by Kare Anderson | Feb 15, 2008 | community
So says Smart Mobs author Howard Rheingold in this 19-minute talk at the Ted conference. He believes it is instinctive to want to participate in a compatible group. Of course, we are only as strong as the weakest link. Hear how to be a part of collective action and...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 15, 2008 | Collective Intelligence, community
… is because of you innovative people. You have more freedom to choose where you’ll work and live. And many innovative people choose to live near each other. This choice creates an increasingly “spiky” rather than a flattening world that Tom Friedman sees. So...
by Kare Anderson | Jan 3, 2008 | community, Customer
But first figure out the kind of community that your customers most desire: Clique, Cult, Network or Nation? So advises popular co-authors of Church of the Customer, Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba. That is if you want to inspire “the word of mouth gospel”...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 25, 2007 | community, entertainment, non-profit, Podcasts
Thousands of prisoners, nursing home patients and others cut off from freely roaming the world have been moved by the live concerts organized by Bread and Roses. Famous musicians including Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lewis and Tuck and Patti have been joined by hundreds of...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 23, 2007 | community, Learning, Meetings
… so they’ll want to come back next year. How many conferences have you attended where you felt talked “at” by a series of speakers up on stage? Then you rushed between sessions to meet new people and catch up with friends in the hallways. Wouldn’t it be...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 16, 2007 | community, Podcasts, Self-Led, Team
Have you ever been on a team where things just fell apart? Or was dominated by complainers (or worse) or endless, circular talk or caused another risk? Or one person (perhaps you) got stuck doing most of the work? Wouldn’t life be more fun and productive if we...
