This document discusses organizing for action to achieve important goals. It notes that collective action is needed to address large challenges, and provides guidance on how to build relationships and organize communities to work towards positive change. The overall message is about the power of groups working together in an organized way to make a difference.
16 things that Panhandlers can teach us about Content MarketingBrad Farris
Successful panhandling is a lot like content marketing; it's reaching a jaded audience in a saturated market by finding a message that jumps out and moves you to action. This presentation looks at tactics and quotes taken from interviews with panhandlers and street performers and see what we can learn to make our content as effective as their cardboard signs.
This presentation was given at Content Jam 2013 http://www.http://contentjam.com/
Hashtag 101 - All You Need to Know About HashtagsModicum
Social media today moves at a mind-blowing pace. As soon as we feel like we’ve gotten the hang of one thing, something new flies onto the radar. It’s tough to keep up with it all. For example, it’s likely you’ve heard of hashtags. Suddenly, they’ve become part of our everyday lives, but many of us don’t truly understand how to use them. Never fear! In this #Hashtag 101 infographic, our adorable friend the hashbot has fun teaching exactly what you need to know about optimizing the usage of hashtags for business.
Consider your data when choosing a color palette for your charts and graphs. This presentation explains the 3 main types of color palettes, shows examples of how they are using in charts, and explains how to use color when you make your charts interactive.
How would you like to come across during a presentation? Check all that apply — Lazy? Safe? Unimaginative? A rule-follower? If you use a bullet slide, you are checking all those boxes. That's what bullets on a slide sub-consciously say about you. "But," I hear you say, "That's what the template made me do…" or "I had to get these points across, bullets are the best way."
See more at http://makeapowerfulpoint.com/2012/03/18/the-non-bullet-bullet-slide/
16 things that Panhandlers can teach us about Content MarketingBrad Farris
Successful panhandling is a lot like content marketing; it's reaching a jaded audience in a saturated market by finding a message that jumps out and moves you to action. This presentation looks at tactics and quotes taken from interviews with panhandlers and street performers and see what we can learn to make our content as effective as their cardboard signs.
This presentation was given at Content Jam 2013 http://www.http://contentjam.com/
Hashtag 101 - All You Need to Know About HashtagsModicum
Social media today moves at a mind-blowing pace. As soon as we feel like we’ve gotten the hang of one thing, something new flies onto the radar. It’s tough to keep up with it all. For example, it’s likely you’ve heard of hashtags. Suddenly, they’ve become part of our everyday lives, but many of us don’t truly understand how to use them. Never fear! In this #Hashtag 101 infographic, our adorable friend the hashbot has fun teaching exactly what you need to know about optimizing the usage of hashtags for business.
Consider your data when choosing a color palette for your charts and graphs. This presentation explains the 3 main types of color palettes, shows examples of how they are using in charts, and explains how to use color when you make your charts interactive.
How would you like to come across during a presentation? Check all that apply — Lazy? Safe? Unimaginative? A rule-follower? If you use a bullet slide, you are checking all those boxes. That's what bullets on a slide sub-consciously say about you. "But," I hear you say, "That's what the template made me do…" or "I had to get these points across, bullets are the best way."
See more at http://makeapowerfulpoint.com/2012/03/18/the-non-bullet-bullet-slide/
Need a little help to inspire your team? Whether it's your office, your youth group, your classroom, your executive staff or just for yourself - Fun Team Building is here to help. We're providing you with 52 inspirational, and motivational quotes to help you get through the year.
Everyday can be a challenge, but you can get through it. When you're looking for a few words to help inspire you, check back to see what we're featuring for this week. And feel free to share with us, your favorite motivational quote - we'll share it with the rest of our audience and team!
40 Tools in 20 Minutes: Hacking your Marketing CareerEric Leist
Marketing today requires doing a little bit of everything from creative writing to HTML to light Photoshopping. There are a ton of free tools to make those tasks easier and scalable.
Originally presented at Suffolk University's Bridging the Gap Conference--April 18th, 2014.
