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Re: How to screw up an offer of apology

kare anderson — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:08:36 -0000

Tammy,
I was so touched by the evident humanity and practicality in your posts that I recommended you yesterday here

http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/20...

Re: How to screw up an offer of apology

kare anderson — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:32:07 -0000

Tammy
Re "Screw Up...": What a great example and practical advice.

You make it personal without being punitive - a rare skill to be teaching.... and what a lovely design to your site, I must add.

I wrote a book a couple of years ago call Resolving Conflict Sooner and am delighted to see the non-preachy warmth in your underlying tone of "conversation" here.
Not always easy when speaking or writing about this topic, eh?

Kare

Re: The art of doing conflict slowly

kare anderson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:13:43 -0000

Go slow to go fast

Re: How Municipalities Should Integrate Social Media Into Disaster Planning

kare anderson — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:31:40 -0000

J
You should be interviewed on Smart City radio on this topic - and speak at the national league of cities conference... this topic might scare more city councils and mayors into using more (some!?) social media.
It took five years to convince some municipalities to send out a newsletter, let alone an opt-in-by specific topic newsletter... no not a blog subscription or online citizen polling or comments on hot topics... no online social network for the town... only 3 I know are doing that....

sometimes citizens organize around and for a city event using social media and then the mayor takes credit for using social media...
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/09/05/how-...

Re: Insight Community Vendors: List of Companies that provide Community Insights, Intelligence, Research and Data

kare anderson — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:21:20 -0000

Savvy Jeremiah,
It would be great if you interviewed people at each of these firms, "Why hire you?"
+ "What is your favorite success story for a client?"

http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/

Re: For Immediate Release branching out into new business areas? Brand dilution?

kare anderson — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:24:59 -0000

Lee,
skip th sauna box scanning and visit N.Y when it is temperate, not hot and humid
(Are you coming to IABC in N.Y.?)

http://www.iabc.com/ic/nyAS3.htm

- Kare

Re: “The game’s afoot, Watson; we must hurry!”

kare anderson — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:13:12 -0000

Lee
If any of your IABC friends are attending the convention in New Orleans, I'd love to see them as I am speaking there again.
http://www.iabc.com/ic/noAS.6.htm
http://speakers.iabc.com/profile.php?id=364

Who knows? One day we may meet in person.

Re: “The game’s afoot, Watson; we must hurry!”

kare anderson — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:08:11 -0000

Re: Does this mean we are finally a somebody city?

kare anderson — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:10:58 -0000

Lee.. It is when you get a Peets Coffee outlet to compete with Starbucks that you'll have really arrived.... speaking of Bay Area favorites (a reach, I know, to bring the conversation back to blogging), I'm excited to report that across the bay in S.F. they announced a newly-funded startup today that's got the first of a series of web-based widget, called Widgetbox™
to provide interactive features (auctions, games, ad placement, etc.) for blogs, site and social networks.

I am eager to see how the tech-savvy people like you use these new features. Stay tuned

Re: Small business social media success stories

kare anderson — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:50:38 -0000

Lee (and Allan) here's another innovative social media-focused web site that might appeal to your interest in compelling story-telling, via video vignettes by professional filmakers - of places and activities for those visting a new place and for locals to see their own area in a fresh way, perhaps... and I love the content-centered biz model. Must confess, it was founded by a friend in my village yet I have no financial interest in Brad Inman's TurnHere
http://sausalitobythebay.com/blog/picture-our-t...

Re: Social capital and Web2.0

kare anderson — Sun, 21 May 2006 15:06:56 -0000

Lee
Your remarks have been pebbles in the global pond that have rippled widely. Today I told Sue Pelletier (face2face blog for the meetings industry0 abut this thoughtful commentary. Five other membes of our nobodies club have given me candid, priceless insights - offline - for my upcoming presentations at conferences. As a tech-challendged former journalist I've encountered so many generous spirits, including you, who help me believe we can make a difference. More than at any earlier point in my life, I feel that, as an American,I must make time to support Americans who are taking stands for changes in my country, and to reach other to like-minded people everywhere.
I love my tiny town of Sausalito... Many web 2.0 and other forward-thinking tech people (Federated Media, Grouper,com, etc.) are here but we still (per our earlier converations re Mississippi and Australia's recent, brilliant branding) we have the most low-tech, halting attempts at simple branding our town. I'm going to Edmonton next month to help on their branding - and have told several leaeders there about your blog. Transparency can keep us humble,collaborative... and hopeful.

