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Anniversary Email

October 5, 2007

Posted by leah.jones

Today marks my anniversary. Not at Edelman or in the me2revolution, but the anniversary of sending a weekly global email called the Friday5. Each week, with the help of my colleagues, I write an email related to social media and send it to the global Edelman network. Sending an email to 4000 people began as an intimidating task, but has become part of my routine.

I thought I'd share with you my anniversay edition, called Great Posts for Great Minds.

For this anniversary edition of the Friday5, we take a break from “How To” and “What’s that” editions to look at five stories or blog posts that we have enjoyed over the last couple weeks. Sometimes reading stories that are off the beaten path can help you gain a fresh point of view or find a new solution to a nagging problem.

Without further adieu, here are five posts that got us thinking.

1. When I need inspiration for a presentation, I turn to Garr Reynolds at Presentation Zen. Last week he wrote about Pecha Kucha nights. Pecha Kucha is an international phenomenon that gives speakers 20 slides and only allows 20 seconds per slide resulting in high paced presentations that are very different than your average deck.

2. Raul Gutierrez is a New York based artist who shared a wonderful story of unexpected community on a New York Subway platform. “We were all spread out across the platform, all standing, but after half an hour everyone had migrated to the benches and we were all sitting in a row. Nobody had anything to read, cellphone service wasn't working, and most unusually, no one was attached to an ipod…”

3. Only-Connect is a “wannabe, amateur photographer” in Chicago who has found a way to turn the odd layout of Flickr into a way to share visual stories. Take time to scroll through the photo-stream and see how this artist sees the world.

4. Do you need a mind map or do you need a concept map? Knowledge Management blogger Jack Vinson helped a reader figure out what she really needed and how to pick the right tool for it.

5. Finally, Chris Brogan gives us 100 posts to write. Posts that he wants to read for inspiration or to learn how other people think. He asked, “Make the coolest ideas from whatever these spark in you, and keep coming back to these as often as you want. Bookmark the page. Copy/paste it into a notepad file. Whatever works for you. Or just use them as a way to bounce into better posts of your own devise.”

Have you read something outstanding this week? Please share it with us

posted by leah.jones

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Comments

Happy Anniversary!

Posted by: Mauro Turcatti at October 8, 2007 4:17 AM

Happy anniversary!

Posted by: Mauro Turcatti at October 8, 2007 4:27 AM

Thanks Mauro!

Posted by: Leah at October 9, 2007 4:58 PM

Leah,
Thank you for the shout-out.
Only-Connect

Posted by: O-C at October 13, 2007 8:14 AM

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