Some of my best friends are robots

some of my best tara ‘missrogue’ hunt friends are robots

the singularity is upon us...

tale #1: Rogers’ robot army

composite: not an actual photograph

http://twitter.com/missrogue/status/5624792674

“We’re not here to replace existing channels of communications and customer care... (which channels would those be?) ...but to complement them.” hmmmmm.... http://twitter.com/RogersMary/status/5628358318

“Tip for Rogers: instead of hiring ppl for Twitter, why not try hiring ppl to answer your phones?”

tale #2: automated human bots “Thanks for the follow! I usually tweet about social media and baking! You can ﬁnd out more about me on my website: http://bit.ly/douche Have a great day!”

tell tale signs of an automated human bot • follows the same number of people who follow him/her and is in the thousands • follows you, then unfollows you if you don’t follow back right away • if you DO follow back, sends a chirpy ‘thanks for the follow’ message instantly • will stop #followfriday-ing people if you don’t reciprocate • sends out ‘timed’ tweets - usually promotional in nature and spaced out rationally during the day

tale #3: humans trained to be bots http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html

Wisdom includes: • when and how to make “the exception to every rule” • when and how to improvise • knowing that real world problems are often ambiguous and ill-deﬁned and the context is always changing • knowing how to use moral skills in the pursuit of the right aims • taking the time to get to know the people that you are serving, to try new things and occasionally fail and learn from those failures • caring for people.

smart, efﬁcient & logic driven

ambiguous, feeling & wise

the new Turing test

“any action that prioritizes rules, protocols, logic, efﬁciency, procedures or any other type of pre-set guidelines at the cost of relationships or compassion towards other human beings indicates robotic nature.”

how to de-robotize (and join the human revolution)

personal brand vs. personality! #1 http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/stewtopia/3355277605/

get a personality • dare to be imperfect • admit your mistakes • expose your quirks/passions • have fun • whenever you start to feel pidgeon-holed or stagnant, challenge yourself to try something new • read, listen to and open your mind to people who think different than you

The majority of successful people followed their passion, not a formula...

message vs. purpose #2

message purpose outgoing two-way externalized internalized crafted believed in brand-centric intention-centric pushed people are drawn to creates noise creates connections benefits oneself benefits the world agreed upon/official discussed/changing head gut

#3 consistency vs. compassion

consistency may be efﬁcient, but it doesn’t make the recipient feel like a special snowﬂake...

consistent compassionate thinking of someone and scheduled follow-ups dropping them a note making sure you are interacting auto-responders with the people you follow sending personal notes to those you know...even if you crafted messages/responses have to tell them you are really busy at the moment. post when you are inspired/ pre-scheduled posts have something to say sending the same message to responding to people multiple people individually responding to absolutely responding when it is everybody appropriate/real

shortcuts vs. investments #4

why shortcuts don’t work: • you rob yourself of the opportunity to learn • short term thinking damages long term relationships (burns bridges) • will lead to long term costs • you miss out on connections • you miss out on opportunities • you miss the point

quantity vs. quality #5

when you concentrate on numbers, you lower the potential of engagement...

basic math 50 good conversations yield 20 solid sales (plus repeat/referral) 150000 spam messages yield 11.25 sales* (low repeat/referral) *based on studies of average spam (porn aside) click-thru rate of 0.0075% - purchase may be lower

more math http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/geoliv/4051935634/ gained 100,00 extra followers @geofﬂiving (7,500 followers) posted this photo + tweeted it = 140 views = 1.86 click through rate @kanter retweeted it = +120 views = 0.001 click through rate (120,000 followers) - (relationships) < (7,500 followers) + (relationships)

ACTION! http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/3587556872/ + http://beth.typepad.com/

the key lies in relationships...numbers don’t matter, engagement + impact does.

real inﬂuencers use their powers for good not for personal gloriﬁcation...

joining the human revolution 1. personality instead of personal brands 2. purpose instead of messaging/mission statements 3. compassion and caring over consistency 4. long term investments instead of taking shortcuts 5. quality over quantity

I lied.

I’m partial to humans.

without us being better humans, the future of technology scares me...

and without us bringing humanity into business, we’ll create a miserable future...

join the human revolution (for a better future)

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Some of my best friends are robots

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