LikeMind Milwaukee
LikeMind Milwaukee converged this morning at Rochambo Coffee House on Brady Street for great conversation on social media and building your personal brand. Phil Gerbyshak shared his experience in developing his personal brand and the tools he uses to maintain his brand both online and offline. He shared a key bit of information with all of us: “it’s not about the tools, it’s how they help build relationships.” Phil shared insights into setting up his blog as the hub of his online personality and how he uses different outposts like Twitter, FourSquare and Facebook to interact and facilitate relationship building.
Check out twitter and search #MKELikemind to catch a glimpse of the conversation.
Join us on Friday, November 20 from 7 – 9 a.m. at Rochambo as we continue to bring the online discussion into the offline, face-to-face environment. We’d love to have you. More info on the guest speaker soon!
Tags: conversations, Likemind, relationship building, Social Media
I’ve joined the international movement known as Likemind. Jeff Larche of Digital Solid has invited me to co-host the Milwaukee group and I’m excited for what’s to come. We’ll be gathering on the third Friday of every month at Rochambo Coffee and Tea House on Brady Street in Milwaukee. The get togethers will feature great coffee, excellent conversations and a handful of presentations from thought leaders across Milwaukee.
Likemind was started by Piers and Noah with the simple goal of bringing people together over coffee to have a conversation. Likemind is now a global movement that has finally made its way to Milwaukee. We’d love to have you join us. For additional details, drop me a line.
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I’m overwhelmed by the number of opportunities available to take Aurora Health Care into a new direction with digital communications and social media. It’s an exciting time for me and my team but it is also challenging because we’re facing the Fear of Start.
In an organization of 30,000 employees, one of the most challenging items is determining where to start. It’s a paralyzing experience when you consider the organizational goals, overall strategy, resources required and need to have the right people on board.
I came to a realization this week during a team meeting. We’ve got nothing to lose. The team is primed and ready and all I need to do is lead us out of paralysis. I’m going to do three things to get us out of the current situation and moving forward.
Our first step is to overcome the fear of the unknown and who needs to be on board. We will do our best to educate internal participants on digital communications and social media along the way rather than waiting for them to “get it” before we start. We’ll start small and grow as more and more people see the vision and get excited.
Our second step is to realize that their is no template. I’m a big fan of templates and established processes (ask my previous boss) but there isn’t a one size fits all template for instituting social media internally and externally for an organization. We need to be prepared to experiment, fail, learn and do it again.
Finally, I need to motivate my Tribe. I need to lead by being courageous, by making mistakes and learning from them. I need to empower my team to do the same. We need to take risks and harness the excitement of the organization.
The time has come to lead and overcome the fear of start.