Guiness - The Tipping Point

What can 10 million dollars and a community do together? Make a commercial, of course! Would the money have been better spent elsewhere? on something more important than beer? There might be something to discuss on that topic.

GEL2007 - Day 1 - PM Session

I chose to participate in the Community Building exercise for the afternoon session. This workshop, facilitated by Phillip and Andrea Spencer-Linzie, is based on the "community building" process developed by M. Scott Peck, author of “The Road Less Traveled”. Participants practice ways of being together that create the possibility for authentic connection. There were multiple reasons for me to participate in this session. I thought I would be able to leverage what I learned. I was disappointed in that due to the short time allocated we did not really get into an “authentic connection” but made some good steps along the way. Given that this workshop can be delivered in a 1-day, 2-day, 3-day or 7-day format led me to provide feedback that it should be renamed “a taste of” or “an insight into” because you can’t build a community in less that three hours. The initial posting on this session can be found here. Note: the picture did not come out as well as I would have liked but I found it interesting. We are on the 10th floor, lower Manhattan, the window is reinforced and there is barbed wire on the outside window sill. And we are inside learning about building a community.

Deja Brew Mosaic

DejaBrew Mosaic Originally uploaded by shersteve. You start with a recipe. One of a hundred or so types of beers. See the beer tree for examples. Gather the ingredients per the recipe. Put them in the kettle. Follow the instructions. If you have any questions, check with one of the brew masters. 2 or 3 weeks later you return to Deja Brew to bottle your results. You wash the bottles. Fill the bottles. Fill the cases. The next step is easy. Take the beer home. Chill and enjoy. For my additional writing on Deja Brew, check this out

Community Building

Community Building Originally uploaded by shersteve. Afternoon session on Day 1 of GEL2007 in New York City I selected a session on community building. Community-Building: Better Ways of Being Together This half-day workshop, facilitated by Phillip and Andrea Spencer-Linzie, is based on the "community building" process developed by M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled. Participants practice ways of being together that create the possibility for authentic connection. The photo represents some of the participant's feet in the circle.

Truth in advertising

I have been noticing that the Tom Peters blog is less Tom's postings and more others chiming in. Not that Tom doesn't p0st, he does. In bursts like he usually does (and does well). A tally of his front page as this day ends shows he was out posted 9-3. He held his own on the second page though; 15-7. The total over the two pages: 18-16 with Tom eking out the edge. Is this sample statistical? I think it is enough to make the point. How many people go to the second page of a blog? Certainly not the regular visitors. Where they arrive (assuming it is the first page) is where they'll stay. I don't begrudge Tom any benefits of what he has earned. I own almost all his books so I have contributed to his success (in a small way) and benefited from his insights. I just think that maybe the time has come to call the blog, the Tom Peters Company Blog. Mind you, he does keep great company. But the blog is no longer just Tom Peters. Just thinking... What do you think? truth Tom Peters community

Z-list meme, continued

Picking up from my initial post, which added to Troy's post, there are additional links added here. Long live the long tail! Creative Think Soloride Movie Marketing Madness Blog Till You Drop! Get Shouty! One Reader at a Time 100 Bloggers Critical Fluff The New PR Own Your Brand! OTOInsights bizandbuzz Work, in Plain English Buzz Canuck New Millenium PR Pardon My French The Instigator Blog AENDirect Diva Marketing Marketing Hipster The Marketing Minute Funny Business The Frager Factor Mindblob OrbitNow! Open The Dialogue Word Sell Note to CMO: That’s Great Marketing! Shotgun Marketing Blog BrandSizzle bizsolutionsplus Customers Rock! Being Peter Kim Andy Nulman Billions With Zero Knowledge Working at Home on the Internet MapleLeaf 2.0 Darren Barefoot Two Hat Marketing The Engaging Brand The Branding Blog CrapHammer Drew’s Marketing Minute Golden Practices Viaspire Tell Ten Friends Flooring the Consumer Kinetic Ideas Unconventional Thinking Buzzoodle Conversation Agent The Copywriting Maven Hee-Haw Marketing Scott Burkett’s Pothole on the Infobahn Multi-Cult Classics Logic + Emotion Branding & Marketing Carpe Factum Steve’s 2 Cents Simplicity Popcorn n Roses On Influence & Automation Servant of Chaos converstations eSoup Make it Great! Presentation Zen Dmitry Linkov aialone Urban Jacksonville John Wagner Nick Rice CKs Blog Design Sojourn Frozen Puck The Sartorialist Small Surfaces Africa Unchained Perspective gDiapers Marketing Nirvana Bob Sutton ¡Hola! Oi! Hi! Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid! Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together Community Guy Social Media on the fly Jeremy Latham’s Blog SMogger Social Media Blog Masey.com 37 Days A Clear Eye Alex Halavais Blog Brothers Brand Autopsy Brand Soul Creating Passionate Users Crossroads Dispatches Doc Searls Drawn eHub FAST Company gapingvoid gillianic tendencies Good Experience Hitchhikers Guide to the Blogosphere Hobopoet How to Save the World Josh Hallett Joy of Six Learned on Women Listics Make it Great my topography New Charm School Occupational Adventure Orbit Now Pause PureLand Mountain Seth Godin Simplicity Songs of Experience Talking Story Time Goes By Tom Peters Tomorrow Today WonderBranding World Changing Tertiary Education Joyful Jubilant Learning http://www.chrisbrogan.com/ http://grasshopperfactory.com/cbc http://amediacirc.us/ http://www.podcastconsultant.net/ http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/ http://www.bryper.com/ http://www.comedy4cast.com/ http://www.henryjenkins.org/ http://conversationbase.com/blog http://profectio.com/forde http://www.dailyvodcasts.com http://www.dembot.com/index.xml http://johnherman.org//theeye/ http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm http://gurubbq.com/ http://www.jasonpettus.com/inthegrid/ http://www.instigatorblog.com http://www.itsapurlman.com http://www.sooz.com http://mattgriffin.wordpress.com http://blog.network2.tv http://www.newcommroad.com http://offonatangent.blogspot.com http://peacetalking.wordpress.com http://podcamp.wordpress.com http://podonomics.com/ http://www.scriggity.com http://spotlight.macfound.org/main/entry/ http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/videoblog/ http://blog.myspace.com/teachingforthefuture http://www.demop.com/thetedrap/ http://www.thicketblog.com/ http://www.twistimage.com/blog/ http://www.uie.com/brainsparks