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Speaking at TEDx Peachtree: Become the Vessel
A few weeks ago, I blogged about needing to make ideas more palatable. Well, this afternoon I have an opportunity to strut my stuff at TEDxPeachtree. I’ll be speaking about how we don’t need heroes,...
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Why Klout and Kred Fail
Image by Continuum Last Friday, I spoke at TEDx Peachtree about how any of us can become influential and affect change in our world (you can read my speech here). The speech took to task social...
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Move Mountains – The Power of the Anti-Hero
The above video is my TEDx PeachTree speech (below is the written form) on how any of us can be make change happen in our lives. I wanted to empower the audience with lessons learned about influence...
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Does a Social Score Make a CMO?
A recent infographic published on a Forbes blog ranks the top 20 Fortune 100 CMOs based on social scoring. The graphic poses an interesting question: Should CMOs be judged by their individual social...
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Why Serial Complainers Lose Credibility
Image by Rain So why do serial complainers lose credibility on and offline? We all know these people, the kvetch or worse, the troll, the person that always brings a storm cloud whenever they discuss...
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Big Data, Influencers, Privacy and Other Digital Termites
Image by NEXT Berlin Andrew Keen remains the most constant and prolific critic of digital media advances and their impact on society. His books Digital Vertigo and Cult of the Amateur have made him a...
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Tim Berners-Lee: You Can’t Quantify Potential Influence
The highlight of my SxSW experience this weekend was meeting Tim Berners-Lee, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. I took the opportunity to ask Sir Berners-Lee what he thought of social...
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Actors and Directors
If you listen to conversations about online power — at least those supported by bloggers — strength centers on the individual voice. Yet, now that big money has arrived online, the solitary...
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Differentiation Requires Show, Not Tell
Image by Eric Lim The Internet and in particular social media have empowered thousands, perhaps millions, to start their own businesses. One outcome of the social media movement is how easily people...
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Monetize Influence and Lessen It
There is a movement about how to monetize individual blogger and online personality influence. Influencers considering monetization of their online trust should also weigh how such strategies can...
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