You know how the mall food court folks put a taste on a toothpick?
That's what these two videos provide us in preview of Justin Brady's 2nd Des Moines Virtual Book Signing on Tuesday night (Sept 7, 5:00-6:30 at Jasper Winery) Reserve Your Seat for a conversation with Matthew E May, best-selling author of In Pursuit of Elegance
Ideas: What's the Difference Between Invention and Innovation? (2 minutes)
Capture the Intangible (2:25)
Is Des Moines' own Justin Brady creating a business model on how authors will soon be marketing books?
For the secong time this year, Justin has paved the way for "bringing in" a best selling author to have a "virtual book signing."
Des Moines' second virtual book signing, featuring renown speaker and author, Matthew E. May and his book "In Pursuit of Elegance: Why The Best Ideas Have Something Missing" will take place Tuesday, September 7th at Jasper Winery from 5 – 6:30pm! Register today (it's free — and check out the menu!)
In February, Justin arranged for a conversation with Dan Pink on his ground-breaking book Drive. It was a rousing success.
Here are a few reasons why I think this is a great model:
Now, about this book and the event. I've started re-reading "Elegance" to prepare for next Tuesday. I love the book! Why? I really dig white space. I'm almost addicted to ambiguity. And there is a bit of elegance in the gap. (Here's Matthew May's Change This Manifesto – Creative Elegance: The Power of Incomplete Ideas )
If you have a passion for innovation or design, of business planning or communications of any kind – I encourage your presence. This could become habit.
Should this "book-signing" conversation model continue – and why shouldn't it – Justin Brady should be thanked in a big way for putting Des Moines on the book tour map – virtual or otherwise. By the city, the state, and booksellers and publishers for the idea and follow-through.
Thanks Justin. You are a hero of mine.
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If it is, it can be found in a book – one of my favorites: Exploiting Chaos:
Act Now
As a creative person, you were no doubt thinking of many ideas reading this book. What will you do with those ideas?
A young man once approached J.P. Morgan with a proposition: "Sir, I hold in my hand a guaranteed formula for success, which I will gladly sell to you for $25,000."*
Always curious, J.P. Morgan replied, "I do not know what is in the envelope, however, if you show me and I like it, I give you my word as a gentlemen that I will pay you what you ask."
The man agreed, handing J.P. Morgan the envelope.
When J.P. examined the note, he reached for his checkbook and paid the man the agreed upon sum of $25,000. In one of his presentations, Tom Peters revealed the advice that was on the piece of paper:
- Every morning, write a list of things that need to be done that day.
- Do them.
If you want to Exploit Chaos, the time to act is always now.
You can find this "post" towards the end of Exploiting Chaos (check out the sample preview of the book (pdf)).
Allow me to say a few things about why I'm putting this up for you to read:
So as you approach Monday morning, just list the things to be done that day, hmm? And if Sunday isn't quite over for you yet, go grab a copy of Exploiting Chaos:
(<–affiliate link)
*The story appears in Slide #288 of Tom Peters Re-Imagine deck and page 262 of the book Exploiting Chaos
I've devoured a fantastic book I got for my birthday, and I'm about to go back for seconds!
Business Model Generation just may pass Exploiting Chaos as my #1 book recommendation this year. Everyone should read it (both really). Especially if you are a business owner, consultant, student, pastor, unemployed, marketer, designer… yeah – everyone.
Great ideas, visual learning paradise, worksheets, collaborative…here's a peek (there's also a free PDF preview at the site (first link above)) Here's a partial look in a recent slide deck from co-author Alexander Osterwalder:
View more presentations from Alexander Osterwalder.
The 3rd edition of Age of Conversation is upon us. The subtitle this time: It's Time to Get Busy.
I've been fortunate to been included in each of three issues, and still read and glean from the first two often.
This year, all proceeds go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Another great job by founding editors Gavin Heaton and Drew McLellan (and to the support team that helped put this together. Also, to the cavalcade of conversation conductors and collaborators (chapter authors):
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For the past few months, I've suggested the book Exploiting Chaos so much, people are telling me I'm repeating myself.
It's not just the content I'm evangelizing (and it's fantastic), it's the style and design — a great example of a blog writing (web writing?) practice. Let's look:
Emotional Headline; short paragraphs; eye-resting use of font changes and bullet points; bottom line take-away; great image. Nice! If it had a hyperlink, it would be a perfect post — but hyperlinks in books aren't really here yet.
You can download a sample of Exploiting Chaos in PDF format to go a bit deeper, or just buy the book.I know I'd suggest it (at least twice)
Other places and faces behind the book:
TrendHunter site
Trendhunter Facebook
Trendhunter TV
Trendhunter on Twitter
Jeremy Gutsche's Twitter
Have you ever noticed how the attention of new visitors to your home or office is drawn to your bookshelf display? The titles and subjects provide a quick conversation piece, but also shows commonality — possibly even discovery.
Likewise, sharing what you read online can be a great sticking point in building community with new visitors to your blog. It also keeps your reading organize (knowing folks are looking in).
Two widgets I've put into play on my new I Dunno, Let's Find Out site are a Slideshare favorites and a Google Reader Shared Items list. I will probably do likewise soon with my Flickr favorites and a VodPod widget
Scott McLeod recently offered up what he shares on Google Reader, broken down by category, and boy did I had a field day subscribing to many sites I hadn't known about.
So, here are four reasons to use these widgets (or even your own FriendFeed widget to show all you read-write-publish):
So, what's in your bookshelf?
Other IDLFO Project Posts:
- Listen and Learn
- What's My New Site About?
Photo on Flicker by myself
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I’m loving Seth Godin‘s new book, Linchpin — and you will too. Though I’ve just started reading it, the pages are turning fast. Others are already talking about it all-a-Twitter.
In one part of the book, Seth talks about how our society, today’s business and educational status quo, is used to stamping out voices rather than letting the creative idea-flow flow.
Don’t let that happen to your organization. Together We’re Smarter.
In this fantastic time of voices shared, ideas built, and contagious creativity opening new possibilities – don’t stifle those around you. Rather, build them up and encourage their voices. Even if they are wrong at the start, their sharing will make their voices stronger – better – more profitable for all.
Some say that Seth’s books are all alike, just the title and keywords change. Not so with Linchpin. Get it as soon as it comes out — employ the ideas with and for those around you.
And put the ideas to work in your own life.
For me? Back to the book(s)
A lot of folks ask me for suggestions on books to kick-start or re-ignite their passions and participation in social media. Every individual and situation is different, but here are the books I recommended most in 2009:
A couple of interesting things to note here:
Considering I didn't pick up my own copy of Exploiting Chaos until October, I've really made some noise about it for it to be so high on the list. Though I didn't track it this year, I believe The Think Big Manifesto was the book I gifted most often. Radical Careering (published in 2005) probably has a permanent spot on this list.
Books I look forward to most in 2010? Drive
by Daniel Pink (just out now), Fascinate by Sally Hogshead (due out February), and Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun (just picked up the Kindle version).
What were the books you talked most about in 2009. (I'm taking notes if I missed one you loved!)
FYI: The links to the books take you to an Amazon book page that is an affiliate link (price doesn't go up, I just get a small cut if you buy from the link). I linked to Amazon so you can see what's behind the cover. Barnes & Noble and 800-CEO-Read are also great places to buy these books from.
Is 2010 the year you finally write that book?
I hope so. And I'd suggest you write your book on your blog (or start a new one and make it public).
A few reasons you'll want to write it on the blog:
One day – one post – one page at a time. Possible?
I dunno. Let's find out. And hey…Why not?
P.S. This post is 297 words, including this postscript.
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