I See Beans: A Garden Tour
The garden out at my house is a family affair. We’ve got bush beans, peas, onions (lots of types), potatoes, garlic, tomatoes, asparagus, radishes — and room for a lot more! My husband and I did the tilling and weed/grass removal. My brother and sister in law are doing the planting and thistle removal. We…
Communities: Four Lessons Learned
It’s that time again. The Group Writing Project! Our assignment this month is to write about What I Learned From Community (assignment found here). I attended a conference last week (SOBCon) in Chicago. Chris Brogan spoke about being in the center of a community of 150 people. More than that and you can’t really communicate.…
Twitter speech: Your Work In 140 Characters
We are taught to have a 30 second speech prepared for when you are on an elevator with someone. It’s called an elevator speech. It’s a new age. It’s good to adapt to the online universe. Rule of thumb is people only look at a page online for 8 seconds. Facebook is good for a…
Does Controversy Work?
Probably the most controversial speaker at SOBCon09 was Lauren Freedman. She professed to having no real social media skills, refused to answer questions during her presentation, said she was usually home with her child during this time – and stated a lot of facts and figures. It was the presentation that made the biggest difference…
Take Aways: ROI for SOBCon09
Successful Outstanding Bloggers Conference 2009 I’m going to mash three days of conversation, listening, meeting and greeting and instruction into just a few sentences. These are my takeaways. They should stand by themselves – and anyone can use them to further their objectives. I wanted to be able to look back at these mashed items,…
Do What You Love
I went to a convention this week, Successful Outstanding Bloggers Conference, in Chicago. I got up at 5:30 and went to bed at 11 – for six days. It was non-stop learning, taking notes, talking to people, planning and being on the go. You’d think I’d be tired. That I would need a day or…
Liquid Hand Soap: Let’s Get Dirty!
In today’s environment we need to wash our hands! For more information, contact me (Deb Brown) at 641-458-1114, deb@debworks.com or www.debthinksgreen.com Thanks for visiting Debworks! Got a minute? Know anyone who is looking to workshift? I’m interviewing! Visit http://www.debrareneebrown.com
Sunday Afternoon Joy
Thanks for visiting Debworks! Got a minute? Know anyone who is looking to workshift? I’m interviewing! Visit http://www.debrareneebrown.com
Trust Agents Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
Chris Brogan and Julien Smith: Trust Agents They two wrote a book , but first they wrote a change this manifesto – and then someone bought the idea of them writing a book advice: don’t own a piece of clothing you don’t love (liz and julien) Chris and Julien met at a podcamp and clicked,…
Your Business and Your Blog
I’m at SOBCon this weekend and have been taking notes. I’ll be sharing those over the weekend. Denise Wakeman and Chris Cree The Business and the Blog Denise: We are having a conversation today about the intersection/crossroad that Chris and I meet at. There will be their two different perspectives. Are you a person…