Blog 101 - Lee Lefever style

Lee's latest "how-to" video tells a simple and concise story of why and how people blog:


Check out all of Lee's videos on his YouTube page or through his company's site Common Craft.

Socnet @ It's Finest - Twitter, Blogs & Facebook help send Cambodian Girl to College

Beth Kanter's personal non-profit fundraising campaign, for me, is one of those wonderful socnet phenomenons that I feel honored to be a part of. Using twitter, blogs and facebook, Beth raised most of the campaign's funding in 2 hours.

I found out about Beth's efforts through Chris Brogan. He sent the following tweet:


I clicked the tiny URL and immediately wanted to help out. The price was right - ten bucks - that's lunch out or a trip to Starbuck's. I could manage that especially for a great cause!

And 57 other socnet souls thought the same thing. Below is the list of the people, who through socnet actions, chipped in to help out Leng this semester. Kudos, everyone!

And it's not to late to get your "feel good" on...
Your $10 Can Send Champhearom to College & A Big Thank You to the Other Contributors!



Thank You to These Great People Who Have Already Contributed to Beth's Campaign:

Shirley Williams
Michael David Pick
Preetam Rai
Wiebke Herding
Peter Cranstone
Polly Thompson
Nicholas Booth
Fernanda Ibarra
Britt Bravo
Kelley-sue LeBlanc
Laura Whitehead
Allyson Lazar
CindyAE
Andrew Carothers
John Powers
Neesha Rahim
Anal Bhattacharya
Steve Bridger
Lloyd Davis
Donna Callejon
Chris Brogan
Anonymous
Joyce Bettencourt
Erin Vest
Philip C Campbell
Jane E Quigley
Steve Spalding
Amanda Mooney
Ann Miller
Donna Papacosta
Christopher Lester
Zena Weist
Connie Reece
Mary Reagan
michael dunn
Anne Boccio
S Michelle Wolverton
Israel Rosencrantz
Clint Smith
Stephen Keaveny
Scott Schablow
Justin Kownacki
Neha Yellurkar
Amie Gillingham
David Beaudouin
Edwin S Coyle III
Liz Perry
Haystack in A Needle
Ian Wilker

The Emmys are green, round & interactive

Read as the 5 "bloggers" key in what they are experiencing @ the EMMYs live @ http://tinyurl.com/3aj7qt . Now that, my friends, is pretty darn interactive (just stopping short of bleeding edge interactive - the masses being able to key to the Elite 5 to get even more engaged.)

All coming from Prospero.

"It's not the company, it's a person"

I read that quote somewhere in an article where someone was explaining the difference between a press release and an individual responding to a comment on a blog. I'll find the link at post it here this week.

I'm actually finding, I prefer a response to a blog from a person commenting on the blog in the blog - vs an email or any other form of comment. I received an email from the CEO of Fisher-Price last week...I wish I would have seen him respond to a few of my friends' blogs.

So if I respond to a blog, I respond with my name...not a "John Doe," and I am authentic, sometimes over the top passionate, but always myself. I don't shout out corporate speak. I listen to the conversation and respond in kind. In kind...yes, in kind...sometimes a little passionately over the top in kind but still, in kind.