WEB APPS
http://zapier.com
https://ifttt.com/
http://twitterfeed.com/
http://gaggleamp.com
http://landerapp.com/
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en
http://99designs.com/
http://visual.ly
http://www.alexa.com/
http://www.hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator
http://www.wordle.net/
www.inboundwriter.com
http://litmus.com/
http://www.inboundwriter.com/
https://www.optimizely.com/
http://thenounproject.com/
http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/
https://www.facebook.com/help/459892990722543/
http://ads.twitter.com
https://plzadvize.com/
DESKTOP APPS
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caffeine/id411246225?mt=12
http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/
http://www.gifgrabber.com/
http://www.gimp.org/
EMAIL TOOLS
http://getsignals.com
http://www.yesware.com/
http://www.boomeranggmail.com/
http://rapportive.com/
http://www.wisestamp.com/
http://verify-email.org
MOBILE APPS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xuchdeid.clear
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cardmunch-business-card-reader/id478351777?mt=8
BROWSER PLUGINS
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/omnidrive/gpnikbcifngfgfcgcgfahidojdpklfia?hl=en-US
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/klout/
LEARNING PLATFORMS
http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/
http://www.codecademy.com/
http://teamtreehouse.com/
https://generalassemb.ly/
http://www.intelligent.ly/
http://smarterer.com/
How to Craft Your Company's Storytelling Voice by Ann Handley of MarketingProfsMarketingProfs
You know your company's story, but what's the right voice to use in telling it? Find out how to craft your company's storytelling voice. Ann Handley, chief content officer of MarketingProfs and author of "Content Rules" shares tips and ideas for crafting your brand's storytelling voice.
An effective pitch presentation can be the difference between securing investment and/or support for your startup. Download our slide presentation, "Build a Better Pitch Deck," and gain insight on what content to include in your slides and how to design them for the most impact. This information is aggregated from leading entrepreneurship and investor sources both in Arizona and throughout the nation.
What REALLY Differentiates The Best Content Marketers From The RestRoss Simmonds
I’ve been privileged to work with brands from all over the world in the last few years. Through this work, I’ve also had a chance to meet, become friends with, work with and collaborate with some of the best content marketers in the world. Some of these marketers have their faces plastered in magazines while others keep it low key and aren’t anything close to household names.
When I first started my career, I made it my mission to learn from the best. I studied and read books from the advertising greats and consumed every blog post I could fine from the top modern day marketers I could fine. Through discussions, research and studying the craft, I’ve been able to identify and uncover a few common traits that are found in the best content marketers today. If you want to be a great content marketer, you need to know what it takes to be considered such. Here’s a few traits that differentiate the best content marketers from the rest.
You’re not the expert. Your customers are, and who your customer is, is changing rapidly. Learn more about the digital consumer, how to bring new life to your customer experience, and inspire your team with workshop activities. Take a deeper look into the key drivers of your business, reinvigorate your customer experience, and gain insight from one of the newest inspiring entrepreneurs, who built his business around an out-of-the-ordinary customer experience. Why not create an experience that will leave your customers talking and sharing your brand with everyone? These musings were gathered after attending the Next Generation Customer Experience Conference in San Diego, March 2015.
Using icons is a great way to add visuals to your presentation. There are many ways to get icons online, some are even free. But if you need a specific icon that you can’t find or if you want a special spin to your icon (color, shadow etc) – you can use PowerPoint’s great (and somewhat hidden) “Merge Shapes” commands to create your own icons.
Using these commands you can combine basic shapes into other shapes. You can union and subtract shapes. You can intersect and combine. All while still working natively inside PowerPoint. Once you have created an icon you can change the color, filling and add shadows as needed.
It is just as fun as building with Lego blocks! Well, almost..
This is a guide in 15 steps showing you how you can use these commands to create your own icon - the example we are using is a calendar icon.
Need a little help to inspire your team? Whether it's your office, your youth group, your classroom, your executive staff or just for yourself - Fun Team Building is here to help. We're providing you with 52 inspirational, and motivational quotes to help you get through the year.
Everyday can be a challenge, but you can get through it. When you're looking for a few words to help inspire you, check back to see what we're featuring for this week. And feel free to share with us, your favorite motivational quote - we'll share it with the rest of our audience and team!
