Mass Relationship
In the comment section of our discussion this week on Social Media not being ‘social’, Robin Dickinson and I discussed the future of conferences, namely that the future could be a future without them altogether. Robin and I have been discussing this on Skype since July and his point is, ‘why in the 21st century [...]
A Better Way For Event Sponsorship: Partnership
I talked a little with Amber Naslund (Director of Community at Radian6) at the end of last week on a new way to look at event sponsorship, after she sent our a rather wistful tweet, saying she was looking for a “better way.” I agree with her. Let’s put ourselves in Amber’s shoes (and indeed [...]
Broadcasting Hypocrisy
I think Seth Godin is reading my blog. Yesterday he wrote on ‘Losing Andrew Carnegie‘ and talked about investing in people over parts. Anyone who has been reading here a while knows I’ve been talking about this a lot since October, and gaining new levels of growth by getting free what I call ‘Factory thinking‘. The [...]
You’ve Got A Heart, A Wallet, And Contacts – So Use Them
Last week Matt Young presented the Have A Heart Appeal as one of our Endeavours at Like Minds. The aim is simple: to raise £1,000 for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, whose aim is to basically grant the wishes of terminally ill children. I’m not asking you to have a heart because I know you have [...]
What can we do with our collective Like Minds?
In a world where many are caught in a Catch 22, you have to wonder, what can we do with our collective Like Minds? If we could convert our community into connections, I bet we’d find ourselves accomplishing things we never thought possible. I know that’s where I’m finding myself at the moment. – What [...]
Are you build Community or Connections?
So I’m sat here at the Like Minds Summit reflecting over the last few days at Like Minds where we’ve played host to over 300 people, and I don’t know where to start. First off, I’m not one to chest beat and bang my own drum (as much as Chris was telling me I should), [...]
No More Big Events?
Yesterday Seth Godin rocked the boat with another post that many people disagree with: No More Big Events. This short post said that big events don’t work because they aren’t as good as “frequent cheap communication”. Scott McKain wrote a long response on why he disagreed which is worth a read. I don’t disagree with [...]
What The World Needs Now
This on the BBC is interesting. It’s a short clip of delegates at TED saying what they think ‘what the world needs now’ in 18 seconds. They all hinge on action. But my favourite is from Arianna Hugginton who said beautifully that ‘we need greater simplicity.’ I’m trying really hard to get a mission statement [...]
Creating A People-To-People Conference
One of the greatest challenges that we face is to deliver on our ideas. On Saturday I asked the question on Twitter, “When it comes to ideas, what’s important? Making them accessible? Uniting people to ideas? Making ideas happen? Having lots, or a few?” The resounding response was “making ideas happens”. The challenge that the [...]