Re: MySpace set to become MyBloodySpace?

kare anderson — Tue, 09 May 2006 15:50:17 -0000

Lee
This is not about MySpace but another media-attracting battle around a tourism-attracting campaign - not re Australia, but Maine - and the power of blogging is evident... a messy story, well-covered by Wendy Davis at MediaPost.

Her lead, "Warner Kremer Paino Advertising, the ad agency that last month filed a puzzling lawsuit against a blogger for having criticized the agency's online ad efforts, has folded. After widespread media coverage, Warner Kremer Paino Advertising, or WKPA, withdrew its suit--though too late to escape near-universal derision."

See
ttp://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=43184

Re: On why business comms folk NEED to know (a lot) about social media

kare anderson — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:36:43 -0000

I agree, and wih you and your coherts might be sharing this message at some of the conferences of government professionals (not just the disaster folks) such aas National League of Cities....

... and, on other notes, for more ways to look at our world, see Worldmapper and Picture Cloud... ...

and your name was (positively) brought up at the Steve Rubel-organized geek dinner earier this week, nearby in S.F....

and re our past blog posts on the great ads to visit Australia, a non-bloody version is running on S.F. Bay reaa TV stations now, in heavy rotation.

Re: THAT ad campaign is such a winner

kare anderson — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:45:53 -0000

..and today, Max Hitchins - The Hospitality Doctor in North Sydney is raving about the campaign in his newsletter.

He wrote, in part, " The British Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre has ruled the slogan failed the Œtaste test‚ and that Œbloody‚ should be edited out, although it will be allowed online and in print. (However the Œb‚ word has often been on British TV and is also used in the English children‚s movie Harry Potter!) Now, this Œdouble standard‚ is getting Australia a whole heap of free media around the world. (Talk about good luck!)

Even allowing for my bias, as an Australian, I believe this is an extremely clever web sites and advertising campaign.:

Re: THAT ad campaign is such a winner

kare anderson — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:39:46 -0000

.. in the self-deprecating, authentic spirit of the Aussies the state of Mississippi has a campaign I love and commented on http://sausalitobythebay.com/blog/yes-we-wear-s...
(and mentioned Lee)

Re: You know you’ve made it when…

kare anderson — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:12:18 -0000

Lee
1. Would Prosper, well, prosper over there with the Aussie psyche?

2. Perhaps one of your entropreneurial colleagues, reading your blog, might decide to launch her/his own version?

The Power of Us could lead those ways...
(I have no relationship with the firm,but several at the TED conference were complimentary about their biz model)... and I will be speaking aobut how they could forge "Smart Partnerships" to leverage their vlaue and visibility

Re: Aldo Coffee and how blogs can work for micro businesses

kare anderson — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:03:40 -0000

One powerful way to involve more customers in your blog "commmunity is to partner with other companies and non-profits (think civic clubs, asns. etc.) to provide on your blog their pertinent tips & offers to your customers and vice versa. With each appropriate new partenr your business get's introduced to prospectuve customers through a business they already knwo and trust. That leverages the power of yoru blog to stand out from your competition in ways your customers will appreciate. See SmartPartnering at www.sayitbetter.com to learn more

Re: Green Goes With Everything

kare anderson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:25:27 -0000

In her well-done book and promotional interviews Sloan doesn't cover the vital next step for protecting her son and others with asthma and other respiratory problems. Removing from the air at home (the one place we can control) the harmful, tiny RSPs (particles) that go deep into the lungs. http://healthyairathome.blogspot.com/2008/10/ec...

Re: More on Project Agape, the meta non-profit

kare anderson — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:19:04 -0000

When will they launch?
- Kare, LaborFair

Re: Comcast Testing Higher Speeds?

kare anderson — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:29:32 -0000

same problem with my comcast connection just over here in Sausalito. Frustrating!

