Build: Community, purpose & growth
Twitter and the Cigar Bar
My friend, Mitchell Ashley, writes about how Twitter is changing the way conference goers are connecting with a post about an impromptu gathering at a cigar bar reinforced with a few tweets. I’m finally starting to understand the power of Twitter, as a way to gather/mobilize individuals in real time. Clay Shirkey, in the book,…
Read MoreDon’t Push the River and Other Advice on Community-Building
I recently asked the ABV team to provide one piece of advice about communities or community-building. Here’s what they said: Join a community to enrich your life.Get involved to reap the rewards. This follows nicely with my experience of being part of the Coolest Women We Know community. Communities are unpredictable. This is neither good…
Read MoreMaking Social Networking Work
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal provides a mixed review of the effectiveness of social networking. The following day, the author of the article blogged about this same topic. The posting provides some good tips but what’s even better are the comments, where individuals have suggested platforms and tools, and provided existing sites…
Read MoreA Conversation About Social Media
Simon Young, with his wife, Marie, was interviewed about social media on Radio New Zealand (Simon and Marie live in Auckland, NZ.) The interview covers a range of topics, from a study done by Deloitte that proclaims spending on social media is a waste of money, to the best ways to make Twitter work for…
Read MoreThe Secret Sauce for All Successful Communities
An interview with boundary crosser, Karen Stephenson, reminds me that all the technology, networking, marketing, and wisdom in the world is useless in building a community if one thing is lacking: Trust. Stephenson calls herself a corporate anthropologist (she has graduate degrees in anthropology) and writes about creating trust in the online world. A few…
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