Powerpoint deck that backed my 2009 opening keynote at BlogWorldExpo

1. How DARE you!!??* *Not be awesome?

2. Self-doubt is actually kinda Selfish

3. (You’re cheating us!)

4. Mentoring, unpacked.

5. Fear is a terrible motivator.

6. Love Matters. Love Lasts. Photo Credit: (cc) prakhar on flickr.com

8. Awesome is NOT a Private Street cc: moonlightbulb Photo Credit: (cc) moonlightbulb on flickr .com

10. Team Awesome Photo Credit: (cc) matski_98 on flickr .com

11. #crushit.

12. Think Big

13. Awesome Anything cc: stallio Photo Credit: (cc) stallio on flickr .com

14. How?

15. What’s Your Superpower?

16. [Four leaf clover] Photo Credit: (cc) cygnus921 on flickr .com

18. Believe.

21. “ learn to not be afraid of who you actually are.” http://pistachio. posterous .com/lauras-rules-0

23. “ Only connect.’ -E. M. Forrester

25. (You KNEW Twitter’d be in here somewhere!)

26. What Are You Doing?

27. On-Ramp Photo Credit: (cc) stallio on flickr .com

31. “ Use it Where You Think Best” -IBM ThinkPad Commercials

32. The User Multiface browser • SMS • IM • RSS reader • FriendFeed • Facebook • blogs • widgets • desktop • iPhone • Blackberry • clients • websites • subscriptions • listening tools • blog tools • plugins • visualizations • mainstream integrations

33. What can I do with it?

36. http://twitpic.com/135xa

38. How to build awesome with Twitter…

39. Listen. Learn. Care. Serve.

40. You’re not alone anymore.

41. Surround yourself with inspiring people

42. [HORIZON] Photo Credit: (cc) dominicspics on flickr .com

43. Be Useful Turn it inside-out Curate and produce value Connect

45. Be Uniquely YOU. Talk about your passions

50. [PeeWee Dummies] cc: moonlightbulb Photo Credit: © Damon Cortesi @dacort

55. Homepage screenshot

65. Influence (was) Attracting attention to yourself

66. Influence (is) Providing attention and value to others

67. Photo Credit: (cc) jerryfletcher on flickr.com

68. Social Media is Knowledge

69. Knowledge is Socially Mediated

70. Knowledge is Socially Mediated Photo Credit: (cc) fredoalvarez on flickr.com

71. Knowledge is Social ly Media ted

72. Markets are Socially Mediated

73. Photo Credit: (cc) gregor_y on flickr.com

74. Markets are Social ly Media ted

75. Photo Credit: (cc) matrianklw on flickr.com

76. Value. visibility relevance relationships social capital community ideas trust research marketing networking customer service traffic news sales SEO

77. Externally Customer service Market awareness News Innovation Understanding Extending reach Relationships Branding Direct sales SEO Driving traffic Networking

78. Internally Sales Teams Event Planning Project Status News Coordination Interface Decentralized teams Employee Support Mentoring Problem-solving Purely Social