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Fresh Start, Fresh Handle: How and Why to Change Your Twitter Name
Where I live on the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia, the trees are still bare and grey, but geese are starting to fly north. I’m starting to think about Easter dinner, and maybe even cleaning out that one terrifying linen closet. Spring is creeping just around...
Featured on Friday: #UnderNewManagement by @davidburkus
My husband likes to say that I am a "safety first" woman. I find security in doing things the same way, in following rules and avoiding unnecessary risks. There's a reason Becky Robinson started Weaving Influence (willing to take a risk) and why I'm more content as a...
Building a New Future With Bricks from the Past
Yesterday, I went out to buy a toy for my 3-month old baby girl. We perused the aisles of high tech games, life-like stuffed animals, and battery-operated battleships with lights and sounds and finally arrived at the 0-6 month baby toys. Not having had much experience...
Featured on Friday: On Our #MustRead List!
It's been a while since I've done a linked post on Friday, but one of the best ways to build community is to help spread the word for others, don't you think? As Becky continues to spread the word about Hometown Reads (links included below, just in case you missed...
The Invisible Threads of Social Media
I work for Weaving Influence, so the idea of “threads” and weaving them together to create a cohesive whole is inherent to what I do every day. Our goal is influence, so we have to be mindful at every step along the way of the threads we choose, the patterns we...
Featured on Friday: #BKpedia by @BKPub
Over the last few years we've had the remarkable opportunity to work closely with several Berrett-Koehler authors, and the fantastic team at Berrett-Koehler Publishers. If you've been involved in the launches for Refire! Don't Retire, Love 'Em or Lose 'Em, Managers as...
Collective Visioning: Turning our Dreams and Hopes into Action
This post is a part of our 2016 Team Buzz Builder Guest Blogger Series. Today we are pleased to introduce you to Linda Stout, critically-acclaimed author and Executive Director of Spirit in Action. Whether or not we’re actively engaged with social justice work, most...
Tips for Building a Social Community
Have you left the "social" out of social media marketing? It’s easy to use social channels as a megaphone to spread the word about a brand, but megaphone marketing doesn’t have much ring to it and delivers very few results. Social works when a brand actively grows a...
Featured on Friday: #NewEconomicHitman by John Perkins @economic_hitman
Have you ever picked a book that wasn't in line with your normal reading tastes - whether it was by choice or by assignment in school - and been totally surprised when you got to the end and you actually enjoyed it? I've had that happen a few times in my life (along...
Introducing Hometown Reads!
I love the work we do with authors because I love books. I've always, always loved to read. My mama likes to tell this story of me at age 3, going into my brothers' room to ask them if they had a book appropriate for a 3-year-old girl. If you love reading like I do,...
Featured on Friday: #ServingLeader Co-Authors @kenjenn and @stahlwert
Ever have a week where you'd like a "reboot" button? Several members of our team - for personal or professional reasons - could probably have used one of those this week. However, sometimes it's only within the difficulties that we find a hidden strength, an...
Featured on Friday: #OutOfTheQuestion Co-Authors @Amilham and @TheLeanGuy
One of the things that our team enjoys doing is helping to build the buzz for a book that has already been out in the world for a while. We differentiate these from our new book launches by referring to them as "Buzz Weeks." It's always fun - and sometimes a little...