Ironically comcast tv (we do not get regular tv reception without a cable connection so they have us over a barrel) has had blips of several seconds too over the past 3 weeks

Re: Wiki Review or Rant?

kare anderson — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:54:21 -0000

this non-geek, former journalist appreciates the simplicity of PBWiki

Re: After The Thrill Is Gone

kare anderson — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:38:23 -0000

Another factor is "context", that is how we see the situation and our chocies. That old "grass is greener" principle. The book Smart Choices has great insights into how we often fool ourselves when making decisions. One of the authors, Howard Raiffa, has been a hero of mine (re how we make choices) since college

Re: Shelfari’s Breach Of Trust And What They Can Do

kare anderson — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:00:12 -0000

Thank you for speaking up for civility. As a former WSJ and NBC journalist I had it hammered into my head that if you gave the facts (well) the readers/viewers would use the indignant language. I agree about the BIG Shelfari goof... but when you throw mud you get dirty.

I have strong feelings about many of the actions of our U.S.government and intend to continue to shine a spotlight on the facts and the stories so others may choose to share my indignation

Kudos on a well-done blog!
In a civilization when love is
gone we turn to justice and when
justice is gone we turn to power
and when power is gone we
turn to violence.

Opportunity is often inconvenient.

Re: Build A Learning Culture With Learning Circles

kare anderson — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:42:47 -0000

What a valuable variation of mastermind groups - and what a wonderful mix of useful ideas. Thank you Chris!

Re: Invest In Your Career Through Professional Associations

kare anderson — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:42:40 -0000

A follow-up notion, since you are obviously a savvy online user (having found Chris Bailey): in becoming active in that professional association you join, why not help it move more quickly to adopt social media tools to offer members (and exhibitors, sponsors and other stakeholders) more value and visibility. Here's more about why and how here
http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/20...
here
http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/me...
and more ideas on the power of meeting participation here
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/category/meetings/

Re: Socialutions And The Social Media Pretenders

kare anderson — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:41:37 -0000

This post really resonated with me, having just come from speaking at a conference where the divide fell mostly along generational lines.
The older the attendee the more likely the remarks about "losing control" or, as Jordan so aptly cited, "“so, what’s our Facebook strategy?”

The younger the attendee the more likely they were to echo your message here. You, Chris, should be on one of the committees for the future of meetings that's been created over the past, well, decade within the groups/associations of leaders in the meeting industry...

... but you'd have to promise to not run out of the room screaming. At least the scene would probably not appear on YouTube. Today I wrote about TelePresence and meetings and my first response were not via comments but emails from 4 meeting planners.. . ah well.

No appropriate use of tech before its time... as determined by....?

Kudos, by the way on another good post

Re: The Relationships Of Our Life’s Work

kare anderson — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:09:49 -0000

What a thoughtful post and timely for me - thank you.

On top of (or beneath?) the multi-layered approach to "what is my job" and how do i balance my relationships around it is understanding the many people inside of us as Dr. Rita Carter discusses in the book Multiplicity.

The opportunity in this Age of Engagement (or whatever we are calling it now) is the ever increasing ease in finding the right partners and seeing templates for action that we can use to accomplish more together than alone. In short, we can get caught up in choosing between opportunities and the paths that result.

Re: Iron Man Puts A Beatdown On Best Practices

kare anderson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:04:43 -0000

You have sure jumpstarted the new year with a relevant post.

A hybrid of your ideas to BE UNIQUE is to partner with
(but, per your story, not overly rely upon)
another business or other organization
that serves the same kind of customers as you do
- using a method that enables you + your partner
to further differentiate from the competitors,
to each become the top-of-mind choice
in your mutual market

To prime the pump of SmartPartnering brainstormingfor your kind of business
here's three methods that have worked for others:

• Bundle product/services for a situational sale.
• Offer your biggest customers a gift (provide by your partner) and reciprocate with your partner
• Co-create a how-to tip sheet (that can also be an e-sheet, guest column, etc.)

Especially in a volatile economy where cash is king, it is wise to forge partnerships
to attract more warmed up customers while spending less.

BTW, what is the biggest way you are going to change how you do business this year, CB?

Re: A Note From One Work Seeker to Another

kare anderson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:48:33 -0000

You embody this advice and underlying values as i can personally attest. here's to the next chapter of your life adventure as you now want to lead it - and to our getting to continue to learn from you as you do, via this blog conversation.

I truly believe that this is the time for more opportunity makers like you - who seek and speak to the sweet spot of mutual interest so you gain attention, credibility and interest of the Bailey brand of value-building collaboration.

