Comments on: Authenticity and Transparency in the Same Room http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What Makes Your Heart Sing? - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-189168 What Makes Your Heart Sing? - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:41:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-189168 [...] I was ten. Put that together with love of relationships — connections in information and connections between people and you’re getting close to who I [...] [...] I was ten. Put that together with love of relationships — connections in information and connections between people and you’re getting close to who I [...]

]]> By: Dawud Miracle http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-185421 Dawud Miracle Fri, 18 May 2007 15:32:30 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-185421 I've always seen the internet not as a bunch of computers connected together, but as people connected - globally. We can all certainly go overboard at creating cyber relationships to the point that we don't 'live' in the world. Yet events like SOBCon prove to me the power of the web. We brought together more than 100 people who had mostly not met each other. What we all found were friendships. Liz, I feel like I've know you and Wendy - and even Lorelle - for years. SOBCon just gave us the chance to be together physically. I think that's why it's difficult for many of use, such as Wendy and I, to put into words what we experienced. It just sort of goes against our logical minds that we could 'meet people for the first time' and have these deep, open, real connections with them. Isn't that WOW? I’ve always seen the internet not as a bunch of computers connected together, but as people connected – globally. We can all certainly go overboard at creating cyber relationships to the point that we don’t ‘live’ in the world.

Yet events like SOBCon prove to me the power of the web. We brought together more than 100 people who had mostly not met each other. What we all found were friendships. Liz, I feel like I’ve know you and Wendy – and even Lorelle – for years. SOBCon just gave us the chance to be together physically.

I think that’s why it’s difficult for many of use, such as Wendy and I, to put into words what we experienced. It just sort of goes against our logical minds that we could ‘meet people for the first time’ and have these deep, open, real connections with them. Isn’t that WOW?

]]> By: Wendy Piersall http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-185308 Wendy Piersall Thu, 17 May 2007 13:40:54 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-185308 I, for one, am still having a hard time putting the weekend into words - it's rather unconversational of me, to be sure. :) Easton's comment "I went for the people — the hugs - and of course also to pick these incredible minds. I got my fill of the latter and was left wanting lots more of the former" is not only a great summary, it brought a tear to my eye. Perfect. I, for one, am still having a hard time putting the weekend into words – it’s rather unconversational of me, to be sure. :)

Easton’s comment “I went for the people — the hugs – and of course also to pick these incredible minds. I got my fill of the latter and was left wanting lots more of the former” is not only a great summary, it brought a tear to my eye.

Perfect.

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-185300 Liz Strauss Thu, 17 May 2007 12:17:15 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-185300 Hi Dawud, That is the power of the conversation -- talking with true listening. What an amazing conversation it was. I watched it start when the first person arrived and spread like a virus as each person came along. It was nearly impossible not to be part. The allure and intrigue of so many welcoming faces ready to share. Wow! Hi Dawud,
That is the power of the conversation — talking with true listening. What an amazing conversation it was. I watched it start when the first person arrived and spread like a virus as each person came along.

It was nearly impossible not to be part. The allure and intrigue of so many welcoming faces ready to share. Wow!

]]> By: Dawud Miracle http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-185297 Dawud Miracle Thu, 17 May 2007 11:04:36 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-185297 I second Lorelle. It seems a global conversation is what started at SOBCon...and that's exciting. What furthers the excitement for me is how this room of strangers came together as though they had known each other for years. And that, it seems, is the power of the conversation. I hadn't met Lorelle or Franke before, but immediately we had a kinship. Truly it was magical. And all possible because a few people decided to share who they are - first in their blogs, then in a conference room in Chicago. Amazing, isn't it? I second Lorelle. It seems a global conversation is what started at SOBCon…and that’s exciting. What furthers the excitement for me is how this room of strangers came together as though they had known each other for years. And that, it seems, is the power of the conversation. I hadn’t met Lorelle or Franke before, but immediately we had a kinship. Truly it was magical. And all possible because a few people decided to share who they are – first in their blogs, then in a conference room in Chicago. Amazing, isn’t it?

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-185230 Liz Strauss Wed, 16 May 2007 17:57:32 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-185230 Hi Franke, If I said it well, you said it with a story -- even better. Look at the chance we've already made within outselves. . . . Once there was a time when we thought we couldn't make a difference, wasn't there? Hi Franke,
If I said it well, you said it with a story — even better. Look at the chance we’ve already made within outselves. . . .

Once there was a time when we thought we couldn’t make a difference, wasn’t there?

]]> By: The James Gang Idea Log » We have the microphone. And it’s Live. http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-185210 The James Gang Idea Log » We have the microphone. And it’s Live. Wed, 16 May 2007 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-185210 [...] were. Liz Strauss, the main driver behind the conference, wrote about the SOBcon event in the Blog Herald. Liz is so right and she said it so well. “The people in that room had great brains attached to [...] [...] were. Liz Strauss, the main driver behind the conference, wrote about the SOBcon event in the Blog Herald. Liz is so right and she said it so well. “The people in that room had great brains attached to [...]

