Our SOBCon friend and colleague Phil Gerbyshak alerts us that we have lost one of the members of our community, Susan Quandt:
Last Tuesday one of my dear friends and mentors was taken too quickly from this world; Susan Quandt was killed in a car accident just outside the city of Milwaukee. Susan was one of [...]
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After reading this post from Jason Falls – about the ROI of Social Media – I have been thinking a lot about a quote from Jeffrey Gitomer:
“Most people have powerful connections. Very few people have harnessed the power of their connections.”
“Because of”- Not “With”
It occurs to me that there is a lot more to a [...]
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What do you do with those that you attract to your community? The short answer is “Talk to them!”
The long answer is that you treat all of them with respect and dignity, find out what it is that they are looking for, and help them to find it.
Once you begin to build a community, you [...]
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The Speakers and Times Are Up!
The first blush edition of the SOBCon09 schedule is up.
Here’s some of what you’ll find …
We’ve added Friday sessions so we can get in-depth conversation on products and practices.
We’ve limited Saturday to five workshops so that mastermind groups can really dig in on the content that gets [...]
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I am looking forward to this year’s conference – it’s going to be bigger and better than ever! In fact, Liz and Terry are putting together a program for the Friday of SOBCon weekend (1-3 May, 2009!).
We have been brainstorming some ideas and now we need your help too. I originally sent out this survey [...]
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