Proud Adviser to Collaboration Startup Conteneo
Really happy to share that Conteneo has added me to their Advisory Board! Conteneo is a Silicon Valley Startup offering multidimensional collaboration solutions for the public and private sector. What excites me about Conteneo’s solutions is how they are using play elements in their collaboration products to help you deeply engage everyone in an organization. Actually, you can easily engage your whole ecosystem. Transforming Transamerica …
Difference as Resource [Chance] Enspiral Principle
By changing your viewpoint to see differences as resources, you totally change group dynamics for the better. Yesterday evening nudged by my lovely wife, Jean Russell, I went to the: Enspiral Immersive Workshop :: Making Groups Work + Organising without Bosses [Link is to the event happening tomorrow Wednesday 23rd at the Impact Hub in Oakland. Do yourself a favor and go.] …
Is Gamification the Fast Food of Community Engagement?
In a tweet last week, my old boss at SAP, Mark Yolton, who is now leading Digital at Cisco, challenged the SAP Mentors and me to analyze Cisco’s gamification efforts. What they have done looks very promising. Before I get into it, I would like to first share what I learned when I stumbled into gamification years before that term …
Highlands Marching Band Best of 4th of July Parade :-)
I am still stunned, that within a month I with the help of some friendly neighbors was able to bring 20+ musicians and helpers together to rehearse three times and then march and play in the 4th of July Highlands parade. Sweet proof of how the internet can bring us closer together. Almost 2 years ago we moved to the …
Putting a Band together
San Mateo Highlands, my hometown has it’s own 4th of July parade plus Fireworks already on the night before. It’s like a small town in the middle of the Bay Area. I love it I am on a mission, not from God, but for maximum fun for the most people involved. I am trying to get a Ragtag Marching Band …
SlideShare Karaoke Toastmaster Table Tobics Mashup
The YouTube for slides: SlideShare has a nifty little game they call SlideShare Karaoke. You put in a keyword and it randomly selects one deck of slides for you to present. If you want to improve your presentation skills, there is no better way than going to weekly Toastmasters meetings. I am at awe how well run that organization is.