Feb 3, 2010 | blog
Knowledgeable entrepreneurs do it all the time, why shouldn’t you?
We all know many knowledgeable people who help us navigate the pitfalls of career and life. Many times it’s family, friends and co-workers – of which there’s nothing wrong with listening & learning from.
However, what if you seek out and select new or additional influencers to augment what you’ve inherited by default? Basically, what if you got to select who you get to learn from? Why aren’t you doing this already?
Every day we’re interacting with people who have something to share. If they’re not sharing ideas and thoughts that move us forward, what inspiration or feedback are you getting? Look closer, I believe there is something more there than you expect.
I suggest that you get out and start connecting with peers and experts in your field. (That’s called networking to you and me.) In the end, you’ll find folks who want to work with you, share with you, and learn from you. That’s the reward by the way, transfer of knowledge, sharing of experiences, the ability to learn form others experience and make something better with them in the end.
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Jan 6, 2010 | blog
Its been awhile since I talked about sharing information, so I thought I’d drop this quick post and let folks know where I’m sharing some of the things I’m finding and reading around the web these days.
Google Reader Shared Items
The time tested, sharing features of Google Reader still apply. Some of this information in my shared items is quick hits, that I don’t have anything to add opinion-wise. Simply things I think you may find interesting. Things included span from social media, to gadget/mobile devices, software, opinion/editorials, and cultural/social topics.
www.google.com/reader/shared/rickmahn
Posterous
I’ve set up a Posterous account, like many folks, and post items I’ve read and may be relevant to folks I know, or that may be in social media professions and have interest in technology as well. This is a bit more focused than my Google Shared Items.
rickmahn.posterous.com/
Reading Lists
I’ve got a number of reading lists for myself and for peers at work & clients. I currently use three lists, though I’ll try to narrow that down in the future.
Read It Later – This is a list that I use as I find links from Twitter, or from other social media resources. The topics cover social media in general and a bit of mobile technology. FYI, this is an RSS feed.
Instapaper – This is a list of things I share for peers at work and clients. This list is social media specific, and focuses on business use, communications, marketing, PR. FYI, this is an RSS feed.
FriendFeed – If you want the firehose, this is it. It’s basically my lifestream of all online services and content.
I also happen to use Google Reader Starred Items though there doesn’t seem to be a way to share that list. It, of course, is the list of things I have marked for my personal consumption. Hopefully I’ll get to all of them.
I try not to duplicate shared or bookmarked items, though it could happen. I hope this helps in your daily reading and information-gathering efforts. Maybe if I pre-read and filter out the nonsense posts out there, these will be of more value.
What tools for sharing information and links do you use?
Oct 10, 2009 | blog
Sometimes I get tired of telling the same story, but very often, that’s exactly what it takes to induce change. That change is the very root of social media and its associated tools, networks, and concepts. Since everyone learns at a different pace, and in different ways, it becomes necessary to relate the concepts of something new, multiple times.
Take the many layers of an organization for example. You have the executive level, the management level, and the worker level. There are several variations on these, some unique to different industries and professions, but bare with me for a moment.
Each of these levels requires the same information to be related in different, unique ways. Sometimes it could be adding or removing detail, in other cases it might be exchanging case studies to make the point more relevant to the person listening or reading. In any case, being able to read your audience and recognizing how the recipient needs to digest the information is part of the puzzle of a good communications professional.
This is but one of many skills the social media professional needs to have in their toolkit, and goes back to being a multi-disciplinarian, what our grandparents used to call “a jack of all tradesâ€.
Photo Credit: Mykl Roventine
Aug 5, 2009 | happiness
Building community is but one piece of a fulfilling day.
Jul 13, 2009 | happiness
Sharing, have you tried it today?
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