40 Tools in 20 Minutes: Hacking your Marketing CareerEric Leist
Marketing today requires doing a little bit of everything from creative writing to HTML to light Photoshopping. There are a ton of free tools to make those tasks easier and scalable.
Originally presented at Suffolk University's Bridging the Gap Conference--April 18th, 2014.
WEB APPS
http://zapier.com
https://ifttt.com/
http://twitterfeed.com/
http://gaggleamp.com
http://landerapp.com/
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en
http://99designs.com/
http://visual.ly
http://www.alexa.com/
http://www.hubspot.com/blog-topic-generator
http://www.wordle.net/
www.inboundwriter.com
http://litmus.com/
http://www.inboundwriter.com/
https://www.optimizely.com/
http://thenounproject.com/
http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/
https://www.facebook.com/help/459892990722543/
http://ads.twitter.com
https://plzadvize.com/
DESKTOP APPS
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caffeine/id411246225?mt=12
http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/
http://www.gifgrabber.com/
http://www.gimp.org/
EMAIL TOOLS
http://getsignals.com
http://www.yesware.com/
http://www.boomeranggmail.com/
http://rapportive.com/
http://www.wisestamp.com/
http://verify-email.org
MOBILE APPS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xuchdeid.clear
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cardmunch-business-card-reader/id478351777?mt=8
BROWSER PLUGINS
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/omnidrive/gpnikbcifngfgfcgcgfahidojdpklfia?hl=en-US
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/klout/
LEARNING PLATFORMS
http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/
http://www.codecademy.com/
http://teamtreehouse.com/
https://generalassemb.ly/
http://www.intelligent.ly/
http://smarterer.com/
How to Craft Your Company's Storytelling Voice by Ann Handley of MarketingProfsMarketingProfs
You know your company's story, but what's the right voice to use in telling it? Find out how to craft your company's storytelling voice. Ann Handley, chief content officer of MarketingProfs and author of "Content Rules" shares tips and ideas for crafting your brand's storytelling voice.
An effective pitch presentation can be the difference between securing investment and/or support for your startup. Download our slide presentation, "Build a Better Pitch Deck," and gain insight on what content to include in your slides and how to design them for the most impact. This information is aggregated from leading entrepreneurship and investor sources both in Arizona and throughout the nation.
What REALLY Differentiates The Best Content Marketers From The RestRoss Simmonds
I’ve been privileged to work with brands from all over the world in the last few years. Through this work, I’ve also had a chance to meet, become friends with, work with and collaborate with some of the best content marketers in the world. Some of these marketers have their faces plastered in magazines while others keep it low key and aren’t anything close to household names.
When I first started my career, I made it my mission to learn from the best. I studied and read books from the advertising greats and consumed every blog post I could fine from the top modern day marketers I could fine. Through discussions, research and studying the craft, I’ve been able to identify and uncover a few common traits that are found in the best content marketers today. If you want to be a great content marketer, you need to know what it takes to be considered such. Here’s a few traits that differentiate the best content marketers from the rest.
You’re not the expert. Your customers are, and who your customer is, is changing rapidly. Learn more about the digital consumer, how to bring new life to your customer experience, and inspire your team with workshop activities. Take a deeper look into the key drivers of your business, reinvigorate your customer experience, and gain insight from one of the newest inspiring entrepreneurs, who built his business around an out-of-the-ordinary customer experience. Why not create an experience that will leave your customers talking and sharing your brand with everyone? These musings were gathered after attending the Next Generation Customer Experience Conference in San Diego, March 2015.
Using icons is a great way to add visuals to your presentation. There are many ways to get icons online, some are even free. But if you need a specific icon that you can’t find or if you want a special spin to your icon (color, shadow etc) – you can use PowerPoint’s great (and somewhat hidden) “Merge Shapes” commands to create your own icons.
Using these commands you can combine basic shapes into other shapes. You can union and subtract shapes. You can intersect and combine. All while still working natively inside PowerPoint. Once you have created an icon you can change the color, filling and add shadows as needed.
It is just as fun as building with Lego blocks! Well, almost..
This is a guide in 15 steps showing you how you can use these commands to create your own icon - the example we are using is a calendar icon.
