Behemoth & Influence=Power of Communities #CONV12

Metrics on Microsoft’s Convergence and
Breakthrough Business Strategies Radio
Twitter Stream 2012
 
The hashtag streams during Microsoft’s Convergence have been healthy and vibrant.  Some divisions AX, Dynamics, NAV – have sectioned off their audience, so that specific niches could find their data faster.  Since we were media/press (#BBSRadio) at Convergence, we decided to compare one of our twitter/hashtag [...]

Power of Influence at Industry Conferences #CONV12

An interesting highlight popped up last night looking at hashtag analytics via @hashtracking.  Covering Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2012 in Houston, I wanted to see how does this every busy conversation via #CONV12 stacked up to our #Speakchat community conversation that happens in an hour.
 
24 hours VS 1 hour Hashtag conversation
 
Convergence 2012     #CONV12
1,500 tweets generated just [...]

Radically Authentic – My Word for 2012 to Live By

How many times have you used this word “Authentic”
AND
did not really understand or know what you were saying?
 

 
It can come at you like a fast ball, a curve ball or even a spit ball.  This is the most misused word I have seen recently, besides “Awesome”, which I take responsibility for 1/2 of it’s use [...]

Virtual Attendance to Blogworld LA

What keeps you from attending a conference that can help your business this year?
 

Time
Money
Workload

Have you ever gone to a conference and wanted to see two speakers who were presenting at the same time?
Me too!
Have you ever wanted to attend a conference but you only have so much time you can devote to travel from your business?
Me too!
Have you ever had your [...]

What Speakers & Authors Can Learn From Using Gamification Presentations #Speakchat

Successful businesses are the ones who take initiative and
understand the rewards of calculated risks.
 
Speakers and authors are a business that are expected to be on the cutting edge of  being innovative and taking risks.  That is where participating in Speakchat each Monday comes in…if you are wanting to stay on the leading edge of how [...]

Speakchat – Crowdsourcing How to Use It as a Speaker & Author with Aliza Sherman

If two heads are better than one
… then imagine how great 200 or 2,000 or more could be for helping you get something done. That’s the potential power of crowdsourcing—tapping into the global talent pool and using an “open source” approach to bringing in more people to participate together to reach a common goal. Crowdsourcing [...]