Comments on: Back to school with Anita Campbell http://www.davecrainonline.com/back-to-school-with-anita-campbell.html Positive. Growth. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:19:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.davecrainonline.com/back-to-school-with-anita-campbell.html/comment-page-1#comment-1098 Dave Sat, 30 May 2009 18:55:58 +0000 http://www.davecrainonline.com/?p=963#comment-1098 Anita, thanks for stopping by. Yes the online channels are great for connecting and sharing with a wide variety of people regardless of their location. I love it to. The only downside, and the point of the article I think, is that it seems like most of the social channels force you into smaller and smaller bites of conversations and it becomes very hard to convey meaning, let alone subtlety. Just something to keep in mind. I've done some poking around and found a great resource for going green. I hope to post it next week. Anita, thanks for stopping by. Yes the online channels are great for connecting and sharing with a wide variety of people regardless of their location. I love it to. The only downside, and the point of the article I think, is that it seems like most of the social channels force you into smaller and smaller bites of conversations and it becomes very hard to convey meaning, let alone subtlety. Just something to keep in mind.

I’ve done some poking around and found a great resource for going green. I hope to post it next week.

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://www.davecrainonline.com/back-to-school-with-anita-campbell.html/comment-page-1#comment-1095 Anita Campbell Sat, 30 May 2009 14:30:31 +0000 http://www.davecrainonline.com/?p=963#comment-1095 Hi Dave, I appreciate this article very much -- although I figure you can speak your mind as much as you wish. :-) But it would be great to have you come up with the definitive article listing resources for small businesses going green. I for one would love to see it. Nice to see you being active online so much. It's a wonderful way to connect and share ideas, through blogs and social media, isn't it? We can collaborate from our offices and do so on an ad hoc basis with so many people -- I love it! Best, Anita Hi Dave,

I appreciate this article very much — although I figure you can speak your mind as much as you wish. :-)

But it would be great to have you come up with the definitive article listing resources for small businesses going green. I for one would love to see it.

Nice to see you being active online so much. It’s a wonderful way to connect and share ideas, through blogs and social media, isn’t it? We can collaborate from our offices and do so on an ad hoc basis with so many people — I love it!

Best,
Anita

]]> By: Dave http://www.davecrainonline.com/back-to-school-with-anita-campbell.html/comment-page-1#comment-1088 Dave Wed, 27 May 2009 14:39:43 +0000 http://www.davecrainonline.com/?p=963#comment-1088 Simon, This wasn't humble pie so much as truly just a lesson that snuck up on me that I wanted to share. Many of us are truly working to improve ourselves and be excellent, and this reminded me that part of that quest is to be constantly vigilant no matter what the venue. I think what I would add to your list is how many of the social media channels we use can create an air of informality, even as we are interacting in a business manner. It's easy to "let your guard down" or cross a line you wouldn't normally in the physical environment. Simon,

This wasn’t humble pie so much as truly just a lesson that snuck up on me that I wanted to share. Many of us are truly working to improve ourselves and be excellent, and this reminded me that part of that quest is to be constantly vigilant no matter what the venue.

I think what I would add to your list is how many of the social media channels we use can create an air of informality, even as we are interacting in a business manner. It’s easy to “let your guard down” or cross a line you wouldn’t normally in the physical environment.

]]> By: Simon Stapleton http://www.davecrainonline.com/back-to-school-with-anita-campbell.html/comment-page-1#comment-1087 Simon Stapleton Wed, 27 May 2009 13:33:58 +0000 http://www.davecrainonline.com/?p=963#comment-1087 Dave - whether you consider this as eating humble-pie or not, you have shared a very valuable lesson - one which I am grateful to you. It's also a lesson that the physical and virtual environments are very different. In the case of the diner, feedback about what you didn't enjoy remains private. In the virtual world, as you say, it is indelible. Last lesson I take from this is that it seems that over the last 5 years, the dichotomies between physical and virtual have been flipped in many ways... e.g. * brand-building is tougher in the virtual world than in the physical now * information is more indelible in the virtual world now than in the physical * we get less of a slice of attention in the virtual world now Simon Dave – whether you consider this as eating humble-pie or not, you have shared a very valuable lesson – one which I am grateful to you.

It’s also a lesson that the physical and virtual environments are very different. In the case of the diner, feedback about what you didn’t enjoy remains private. In the virtual world, as you say, it is indelible.

Last lesson I take from this is that it seems that over the last 5 years, the dichotomies between physical and virtual have been flipped in many ways…

e.g.
* brand-building is tougher in the virtual world than in the physical now
* information is more indelible in the virtual world now than in the physical
* we get less of a slice of attention in the virtual world now

Simon

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