Posts by Carol Ross
Interview with Jeremiah Owyang, Part 1
This is the first of a three-part interview with Jeremiah Owyang, a social computing analyst with Forrester who is an expert on building communities. While his clients are businesses using community-building to meet their business objectives, Jeremiah’s wisdom can be directly applied by wisdom entrepreneurs who are building communities to support their social good objectives.…
Read MoreIt’s All In Your Perspective
I have amazing clients. One of them is "in transition," having left a job at the end of February and figuring out what's next. She sent me this epiphany while journaling about her situation: Who would sign up for the following trip? Destination: Not disclosed How long? Undetermined Cost? We’ll find out as we go…
Read MoreDigital Immigrants: Will You Move Forward or Be Left Behind?
The wonderful thing about starting a new venture is that you don't know where it will take you. For over a year now, I've been researching and trying out social media–tools for the 21st century for doing business, deepening friendships, and finding new opportunities. My initial research was around how to use the tools to…
Read MoreWhat Do You Want More or Less Of?
I've been blogging on A Bigger Voice since December 2007. It never crossed my mind to ask you, the reader, for feedback to shape what I blog about. Until now. I'm interviewing Jeremiah Owyang soon and in our pre-interview meeting, he gave me a food for thought on asking my community what they want more…
Read MoreI Want to Work for Zappos
I want to work for Zappos. I thought I was unemployable after being a solopreneur/entrepreneur for the last six years. After listening to this keynote at the SXSW conference by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, I’m reconsidering. Okay, not really. I still love being on my own. But IF I ever went back to being…
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