I look forward to finding a way we can collaborate and share a success together.

Re: 10 bold moves for a more creative you - Day #3

kare anderson — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:38:55 -0000

Yes Chris Kirsten's boldness (and happiness) does shine through in this blog

Re: Best Buy CEO Takes 60% Pay Cut; Employees Show Anderson Can Improve

kare anderson — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:19:09 -0000

So how about Penelope's idea that your very valuable but all too serious mode of coverage could be spiced up it is format, possible contests, language etc.?
i am a fan of Glassdoor - and it is right here in my village by the bay

Re: Thread

kare anderson — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:20:00 -0000

Late night TV insomniacs are just one niche market he discovered.

He can find others by rewarding end-customers (who buy his mattresses) when they answer this key question for him:
“What other businesses do you use and love?”

He’ll find that certain business names keep coming up. Those are valuable potential partners.

He can approach those businesses about co-branding and other kinds of mutually-beneficial partnerships (product placement at their location, coop ads and/or coupons to the zip codes in their mutual market, etc).

Some of those business partners may merely display or otherwise introduce their customers to his products then get a fee while he bills and provides “fulfillment.” His mattresses can appear in more places where his competitors are not even in sight. In short, he can

With the right partners and methods both partners can gain a warmed-up introduction to each others’ customers. And he and his partners can enjoy more benefits by partnering
They can generate more visibility and value together.
More ways to stand out from the competition to become the top-of-mind choice in his market
More exposure and sales.
Less overhead.
More profits.

Kare Anderson, author, SmartPartnering

Re: Los Angeles Wildfires Blaze

kare anderson — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:32:06 -0000

For those hit by wildfires, here’s a tip. When California was hit by wildfires this summer, as Contra Costa Times journalist Janis Mara reported, many homeowners got an AspenAir Inside home air cleaning unit to quickly removed the smoke that came inside. It removed the tiny, dangerous RSPs that go deep in the lungs to exacerbate asthma, allergies and other respiratory diseases. Those most at risk are infants, the elderly (less lung capacity), work-at-homes and those who already have breathing problems. See story here http://www.contracostatimes.com/mytown/ci_9879147
http://healthyairathome.blogspot.com/

Re: Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

kare anderson — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:27:44 -0000

Your book reflects this customer-centered approach and I found it quite helpful - so I wrote a review of it (your second as of now) on amazon. Kudos to you!

Re: Branding: Personal vs. Business Name

kare anderson — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:53:23 -0000

What name to use and what name to make up - and how do they build your personal and biz visibility - in front of your kind of clients? Important questions your helpful post raises. You belong in Open Forum. I wrote about naming there http://blogs.openforum.com/2009/03/27/what-make...

Re: San Francisco Bay Area – Here we come!

kare anderson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:45:05 -0000

Welcome the S.F Bay Area.

Now - how can we collaborate to generate more visibility for each others' classes and coaching?

As an Emmy-winning former journalist and would-be teacher that's what naturally comes to mind.

And maybe TeachStreet will scout out some sites at which to give classes - an interest for those of us not associatyed wiyt a school.

Re: People Search + Better Geographic Mapping

kare anderson — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:58:21 -0000

Welcome to the Bay Area! And your new tools may it so much easier for students and teachers to find each other. Kudos for all your hard work. And it will be interesting, in this faltering economy, to see which classes and coaching we most want - for work and to enjoy our lives.

Re: Browsing Around — Discover Classes and Articles on TeachStreet

kare anderson — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:08:56 -0000

when a teacher offers a class, gets few sign-ups and one commenter, there is not way i can find to respond to sign-ups when the class will not be held. If there is, I'd welcome knowing
many thanks

Re: Wet Basement Bonding

kare anderson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:05:47 -0000

Yep!/ Most Canadians and U.S. citizens spend up to 90% of their lives indoors - and indoor air is often more polluted than outdoors now. So consider removing from your home air the tiny particles that go deep into your lungs, the RSPs that make asthma and other allergies much worse… learn more http://cleanairathome.ning.com/

Re: Wet Basement Bonding

kare anderson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:05:47 -0000

Re: TopRank Tips: Conference Live Blogging

kare anderson — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:18:49 -0000

I referred to this post here

Re: Supply Chain Emissions Software a Silver Bullet or Slippery Slope?

kare anderson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:52:13 -0000

The power of Planetmetrics' switch to this biz model is evident - to enable companies to make smarter choices for reducing carbon useage (good green move & creates a competitive advance by reducing the cost of doing business)

I have heard that Climate Earth is also tackling this problem with a rich database and algorithm.... it would be cool to see some kind of side-by-side comparisons like we are now getting with consumer products....

