? Attract fans. Start movements

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Have you ever been on a team where things just fell apart? Or was dominated by complainers (or worse) or endless, circular talk or caused another risk? Or one person (perhaps you) got stuck doing most of the work? Wouldn’t life be more fun and productive if we understood how to create higher-performing […]

 
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Join Forces. Attract More People. Spend Less. Find Camaraderie.

Friday, December 14th, 2007

An idle woman on her cell phone with her pet dog nearby. That’s a common scene in my county, frankly. And people poke fun at us. Legitimately. To many, Marin means rich people who live just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, in the lush hills with bay views yet there are […]

Hear About Our Whole Human History in 60 Seconds

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Got a minute for a recap of what’s happened so far? See the lecture offered by University of Pennsylvania intellectual historian, Alan Charles Kors. Unfortunately, you’ll need Real Player to view it. Below is a written summary. Hopeful notes: (for some) irrigation strengthens community and (for more of us) the many benefits inherent in […]

Second Biggest “People” Hive on the Planet?

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Busy bees. Yep. “The busiest ‘hive’ is the (formerly) student “hive,’” notes Mark Brooks, to the surprise of few who go online. More people check in more often at Facebook than at any other online social network. But few people guess the name of the second busiest hive.

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Got a Strong Interest? Host Meetings. Make Friends…and Money?

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

Meet people who share your interests and you’re bound to become friends with some. Want to meet other Shih Tzus owners? Find a fellow hiker, skier, cyclist, kayaker or climber? Get a pick-up basketball game wherever you are? Start a team? Eat raw food?
Organize a speaker series, and charge attendees? […]

 
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