January 2012
4 posts
Change This Manifesto
ChangeThis has published my ‘Shift & Reset Manifesto.’ Read it now.
Here is the summary:
“I am angry. There are real problems facing the world, and we, as a society, are not doing enough to address them in the right ways, not the ways we know are possible. The old way isn’t working, and we know it.
We continue to reward the same behaviors we have rewarded in the past while...
12 Big Ideas for 2012
Each one of us has the ability to transform the way the world thinks about critically important issues. But making a lasting change in behavior is rarely a simple process. Inspired by the concepts outlined in my new book, Shift & Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues In A Connected Society, these twelve big ideas are designed to make you think. Differently. I am sharing these...
Recent Attention for Shift & Reset
I’m proud and honored to share that Shift & Reset has recently received some special attention from some pretty cool folks:
I had a great conversation with Dr. Moira Gunn of NPR’s Tech Nation about what works well (and what doesn’t) when companies and nonprofits try to communicate their message.
Guidestar just published a version of my 12 Big Ideas for 2012 on their Trust...
Shift & Reset is Hiring!
I’m hiring a part-time assistant to help promote Shift & Reset. Check it out: http://www.scribd.com/doc/77543281/Book-Promotion-Assistant
October 2011
2 posts
Forbes.com: Shift & Reset, entrepreneurs!
Please check out the great write-up of Shift & Reset that Martin Zwilling did on Forbes.com, called, It’s Time for Entrepreneurs to Shift & Reset. The beginning of his article is posted below. Please go directly to Forbes.com to read the rest! Thank you, Mr. Zwilling.
It’s time for more entrepreneurs to reset their focus, and shift their thinking to completely different ways of...
September 2011
4 posts
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End Malaria could have been so much more...
I bought a copy of End Malaria this week. You should too. It is, as promised, a great book. And it does, in fact, benefit a great cause.
Still, as I poured over the 60+ essays submitted by leading business thinkers and innovators, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the biggest opportunity of all was simply missed. End Malaria could have been a true game changer. Instead its just a great...
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Revolutionary Transformation?
Technology has changed the way we get and share information. In the context of education — in this case I am referring to the education system, the whole going to school thing — the established methods for teaching and learning are being disrupted. In some cases technology is providing new and better opportunities for people, of all ages, to make sense of complex subjects and learn...
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Digital Diplomacy For All
I want to see a commitment to digital diplomacy in the context of all the serious issues and challenges that exist in our society today.
What am I talking about? Alec Ross would know what I am talking about. Ross is senior adviser for innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the subject of a brief profile in the September 12, 2011 issue of Time Magazine (the one with the ‘What...
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More than 'Just Salad'
The web is littered with stories about brands/organizations who have fallen short of customer expectations (I write about some of these in my new book, Shift & Reset). Often the complaints are isolated to a single cockroach in a hotel room that went unaddressed or a one-star take down of a cheaply made product. The complaint is available to anyone who goes looking on Yelp or Amazon but...
July 2011
4 posts
3 tags
Brain Bugs
I would be way over-simplifying things to suggest that the internet works like the human brain — with lots of nodes and networks connected to each other, linking and relating information in constantly changing, ever-evolving ways. I am neither an expert in the development of the web nor a brain scientist, so I won’t event try to explain either concept in greater detail.
What I do...
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Challenging Arts Organizations To Shift & Reset
My friends at the National Arts Marketing Partnership (a program of Americans for the Arts) invited me to share some thoughts about Shift & Reset and how arts organizations can better adapt to the challenges of the digital age. My post appeared earlier this month.
Here is an excerpt:
Given that the public is more engaged than ever before, more capable of collecting and sharing information...
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The Future of Service: Idea Throwdown Results
On June 6 at the Points of Light Institute’s National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Scott Henderson and I hosted an Idea Throwdown focused on the future of service.
We brought together a diverse group of 40 leaders to create a new framework for how organizations who are focused on supporting service – companies, media, nonprofits, government – can better address the challenges that...
Kindle Version of Shift & Reset Available for...
The Kindle version of Shift & Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues in a Connected Society is now available for pre-order on Amazon. And, in case you missed it, the hard copy is available for pre-order as well. The REAL book should hit bookstores on August 15! I can’t wait! Can you?
June 2011
2 posts
I got Mark Burnett to sit still... and endorse...
Bill Carter profiles super-producer Mark Burnett in today’s New York Times, describing him as the person “who more or less created the reality programming business in American television…” The headline across the front of the business section reads: “For the Producer of ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Voice,’ There’s No Sitting Still.”
Well, I got Mark Burnett to sit...
Pre-order Shift & Reset on Amazon.com
My new book, Shift & Reset: Strategies for Addressing Serious Issues in a Connected Society, due out on July 25, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Order your copy and copies for all your friends and family today! Order several copies for your organization and contact me to come speak to you all about it!
About Shift & Reset In these challenging economic times, it is more...