Public Speaking for your Internet Soul
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Garrison Keillor make a plaintive case on self publishing’s disruption to the publishing industry, reminiscing of the days where paper meant something and being “an author” was a rite of passage for a chosen few.
Self publishing is as easy as a text, a tweet, a Blurb, or an eBook on Scribd or Lulu.
…that is the future of publishing: 18 million
authors in America, each with an average
of 14 readers, eight of whom are blood relatives.
So how do writers, journalist, poets publish to survive? Will publishers themselves survive by aggregating and redistributing online content down new channels to expand the individual’s reach?
Keillor’s lament and the continued growth of self publishing underscores the need to continuously build our personal and professional networks as this socially mediated mode of communication, the internet, continues to provide greater and greater access and voice to millions who have something to say.
Neil Perkin gave a keynote with a slide deck that would rival Lawrence Lessig’s.
Perkins presents key data points for navigating the social web, which resonate success for anyone engaged in social media, social networks, or simply using their smartphone.
The bottom line? The road to success will be earned by those who create and share an endless stream of information, and whom participate to support within their communities.
Feed your community. Grow your influence.
Feed your community. Earn their trust.
Feed your community.
What are you sharing?
A lively discussion has lit up on LinkedIn on TED’s discussion group to answer that question.
The community responses are shown in the following tag cloud.
Reductionism. This seems to be all too appealing for some in their online communication.
First, it was the blog, a shortened form of the news winnowed down to a journaled blurb.Then it was the 140 character tweet which restricted the 160 characters of its antecedent, the cellular text message.
Haiku tweets then added a pleasant literary intentionality to this narrowed universe with their 5-7-5 syllabic 3 line poems. It is same line of reductionism that fuels the popularity of the Six words blogs, stories and subsequent contests. Which only makes sense that this TED Group would (finally) query asking for a single word.
What is the single most powerful positive word in the English language for you?
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Wondering how corporate brands are embracing social media?
Jesse Stanchak interviews PepsiCo’s Frank Cooper in this good post on PepsiCo’s brand engagement with its Pepsi Refresh Project.
[W]e decided that this year it was time for the brand
to actually go within culture and actually move
something forward, so that it was actually getting
engaged with consumers.
- Frank Cooper, PepsiCo
This corporate project has embraced the social innovations of online fund raising, micro lending and social change websites like Network for Good, Idealist.org and Kiva where visitors are prospective donors to proposed community based projects.
To promote the project, Refresh Everything has secured key celebrity partnerships to include Kevin Bacon‘s Six Degrees project and Demi Moore in supporting Girls Educational & Mentoring Services.
It may be some time before there is a sea change in corporate marketing strategy, though moves like PepsiCo signal a strong need to move towards authentic consumer engagements for competitive survival in the marketplace.
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Does it take a village to raise a business?
Some experts think so. 
In this information era, consumers have digital access to a myriad of competitors and business information and market forces and disruptive technologies have shifted the balance of power away from traditional marketing and advertising models.
Both consumers and businesses have self gravitated to online communities to find answers to new questions and to find solutions to the unforeseen challenges they have yet to experience.
The old African proverb “it takes a village to raise a child” emphasizes the impact a community has on the growth, development, and successful maturation of a person to not only survive to adulthood, but to thrive to become a contributing member within their community.
Although we are in a high-tech age, these simple words still ring true with in application beyond the walls of the family unit – as they are now being applied to impact community as it supports the growth of entrepreneurial businesses.
So, if it takes a village to raise a child, what does it take to raise a business?
Often, your business is often conceived out of a passion, which gives birth to an entrepreneurial idea. Once that idea is “born” from your research and planning, it must be properly nurtured in order to mature to a full-fledged business. That’s when the work begins in earnest, and when the support of a community can become crucial to its survival.
Here are 5 community assets that can impact the growth, development, and maturation of a small business.
1. Knowledge - A community is a place or experience where knowledge is shared. Each community member brings unique skills, perspectives, experiences, and level of education to contribute. Community mentors (those who hold and/or share the greatest amount of their community experience) bless others with their wisdom and often shorten the path to success for newer entrepreneurs in sharing their lessons learned.
2. Encouragement - A community is a place where achievements are recognized and celebrated, and where trials, challenges and failures are kept in perspective. Community “encouragers” help entrepreneurs keep going when things are tough or when vision is lacking, spurring us to create and set goals, to remain focused, to celebrate victories, and to overcome roadblocks. Their support is the glue of any community.
3. Critical Analysis - A community is a place where people ask hard questions and tell you the truth. Community “critics” stretch us to go beyond their comfort zones, and, through their analytical questions, ignite us to plan and develop business strategy.
4. Cooperation - A community is a place to meet like-minded people and to form strategic partnerships to collaborate on meaningful work. Successful entrepreneurs learn to leverage key relationships to expand visibility in their target niche, to launch cooperative business ventures, and to develop credibility and influence.
5. Reservoir of Resources - A community can serve as a self organizing reservoir of resources. Through networking as a community member with supportive and sharing, like-minded individuals, an entrepreneur can identify the technology, business tools and resources that can help them run their business more effectively and grow more quickly.
Today, building a successful business takes passion, an entrepreneurial idea, and a nurturing business community. A fair amount of sweat, research and strategic focus are not to be excluded.
A community of sharing, supportive, experienced and learning individuals will contribute significantly to helping you achieve business success.
What online communities were helpful in developing your business?
Which communities provide good business ideas and support?
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Amos White is a Social Media Marketng evangelist
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In what communities do you participate?
President Barack Obama this week celebrated in the Indian holiday of Diwali, a festival of lights.
A friend’s e-card made me aware of Diwali, also known as Tihar in Nepal. Then a featured WordPress post got me to explore this festival in celebration of “light over darkness“.
Having learned about Diwali I find it a beautiful celebration to share in with those across the globe and who recognize it here in the US. Many places in India are half way around the world, 12 hours ahead in time zones. Obama kind of brings the world all the more closer with his public participation in celebration of this festival.
When I was growing up, I actively participated in the activities of those in my community. I played dreidel or dradle between Chanukah and Christmas in school, built a backyard Sukkoth with best friend Andy for Yom Kippur, and celebrated more than a dozen Bat and Bar Mitzvahs.
The result was a deep appreciation and closer relationship in community with others- not apart from them.
Online communities hold the same richness diversity and opportunities in connecting with others across the globe or in your own back yard.
How we openly seek, invite and include friends, family, classmates, clients, colleagues and others can better define our personal brand as rich exchange networks.
How do you participate with those from other cultures, nations, and beliefs? Leave your comment.
The Whitehouse posted its official video on President Obama’s recognition and celebration of Diwali this week.
http://americanepali.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/happy-diwali-president-obama/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videoshow/5126165.cms
www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/10/14/us/politics/AP-US-Obama-Asian-Americans.html?
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