ibmsocialbiz: . An accurate map of global power, influence, and connectedness would include a wide range of countries (orange), cities (blue), companies (yellow), and communities or other types of organizations (green), all of whom can form ties directly with each other. Via Fast Company Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation 

ibmsocialbiz:

. An accurate map of global power, influence, and connectedness would include a wide range of countries (orange), cities (blue), companies (yellow), and communities or other types of organizations (green), all of whom can form ties directly with each other. Via Fast Company Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation 

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Why Community Is Essential to Business | Social Media Examiner

In this video I interview Liz Strauss, founder and business strategist at SOBCon.

 

Liz shares why businesses need a community to exist today and what you need to know to successfully build one to develop your business.

Be sure to check out the takeaways below after you watch the video.

Here are some of the things you’ll learn in this video:

  • Why a business needs to build a community to exist today
  • How to get your community members to bring their friends
  • Tips to embrace community and empower others
  • Why it’s important to notice things 
  • The difference between high-level execution and strategy
  • How to position yourself for the right opportunities for your business
  • How to find your value proposition
  • Notice the decisions you make and how they motivate people
  • Who should come to SOBCon

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For the latest episode of ReCivilization on CBC, I’m interviewed by Don Tapscott about disrupting healthcare. Don is one of my favorite authors who wrote: Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World Don flew down from Toronto a few months back and interviewed me in my backyard over a cup of tea. My part starts around 30 minutes in, but it’s a good listen throughout. via jayparkinsonmd:

For the latest episode of ReCivilization on CBC, I’m interviewed by Don Tapscott about disrupting healthcare. Don is one of my favorite authors who wrote:

  • Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
  • Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
  • Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World

Don flew down from Toronto a few months back and interviewed me in my backyard over a cup of tea. My part starts around 30 minutes in, but it’s a good listen throughout.

via jayparkinsonmd:

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A startup hopes to tap into the expertise of developing nations via cell phones. (via Technology Review: Crowd-Sourcing the World) Participants in a new program called txteagle will be able to earn small amounts of money using their phones to complete simple tasks, such as translating words from one language to another.

A startup hopes to tap into the expertise of developing nations via cell phones. (via Technology Review: Crowd-Sourcing the World)

Participants in a new program called txteagle will be able to earn small amounts of money using their phones to complete simple tasks, such as translating words from one language to another.

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A Smarter Society Us Now (via UsNowFilm) A ground-breaking documentary project about the power of mass collaboration, the internet and its potential impact on society. Directed by Ivo Gormley, the film explores how the web is changing the ways we can organize ourselves.

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