Molly's comments

:) Thanks, Joe.

I love the notion of applying this to social media. Real value is created from collaboration, exchange, interaction.

I am so turned off by the hype about using social media to market. Not that I think it can't work -- and not that it can't be useful. But unless the emphasis is on mutual benefit, social media is degraded to one more source of self-interested noise.

Listening increases the quality of the signal and decreases our vulnerability to noisy distraction...

As I read your comments, I feel a little thrill of excitement - realizing that the desire to bring authenticity to everything we do, including business, is alive and well.

Dan's post of a few weeks ago shows that he and Lara are keeping teleseminars and webinars in mind. And, for now, he makes a good argument for not integrating them into the Biznik networking structure.

That makes sense to me, given Biznik's local emphasis. Though some folks (me included) will prefer, for a variety of reasons, a virtual gathering over a physical one -- even to network with locals.

All that said, there are plenty of ways to get the word out about virtual events. Please correct me if I am mistaken, but it seems we can offer them in our special promotions posts and/or start a biztalk on a topic and organize a telecon to deepen the conversation.

In other words, we don't need to add to the Biznik to-do list when this network already provides so many ways for us to connect.

I just came from the conversation about adding teleconferences as an option for Biznik events. The level of interest in that seems to support the notion that community can grow in all kinds of media. :)

Interesting to notice that this topic continues to interest people. And I trust that Dan and Lara are doing everything they can to serve the community.

I'm imagining folks could offer teleconference networking events and post them as special offers...

Thanks for your warm comment. Whether we are managing a team or managing ourselves, the same principles apply.

:) Maybe one reason pretending is so powerful is that it does feel fun and playful.

I like the separate category. And as one who lives a bit off the grid -- that is, a ferry ride from any Seattle meeting place -- and as an introvert, I love the option of teleconferencing.

Most of all, I love that this has turned out to be such a hot topic. Who knew?

Glad it is helpful, Elizabeth. I hope the party is a big success.

Yes, glazed clients are not a good sign. I should know: I've sent more than a few into that state. It took a while to figure out that the problem wasn't that they weren't appreciating what I was trying to do. ;-)

Thank you guys! (Blush) Nice way to start the week.

Great conversation.

There is a place for everything, and I'd love to see a place for telecons here. And I know Lara and Dan are dancing as fast as they can. ;-)

Thanks!

:-)

Yup. Denial is a very tiny place. It gets cramped fast.

:) Sometimes I feel a bit like a crank in terms of my response to "abundance," etc. Our culture can exert a lot of pressure on us to always be up, always positive, always thriving.

Nature seems to think that decay, lying fallow, and even dying are part of the great Life dance. Why shouldn't we?

Molly