THE DREAM IN ACTION

Flowtown is a new service that will let you submit the email address of any person and be presented with a list of all the social networks that individual is a part of. It is just as they put it on the site: it will let you “turn an email address into a social profile”. [...]

This is a longer post so I’ve decided to included a read time estimate so you can plan accordingly. Enjoy! Reading time: 10 – 16 minutes; Reading time bold: 3 – 4 minutes While reading ‘Predictably Irrational‘, a phenomenal book by Dan Ariely, the well known TED speaker, I began thinking about his discussion of [...]

A few months back I was engaged in a conversation about how social media (blogs, twitter, facebook, etc.) can really be used to drive tangible changes for a business. As individuals we are able to connect with old friends, stay even more connected with co-workers, and track real time topics, but what do businesses really [...]

via flickr While reading ‘Predictably Irrational‘, a phenomenal book by Dan Ariely, well known TED speaker, I began thinking about his discussion of Social Norms and Market Norms. I’ve re-termed them for the sake of this post to be a bit more descriptive as Social and Market Behavior Codes. I’ll first start with my own [...]

via world economic forum Why THE DREAM IN ACTION Has A Forum I’ve decided to add a forum to THE DREAM IN ACTION because I want the site to be more than one to many communication. Simply put, I think putting your dreams into action on a daily basis is as much a group thing [...]

ActionsTalk on Boxee! from ActionsTalk on Vimeo. More and more of our lives are moving onto the web, but sometimes you just want to sit back and relax on your couch. Well, now you can do that with ActionsTalk, the weekly startup spotlights! If you have interest in being on ActionsTalk or have interest in [...]

photo via mavericksmath This thought came from a comment I made on Mashable’s post on personal branding using Social Media. The book written by Dan Schwabel, Me 2.0, inspired the post. When using social media for branding I would make 2 points. 1) Use the tools, don’t be the tools. Keep in mind that the [...]

image via Robert Scoble’s flickr Over the past 2 months I’ve made some drastic changes to how I use Twitter (which I will share below). When I was in China, as I was reading The 4 Hour Work Week, I realized that my control over my own productivity was slipping from my hands. I spent [...]

I’m super excited that my good friend Steve Glynn of Milwaukee‘s Spreenkler will be giving a Social Media glass at Alverno College. Check out a bit about the glass in the PDF. No download necessary, embed from Scribd. Alverno Social Media Publish at Scribd or explore others:

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This is the first ad for SocialDreamium that I created last night. Please let me know what you think and how it can be improved! Feel free to steal and repost this anywhere. check out SocialDreamium.com

“93 percent of Americans believe a company should have a presence in social media, while an overwhelming 85 percent believe a company should not only be present, but also interact with its consumers via social media.” Comcast, the case study business for using social media, has done a wonderful job of creating a online presence [...]

Alltop the “digital magazine rack” for blogs and non-traditional online media re-launched today with a new look and feel. As content was being added at a ridiculous pace the service needed a better way to structure its content so that it was searchable, sortable, and relevant. You can go to Alltop’s blog to see all [...]

In an effort to help my sister who has just began a promising career in Public Relations, I was trying to find ways to teach her about social media, social software, and other “web 2.0″ technologies. Before being able to leverage these technologies in your work you must be able to understand the what and [...]