Here, here. Great thoughts. Including the inclusiveness issue with your daughter hits home with me. I have a two-year-old son and can sometimes dismiss including him because of his age. When I do, however, the difference is noticeable! Good stuff.
See you in Vegas next month!
Daz Cox
· 2 years ago
:) This is a great post! I think it would have been even better with a personal example of teamwork, perhaps a good and bad example.
I didn't know that you worked with Jeff Pulver (until the previous post) but I noticed good synergy between the two of you from his blogtv show, perhaps you could illustrate your point with a paragraph on that one day?
Erica Ortiz
· 2 years ago
Our training supervisor at my current employer (I am one of those marketing/PR types that you tweet about, lol) illustrates this point with the behavior model... being that 70% of us all are people oriented to some degree, then its not a stretch to see how important teamwork and a sense of belonging play into life.
Jane Quigley
· 2 years ago
I'm working on this with out staff - inviting people to meetings for clients or processes they've had no contact with so that we (and they) get a new perspective. What I find is that people get excited about being included - and if they can't make it, that's OK. Everyone likes to be asked.
I travel a lot for business and pleasure - and I love to call my niece and nephew and talk about where I am so they see the world is bigger than their town. So I bought them a globe and they track where I am and where I've been. I also bring them back a token (or whatever) from the subway/transport system from the places I'm at. It keeps a line of communication open between us and expands their imagination.
Jeff Glasson
· 2 years ago
For those who have yet to meet Mr. Brogan in real life, these words are both preached and practi8ced upon.
Chris - thank you for the introductions and including me in several of the circles during the Social Media Breakfast!
NicoleSpag
· 2 years ago
The PNME was actually the first podcast conference Marc and I had ever been too. While at times it was overwhelming, it was people like you, Jim and Charlie that made us feel included. Thank you so much for being friendly and approchable.
And on a sidenote I agree, Joel has an amazing presence. I love his podcast and we probably would have never met him if not for you guys.
Dr.Mani
· 2 years ago
Chris, nice blog.
An email from one of my friends to his friend was about 15 words long, kind of like your template...
"Hey, M, meet Dr.M. He's ____. M's ____. Hope you guys enjoy working together."
That email, 3 weeks back, has led up to a book proposal sitting on the desk of a major New York publishing house!
It gave me a HUGE new perspective about participatory involvement, and more important, the role of playing 'connector'. I'm now in the advantageous position of knowing many groups of people, and will work on bringing them together more actively, now that I'm convinced about how beneficial a quick word in the right place can be.
As for getting people to participate as part of 'ownership' of a concept, it is that exact approach that's taken my non-profit Foundation from start up to being able to fund 22 heart operations in under 4 years.
I'm often blown away by how incredibly supportive, energetic and inspiring my helpers are - and that's because they feel INVOLVED in helping a child through supporting my project.
Hi Chris, this is an interesting post, applicable on many levels as you point out.
I apologize ahead of time for such a long comment, but sometimes being included is life-changing...
I manage the Advanced Prosthetics/Amputee Studies Research Program for the Army. This program manages the research that benefits our amputee soldiers at places such as the new Military Advanced Training Center @ Walter Reed Army Medical Center in DC, and the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX.
While engaging with some of the worlds leading medical researchers, I have Project Officers that run much of the day-to-day "administrivia" of the program. It would be easy for them to disconnect from the meat of the project & sink into the paperwork. Because these amputee soldiers have literally given so much, I feel a strong obligation to give them back as much as possible. So instead of leaving these Project Officer's to do only paperwork, I give them direct responsibility for key phases of our research efforts. With this responsibility, they become personally invested in the projects success.
Yes, including them like this helps my workload, but most importantly, it results in a positive outcome & benefit for our soldiers, and it gives these Project Officers a rewarding personal stake in a very rewarding program that is bringing great things our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines.
