(SOURCE:"mcgee")-McGee nails it! People don't want to narrate their personal and business lives using blogs and other tools because they are afraid that their narration will be ignored and considered uncompelling. Call me an optimist but I think everyone has a compelling story to tell in both their personal and business lives. And this story can and should be shared!
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Conventional wisdow says it's because people are worried that someone will steal their ideas. I think that's a rationalization. I think the real fear is the fear of being ignored. The fear that the knowledge I share is so obvious or trivial that no one will care. What's the old maxim from Mark Twain? "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." The issue may still be fear, but it's a fear that we need to address in a very different way.
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(SOURCE:"mathemagenic")-Which archetypes best describe you? There are alot of Avoiders out there but conversely that means we just have more work to do to figure out how to help the Avoiders become Seekers and Sharers. Life is full of challenges! <quote> * The Knowledge Seeker (e.g. R&D, marketing) - "motivated by the job itself; focuses on the big picture; finds detail tedious" * The Knowledge Sharer (e.g. manager, trainer) - "regards knowledge as a common currency; distinguishes between stewardship and ownership of knowledge; more interested in transfer than retention of knowledge" * The Knowledge Keeper (e.g. finance, personnel) - "screens knowledge selectively; ascribes equal importance to the retention and transfer of knowledge; forms strategic alliances" * The Knowledge Avoider - "distinguishes between official and unofficial knowledge; regards official knowledge as inherently suspect; considers knowledge-sharing a lure to entrap staff into unnecessary activities" </quote> [Roland Tanglao: KLogs]

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I met Todd, a banker, tonight at our friend Paula's party. His job is to fund knowledge based industries. I was stunned to find out that he doesn't know what a blog is! I figured that bankers would know based on especially after Google's recent acquisition of Blogger and Neoteny's (who are VCs) funding of TypePad. Don't all bankers and VCs know each other :-) ?

Just goes to show you that blogs are far from mainstream. I need to continue to cultivate my pitch.

Because bottom line: a) we don't have a business model that I can pitch to bankers and VCs although I think we are getting closer b) blogging is new!

But I do know that blogs are a big part of the future of the web and if we don't make lots of money off of it somebody else will. And to me, it's not all about money (but of course that's a big part of it); it's about making the world a better place by enabling better communication through blogging.

Todd: I suggest you come to one of our DisruptiveThinking Meetings and we can discuss blogs, demo blogs and start one up for you.

In the meantime here are some links for Todd to investigate about blogging:

• What is blogging?
• Why blog?
• VanEats our blog about cooking and eating in Vancouver
• Status Blogging 101 - we think that private status blogs are an excellent tool to eliminate meetings and make organizations better by improving communication

[Roland Tanglao: KLogs]

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