Rising above: Communities of practice

Let’s talk local on foursquare When thinking about rising above the global social media fray, it appears to me that certain people are helped by their local communities of practice. If you have ever studied strategy from an academic point of view, you may be familiar with the lesson contained in the case of the …

Social Business Meetup – New York, Monday July 20th

Dachis Group will be hosting a social business meetup in New York, one week from today. If you’re in town, we’d like to meet you in person.  Click here for more details and to RSVP. UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who made it out. Here are some pictures from the event:  

Reputation matters

Hot on the heels of David Armano’s successful and generous #Daniela outreach, I’m seeing charity requests start to crop up for all kinds of causes. Simultaneously, reports of phishing online and Ponzi schemes offline are on the rise as well. Reputation matters. This brings numbers come into play, i.e. friends and followers.  Links to many …

Digesting Boston’s Social Media Breakfast #9

#smb9, Cambridge.Flickr: stevegarfield Yesterday, I had social media for breakfast with a group of Bostonians.  I shared thoughts on "starting community programs with a reluctant executive" along with Jamie Pappas from EMC and David Alston from Radian6. I presented some slides.  But instead of just reposting them, I thought I’d give you all of the …

Digesting The Austin Social Media Breakfast

Rudy’s Country Store, Austin. Earlier this week, I had social media for breakfast with a group of Austinites.  I served up the topic of "does social media marketing matter," with ingredients including scalability and interaction. Here’s what some attendees had to say: "In a sense, [social media] owns you, and requires that you be authentic…" …

Let’s Do [a Social Media] Breakfast

Chicken = Involved, Pig = Committed. Hey, it’s great to be connected online and even better to connect in person.  I’ll be participating in two Social Media Breakfasts in the upcoming weeks and we can socialize about social media if you’re around. – In Austin, Tuesday October 7th at 7:30 am, Rudy’s "Country Store" & …

What is community?

I posted some thoughts over on the MarketingProfs Daily Fix blog about community – and a response has me thinking about community. Lewis Green commented, "Question: Don’t mean to spark controversy (yes I do) but I am troubled by women (or men) only groups. I think exclusion hurts everyone, including members of the exclusive group." …

My Day With The C200

I wanted to share a pretty cool experience from this week with you.  On Friday, I had the honor of participating in Committee of 200’s (C200) Annual Conference.  Have you ever heard of C200?  They are a fairly low-key and extremely high-powered group.  Membership is invitation only for women who either own businesses over $15 …