11 Lessons in Forming a Sustainable Movement Challenges in running a paid membership site Lessons Learned in Launching and Operating a Membership Only Site Bloggers as Internet Historians #iblog10 #phnet20 Reaching Mount Everest Blogging Communities: Relevance in the Age of Social Media Four (4) Disciplines of Execution
Change Maker – 7 Tools for Transformation Focusing on social objects for success Creative Thinking is a skill, not just talent My Five Personal Transformation Sequence & Breakthrough Experience with Matthew Brauning
In the age of social media, establishing quality relationship and meet new folks became both easier and a bit complicated. Although most of us can connect to each other with social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, but doesn't mean that I already earned another person's friendship (and vice-versa). In the field I'm in,...
The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2011 writing project process made me reflect on how the Philippines blogging community is evolving. Much has remained the same but there are behaviors emerging or further reinforced. This includes: Mindmap inspired from the book Brains on Fire Community leaders will rule One's influence is greatly determined or...
I had the opportunity to present my point of view on how to move forward with the use of the Internet as it turned 20 years old last March 29, 2014 at #phnet20 event. Purposefully focusing on how to use it to build online success. Thankful to TenMinutes.ph for the opportunity. Presented its...
(Click on the mind map image above for a bigger view.) Becoming fully human, in my interpretation of Leo Buscaglia's book Personhood, challenge us to look at life as great gift and good - because of what it enables us to give others - rather than what we are getting out of...
Boost your friendliness and likeability factor Do you lead to serve self-interest or benefit others? I want to have a brilliant memory FOCUS is needed to Influence Dennis Mendiola: Imagination Knows No Limit
I got an interesting question lately as to how should one measure the success of their ventures, particularly of a website. It made me reflect as success parameters can be different from one person to the other. Some measure it based on their traffic rank, articles, visitors, projects, among others. I've...
One of the learning projects I am working focuses on digital leadership. It is a step up content the moment a person decided to become a digital influencer. Thankful for the opportunity to discuss the basics in a "League of Leaders" youth event yesterday. Here were my talk points, reflecting on...
For those of us who have been in the online business for quite sometime, ideas do get dry out from time to time especially when failures have been encountered. Some are due to poor execution, others bad timing, or the market is simply not ready for the product or service. In...
B. Kim Barnes, author of the book "Exercising Influence," said that there are thirteen tactics to influence people: tell, sell, negotiate, enlist, inquire, listen, attune, and facilitate. When our authority to do such is not established, we can also influence indirectly through other individuals, being part of a group, debate,...
I just finished reading Seth Godin’s The Dip. It is the kind of book that prompts you to reflect on your current situation, or when critical points arise, and what decisions or actions to make. Seth Godin anchors on the premise that every project or endeavour that we get into starts out as...
I gave a talk recently at Bannister Academy about my story and experience as a "digital influencer". To prepare, I used my Maven Secrets talk notes as some sort of a guide. But something happened, I was expected to deliver a speech, not the usual Powerpoint presentation. End up scribbling notes from pages torn...
Last March 22 and 23, I got interviewed about cyber-bullying. The interest was heightened when showbiz personalities like Sharon Cuneta, Arnold Clavio, among others came under attack in various social media sites for what they have said on-cam or online. Here were some of the questions asked and my answers. 1. When does an...
We are always in conflict with ourselves. After doing a lot of thinking in the night as to the things that we be doing, sometimes, it doesn’t get followed as intended to. These lapses are conflicts within ourselves that we had to overcome. In Stephen Covey’s “The 8th Habit,” he...
7 Ways to Fascinate, Persuade, Captivate your Audience The Choices I Make Dealing with cyber bullies who attack using social media
As I’m learning from Stephen Covey’s 8th Habit, it made me thought of the people I met in the course of my advocacy work. The biggest challenge for me is dealing with people who draw their strength from position power. As they exert no effort to build moral authority, they’ve build a...
For those of us who have been through a lot of planning workshops, crafting your vision & goals is a basic activity that gets followed by how do you intend to accomplish it. (click on the mind map for a bigger view) In the book Embracing Change by Tony Buzan and the workshop I...
Pip Coburn’s The Change Function is an interesting book. It talked about why some technologies take off and others fail. It is a reminder for product creators, especially in the technology field, that a product or service will click if the total perceived pain of adoption (TPPA) is less compared to staying...
The four (4) museums and one (1) art gallery Zero In Periphery exhibit was a surprising eye opener. For the first time, I felt the power of art, especially presented in the right context, can influence its viewer. The exhibit had given me a strong dose of mixed emotions from anger, sadness, and...