]]> By: Franke James http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-185206 Franke James Wed, 16 May 2007 14:38:26 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-185206 Liz – You are so right and you said it so well. “The people in that room had great brains attached to their hearts.” At SOBcon, you assembled a group of ‘change agents’ in one room. I know as I sat there listening to everyone speak, I wondered if they understood the power that they wield. We are the new media. Increasingly newspapers turn to blogs to check the pulse of what is going on in the world. On the plane ride to SOBcon, in Chicago, I sat beside a 60-year old businessman. We got to chatting and he railed on and on about corruption in the pharmaceutical and financial industries. He was mad at the injustices he had seen throughout his career and that he was seeing now. He wanted someone to stand up and tell the truth about how individual shareholders were getting fleeced, how drugs were being marketed aggressively without proper testing, and unnecessary deaths were resulting. I said, “You should write a blog. You could speak out about all these wrongs you are telling me. You could help to change things. It could become a real passion for you and launch you into a whole new career. Give it some thought.” He pulled out the newspaper and showed me specific news stories, and told me lurid back stories on some of the newsmakers. He continued to complain, bitterly at times. Finally I said, “You should write a blog. You’d be perfect for it.” But as the plane landed he concluded he probably would never write a blog, “I have to be careful, you know. I have a wife…” I had to laugh at the truth and fear embodied in that statement. Bloggers can represent the conscience of the world. In our blogs, our electronic journals, we can stand up for what is right and speak the truth. And when that truth is spoken by many, and spreads widely through the web, our voices become much louder and we can be heard. We can influence change. All we need is the courage to speak. We have the microphone and it’s live. Liz – You are so right and you said it so well. “The people in that room had great brains attached to their hearts.”

At SOBcon, you assembled a group of ‘change agents’ in one room. I know as I sat there listening to everyone speak, I wondered if they understood the power that they wield. We are the new media. Increasingly newspapers turn to blogs to check the pulse of what is going on in the world.

On the plane ride to SOBcon, in Chicago, I sat beside a 60-year old businessman. We got to chatting and he railed on and on about corruption in the pharmaceutical and financial industries. He was mad at the injustices he had seen throughout his career and that he was seeing now. He wanted someone to stand up and tell the truth about how individual shareholders were getting fleeced, how drugs were being marketed aggressively without proper testing, and unnecessary deaths were resulting. I said, “You should write a blog. You could speak out about all these wrongs you are telling me. You could help to change things. It could become a real passion for you and launch you into a whole new career. Give it some thought.” He pulled out the newspaper and showed me specific news stories, and told me lurid back stories on some of the newsmakers. He continued to complain, bitterly at times. Finally I said, “You should write a blog. You’d be perfect for it.” But as the plane landed he concluded he probably would never write a blog, “I have to be careful, you know. I have a wife…”

I had to laugh at the truth and fear embodied in that statement. Bloggers can represent the conscience of the world. In our blogs, our electronic journals, we can stand up for what is right and speak the truth. And when that truth is spoken by many, and spreads widely through the web, our voices become much louder and we can be heard. We can influence change. All we need is the courage to speak. We have the microphone and it’s live.

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-184980 Liz Strauss Tue, 15 May 2007 18:57:13 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-184980 Hey Lorelle, Woodstock, without the mud and dugs -- and babies being born. :) I hear what you are a saying there was music in the air in the words, in the smiles, in the communiation. It was apparent in every contribution and thoughtful innovation. And the way everyone way helping and helpful was a blessing, in full meaning of the word "goodness." In other words, it was jazzed. :) Hey Lorelle,

Woodstock, without the mud and dugs — and babies being born. :) I hear what you are a saying there was music in the air in the words, in the smiles, in the communiation. It was apparent in every contribution and thoughtful innovation.

And the way everyone way helping and helpful was a blessing, in full meaning of the word “goodness.” In other words, it was jazzed. :)

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-184932 Lorelle VanFossen Tue, 15 May 2007 16:33:55 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-184932 It was the start of a global conversation. So many people with so many diverse backgrounds, blogs, histories, and lives, all coming together to share and communicate, to learn from each other...it was amazing. While it didn't resemble it, I'd say that the first Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference will be thought of as the Woodstock for bloggers of its time. A birthplace for new and innovating thinking based upon mutual respect and sharing. It was amazing. I'm so honored to have been such a small part of the event. It was the start of a global conversation. So many people with so many diverse backgrounds, blogs, histories, and lives, all coming together to share and communicate, to learn from each other…it was amazing. While it didn’t resemble it, I’d say that the first Successful and Outstanding Bloggers Conference will be thought of as the Woodstock for bloggers of its time. A birthplace for new and innovating thinking based upon mutual respect and sharing.

It was amazing. I’m so honored to have been such a small part of the event.

]]> By: The Blog Herald: Bloggers Changing the World - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/comment-page-1/#comment-184842 The Blog Herald: Bloggers Changing the World - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. Tue, 15 May 2007 12:10:17 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/05/15/authenticity-and-transparency-in-the-same-room/#comment-184842 [...] Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo. [...] [...] Read the whole feature in today’s Blog Herald by clicking the logo. [...]

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