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Re: Three Reasons To Use Disqus

MikeSansone — Sat, 10 May 2008 10:48:23 -0000

Okay, Fred. We'll give it a shot. Andy C's comment helped spur me on.

Re: The Death of Education or the Dawn of Learning

MikeSansone — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:20:16 -0000

Marc & John - good point on teaching people how to learn being the key -- and by doing that, future generations of workforce improve.

Re: The Death of Education or the Dawn of Learning

MikeSansone — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:21:17 -0000

Great point Ryan -- and your enthusiasm comes through your text (are you a copywriter or somethin'?)

Re: The Death of Education or the Dawn of Learning

MikeSansone — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:23:14 -0000

Robyn, I think as we adapt to an increasing amount of information/text/content - we all HAVE to get quicker in our discerning of what's 'nice to know' vs 'what's 'need to know' - and pay attention to the latter. Cut to the quick is what it's telling me.

Re: The Death of Education or the Dawn of Learning

MikeSansone — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:24:15 -0000

I've updated the post so that other links to the video are included. It's possible the original link may come back to life, so I've left that up.

Re: Disqus Flagged & Flogged the Spam

MikeSansone — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:41:07 -0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

Re: Purpose Driven Blogging

MikeSansone — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:37:43 -0000

Hi John,

This is normally the first set of questions (and a benchmark of sorts) that I ask business clients before we begin training. Of course, sometimes I assist them in defining the answers, but they most have given these great thought before we begin -- otherwise we often are just spinning wheels.

I've since added a "Why" question -- it's become an important piece:
http://www.converstations.c...

Also

Re: Comments Can Be Blog Posts

MikeSansone — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:23:47 -0000

Great point! I suggest to folks that if one of their comments on a blog post is getting to be more than two paragraphs, build on that comment (or simply copy&paste) into a blog post of your own. It extends the conversation outwards.

Re: ConverStations: Don't Judge a Blog by its Genre

MikeSansone — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:51:59 -0000

You're so right, Dan. Your site on Personal Branding is a great example. With an abundance of passion for your subject and a willingness to just be yourself, you hopped into a niche that already had plenty of flavor and spiced it up. Base on results, your voice and practice have been a great addition!

Re: 21st Century Education: Key Solutions to Reform?

MikeSansone — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:23:31 -0000

Be Tech Comfy

Re: Low-Tech Sometimes Trumps High-Tech

MikeSansone — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:14:57 -0000

Breaking the HiTech Barrier

Re: An Education Is…

MikeSansone — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:16:47 -0000

An ongoing journey rather than an event. A journey often filled with wrong turns, full contact, and uncertainty. However during the journey, we build our brain, our heart, our courage, our curiosity -- our zest to learn and continue with our education.

Education can be a lifestyle, yes?

Re: Happy Life Anniversary

MikeSansone — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:39:28 -0000

You guys (and gals) are great! Thanks for your patience and support:-) Group Hug??

Re: Business Networking Advice Interview

MikeSansone — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:48:34 -0000

Hi Karl - thanks for finding me:-) Josh does a great job in both connecting and interviewing, yes?

Re: What Book Gets You Hooked?

MikeSansone — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:13:26 -0000

I fell in love with books when I read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Up to that point, I couldn't seem to get interested in books (except picture books). But reading that jarred me into a sense that one day, books would be taken from us. I have devoured books ever since.

Re: Quotes n Notes: Mediocrity

MikeSansone — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:28:01 -0000

Go get 'em, buddy! Be contagious in what you do...your voice is needed.

Re: Quotes n Notes: Mediocrity

MikeSansone — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:37:07 -0000

Hey Michael,thanks for sharing - You are bold often....one of the reasons I love your voice!

Re: Quotes n Notes: Mediocrity

MikeSansone — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:38:45 -0000

Great point about this being a compass around product/brand/message--love the line "apathetic people tell nobody.' How true that is!

Re: Quotes n Notes: Mediocrity

MikeSansone — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:40:27 -0000

Say Hey RAE, Your fearlessness and leadership is what makes who you are and what you do soooo important. Stay bold, worry not about pleasing others. Your track is one I'd follow always. Stay contagious!

Re: Engagement. Creativity Trumps Clever Every Time

MikeSansone — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:23:53 -0000

Hey Angela, - I know this post hits close in many ways. In your comment, you mention how educators should demand more. I agree. They should demand more of themselves rather than of the students.

Show me a hotel worker that's lazy, and I'll point you to a leader breeding laziness. Same kind of thing in the classroom.

Here's an idea. In business, we have focus groups to help in the relationship and engagement -- why not in schools? When will (select) students be allowed in the curriculum planning process (why not?)

Re: Engagement. Creativity Trumps Clever Every Time

MikeSansone — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:37:31 -0000

Cam! I think you nailed it, my friend.

We can sometimes find the problem in our perceived proficiencies. And then the labeling starts (great article you have on 'labels', BTW )

Teachers and Administrators need to "get out from behind the counter" too.

Re: Garage Sale 2.0: One Day Only

MikeSansone — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:34:50 -0000

We've got everything from bedding to dishes, books to music, dressers & office chairs, couches, dining room table...even a dog

Re: Lunch n Learn with WizIQ

MikeSansone — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:32:22 -0000

So many people use RSS without even knowing it -- and that's probably a good thing. It's one reason I like to show Alltop as one outlet of how powerful RSS really is. A chock full of content from all over, delivered by RSS - without ever mentioning RSS or what it is. Smarter, Quicker, Faster. The Bionic way to send and receive content

Re: Advice For Social Media Consultants: Escape The Echo Chamber

MikeSansone — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:09:40 -0000

Always reach out to the fringe - not only does it allow you to escape the 'echo chamber ' - it breaks down 'gatekeeper'- type barriers to your intended target. Great piece!

Re: Making Twitter Work for the Masses

MikeSansone — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:40:24 -0000

In explaining Twitter to the "non-tech" crowd, I've compared and contrasted this way:
Think of you conversation in line at the coffee house. You've got a limit of just a few moments to say what you have to say. So, Twitter is your mini-conversation in line - Blogging is a longer conversation, say at the coffee table.