Build: Community, purpose & growth
Resonate, Lessons From the Grateful Dead, and the Disease of Entrepreneurship
Over the last few years, this blog has expanded to talk about entrepreneurship in general, beyond being a social entrepreneur or wisdom entrepreneur. The concepts of story-telling and community-building apply to entrepreneurship in general, especially these days. More importantly, the personal journey of creating something lasting and larger than yourself, whether it's for profit or…
Read MoreJoy of (Re-)Connecting
Part of the beauty of communities is that once formed, the bonds can remain between members in the community for a long time. Over the years, I've played with the concept of virtual communities, through this blog and another blog for my coaching biz, and more recently, with social networking sites used for my work…
Read MoreHow a Community Pioneered a New Way of Funding Cancer Research
I was inspired by a blog posting, The Cause to Find Cancer Causes: Direct Funding for Cancer Research by Crowd Sourcing from Millions on Causes, written by Harvard researcher, Eric Ding. Okay, it's not a title that rolls off the tongue. But what is easily talked about and remembered is this: Three years ago, Ding…
Read MoreMaking the Numbers Come Alive
I continue to see Google doing stuff right. In this thank you video to its GoogleAd customers, they don't just talk about the amount of money they've donated to charity or the number of people touched. They bring the numbers to life. It's a wonderful example of putting numbers into a human context that resonates…
Read MoreSeth Forges the Way, Again
Those who follow my writing know that I'm a big fan of Seth Godin, the prolific author/blogger on the new way of marketing. I'm used to seeing him online or reading his books but he rarely makes the newspapers. It's not where his audience is. Until last month, when he announced that he would no…
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