Re: Cisco Study: 200 Billion Spam Messages Are Sent Daily

kare anderson — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:14:15 -0000

Fan Note: Your intelligent combined feed keeps this Emmy-winning former Wall Street Journal reporter, now strategic communication consultant to VC-funded firms (several with Indian management) makes me feel a bit briefed on a global view.

Now I blog and give speeches and am going to tell others about you.

Thank YOU!!

Re: The Merits and Demerits of LinkBlogging

kare anderson — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:17:00 -0000

Your LinkBlog helps me find like minded people (Putting People First, for example)
who have helpful ideas for Moving From Me to We.
And your breadth, both geographically and by topic (including your proclivity for the weird) keeps the brew rich and varied here.
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/11/17/ways...

Re: The Valentines Day Pink Chaddi Campaign: Indian Pubgoing Women Vs. Shri Ram Sena

kare anderson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:23:36 -0000

I'll bet, looking back even just two or three years from now,
the "frivolous" aspect of this campaign - which speed its viral capacity -
will not seem as far out to even those who think it is now.

Bet it brought together many of the younger women - and with those of other ages, and in other parts of the world. further evidence of the unstoppable Post-American World Zacharia cites.

Kudos to you for such complete coverage... as usual.

Im an avid fan way over here in the village of Sausalito, California where Vijay Mallya lives sometimes. (Wrote about your post today in my blog)

Re: Hindi Blogosphere’s Reactions to the Pink Chaddi Campaign Show the Divide Between Bharat and India

kare anderson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:20:29 -0000

From a former WSJ reporter, woman and Californian here's my take
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2009/02/19/how-...
+ here's a tool that may be helpful in the reaction to this issue - Herdict
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2009/03/09/now-...

Re: My Off Consumption Talk at Pecha Kucha Tonight

kare anderson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:59:58 -0000

If you like the pecha kucha format (i do!)
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/01/17/fast...

... then you might also like the ignite format
http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/2008/08/17/you’...

Re: Architecture for Humanity: Kate Stohr Speaks

kare anderson — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:59:33 -0000

Kate was also great on the panel at Commonwealth Club of California.

Re: Supply Chain Emissions Software a Silver Bullet or Slippery Slope?

kare anderson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:52:13 -0000

Re: Those first 90 seconds really matter

kare anderson — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:37:41 -0000

Tammy
How synchronistic to hear of your new project on the same morning that i read VC Fred Wilson blog about his wedding anniversary and the power of shtick toleration towards making his marriage work... got a pile of comments.. .and he noted in response that he got many more from women than he usually did

Re: Omidyar Network Appoints New Leader: To Double In Size

kare anderson — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:02:47 -0000

Perhaps Matt will be interested in investing in S.F.-based
LaborFair as as it is like an eBay for household services with fair trade built into the business.

Re: Evolution of a Brand, Seen Through the Pinhole of a Logo

kare anderson — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:52:31 -0000

Say more about what you think conveys authenticity - what you recommend in the design of a logo. that your clients do

Re: The single biggest reason why your marketing isn’t working

kare anderson — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:58:04 -0000

Your thoughtful post hit home to me, not just for business growth but for strengthening friendship - so I said on Facebook

Re: How we can recalibrate the notion of organization

kare anderson — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:01:57 -0000

What a captivating read - and reinforces the value of not only staying open to collaboration with people extremely unlike oneself - but to look for opportunities to discover the sweet spot of mutual benefit where insight and value happen

Re: From Hobby to Business: Three Tips for Making the Transition

kare anderson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:32:06 -0000

Fascinating on two counts; very practical suggestions
(like Jane Pollak and Less Silbur's advice for creatives)
and I did not know that Lisa had that background
(like Joan Ryan here in the S.F. Bay area)

And, via Lisa i discovered this impressive blog - thanks
Kare, Moving From Me to We