Everyone that has worked as a part of this program has been touched and changed by the experience of working with these stronger-than-real-life young people. Without being included, we would have missed the opportunity to have our lives changed for the better.
Thank you for letting me share that.
Stephen Hopson
· 1 year ago
Chris:
And everytime I feel included, I feel so grateful. When I was a boy, I frequently felt left out because I couldn't keep up with the ongoing conversation. Since we've already met, you know what I'm referring to. I've been deaf since birth and while I consider myself an expert lip-reader, I don't always keep up with conversations.
You are a master of including people. When I met you at SOBCon08, you were very approachable, friendly and articulate. I felt like you were including me in your world and I thank you for that. You definitely walk the talk!
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See you in Vegas next month!
I didn't know that you worked with Jeff Pulver (until the previous post) but I noticed good synergy between the two of you from his blogtv show, perhaps you could illustrate your point with a paragraph on that one day?
I travel a lot for business and pleasure - and I love to call my niece and nephew and talk about where I am so they see the world is bigger than their town. So I bought them a globe and they track where I am and where I've been. I also bring them back a token (or whatever) from the subway/transport system from the places I'm at. It keeps a line of communication open between us and expands their imagination.
Chris - thank you for the introductions and including me in several of the circles during the Social Media Breakfast!
And on a sidenote I agree, Joel has an amazing presence. I love his podcast and we probably would have never met him if not for you guys.
An email from one of my friends to his friend was about 15 words long, kind of like your template...
"Hey, M, meet Dr.M. He's ____. M's ____. Hope you guys enjoy working together."
That email, 3 weeks back, has led up to a book proposal sitting on the desk of a major New York publishing house!
It gave me a HUGE new perspective about participatory involvement, and more important, the role of playing 'connector'. I'm now in the advantageous position of knowing many groups of people, and will work on bringing them together more actively, now that I'm convinced about how beneficial a quick word in the right place can be.
As for getting people to participate as part of 'ownership' of a concept, it is that exact approach that's taken my non-profit Foundation from start up to being able to fund 22 heart operations in under 4 years.
I'm often blown away by how incredibly supportive, energetic and inspiring my helpers are - and that's because they feel INVOLVED in helping a child through supporting my project.
See 2 examples of participatory projects here:
http://www.CHDinfo.com/squidoo.htm
http://www.tagathon.org/
Dr.Mani
I apologize ahead of time for such a long comment, but sometimes being included is life-changing...
I manage the Advanced Prosthetics/Amputee Studies Research Program for the Army. This program manages the research that benefits our amputee soldiers at places such as the new Military Advanced Training Center @ Walter Reed Army Medical Center in DC, and the Center for the Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX.
While engaging with some of the worlds leading medical researchers, I have Project Officers that run much of the day-to-day "administrivia" of the program. It would be easy for them to disconnect from the meat of the project & sink into the paperwork. Because these amputee soldiers have literally given so much, I feel a strong obligation to give them back as much as possible. So instead of leaving these Project Officer's to do only paperwork, I give them direct responsibility for key phases of our research efforts. With this responsibility, they become personally invested in the projects success.
Yes, including them like this helps my workload, but most importantly, it results in a positive outcome & benefit for our soldiers, and it gives these Project Officers a rewarding personal stake in a very rewarding program that is bringing great things our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines.
Everyone that has worked as a part of this program has been touched and changed by the experience of working with these stronger-than-real-life young people. Without being included, we would have missed the opportunity to have our lives changed for the better.
Thank you for letting me share that.
And everytime I feel included, I feel so grateful. When I was a boy, I frequently felt left out because I couldn't keep up with the ongoing conversation. Since we've already met, you know what I'm referring to. I've been deaf since birth and while I consider myself an expert lip-reader, I don't always keep up with conversations.
You are a master of including people. When I met you at SOBCon08, you were very approachable, friendly and articulate. I felt like you were including me in your world and I thank you for that. You definitely walk the talk!