ignite talk how dare you not be awesome

How DARE you!!??*

*Not be awesome?

Fear is a terrible motivator.

Love Matters. Love Lasts.

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Awesome is NOT a Private

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Challenge and Inspire

• product of a creator’s passion

• evoking surprise and delight

• reflects the essence of (their) creation

@awesomefound

[The Awesomeness Manifesto]

Four Pillars of Awesomeness…

• Ethical Production• Insanely Great Stuff• Love• Thick Value

http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/haque/2009/09/is_your_business_innovative_or.html

What’s Your Superpower?

[Four leaf clover]

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• Maximize Chance Opportunities

• Listen to Lucky Hunches

• Expect Good Fortune

• Turn Bad Luck to Good

1. be kind and fair to

everyone.

2. don't worry whether or

not anyone likes you.

3. help people.

4. ask.

5. act. (get excited and

share it)

http://pistachio.posterous.com/lauras-rules-0

laura’s rules6. love yourself.

7. love others. (try radical

forgiveness)

8. gratitude for everything.

9. hope is your only hope.

(and fear is your only worry)

10. be present.

“learn to not be afraid of who you actually are.”

http://pistachio.posterous.com/lauras-rules-0

“Use it Where You

Think Best”

-IBM ThinkPad Commercialsbrowser • SMS • IM • RSS • blogs • widgets • desktop • mobile • clients • websites • subscriptions • listening tools • blog tools • plugins • visualizations

Build Value.visibility

relevance

relationships

social capital

community

ideas

trust

research

marketing

networking

customer

service

traffic

news

sales

SEO

“Only connect.’

-E. M. Forrester

[PeeWee Dummies]

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