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November 28, 2008

SOB Business Cafe 11-28-08

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 9:35 am

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Welcome to the SOB Cafe

We offer the best in thinking–articles on the business of blogging written by the Successful and Outstanding Bloggers of Successful Blog. Click on the titles to enjoy each selection.

The Specials this Week are

Chris Brogan points out the power of Batman available to all of us.
Batman, no matter how amazing, is only one man. Crime is a large and amorphous thing, and it requires lots of people to fight. It requires a better Gotham Police Department, a more capable Commissioner Gordon, a Robin, a Batgirl, and more and more help from others. Oh, and let’s not forget Alfred.

The Myth About Batman

Geek Mommy points out the silent gift that reaches out.
Sometimes, because I’m so chatty (or noisy as some would say) people make the mistake of thinking I’m not listening. Then I end up repeating something back to them they said a few hours or weeks earlier and they seem stunned. You see, as much as I love to talk, share and inform, well… I love learning even more. You learn from listening, observing, and paying attention.

Even a Chatterbox like Me Listens…

Levite Chronicles points out that we can ask for a gift.
I love the idea, but I started to laugh. I thought, “if everyone is listening, who is going to talk?” And then I realized that this is a day addressed to those of us who always talk. It probably should be a doubly-named day, called both, “national day of shut up and let someone else talk already why don’t you.” and “national day of please, you, in the back, arranging the chairs, would you tell us a story? Please?”

listening

Beth’s Blog points out that giving starts early.
When I was a kid, Lucy the Elephant, was in a state of disrepair. A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. How? Bake sales organized by my third grade teacher, Josephine Harron, nicknamed “Cupcake.” Sitting by next to my mom in the kitchen, I mixed up a lot of cupcake batter and icing with my mom for those bake sales.

Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Related ala carte selections include

The Jeff Pulver Blog highlights giving that happened in near record time.
Tweetsgiving is a Twitter celebration of gratitude and giving created by Epic Change, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The project aims to demonstrate the power of the social web by raising $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania.

Another example of Leveraging Social Media for the Social Good: Tweetsgiving

Thank you to everyone who bought my eBook to learn the art of online conversation!

Sit back. Enjoy your read. Nachos and drinks will be right over. Stay as long as you like. No tips required. Comments appreciated.

–ME “Liz” Strauss


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7 Comments to “SOB Business Cafe 11-28-08”

  1. November 28th, 2008 at 10:42 am
    Jeff Pulver said

    Glad to be amongst the ala carte selections. :)

    Hope you are having a very happy Thanksgiving holiday. :)

    Warm regards, Jeff

  2. November 28th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
    Lucretia Pruitt said

    Finding my entry amongst some amazing folks like that on my favorite blog made MY day.
    Thank You, Liz.

    You inspire me in so many different ways…

    You are so amazing!! Happy Thanksgiving! :)

  3. November 28th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hiya Jeff!
    Thanks for stopping over to notice that I had your post up. :)

  4. November 28th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Lucretia,
    You wrote the inspiring post this time. All I did was point to it. :)

  5. November 29th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
    Karen Putz / DeafMom said

    I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, Liz!

  6. November 29th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
    Beth Kanter said

    Thanks so much for including me. Boy, did I have an interesting discussion tonight with my kids while getting their lists and trying to put my own advice in practice …

  7. March 17th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
    Erin said

    Hey I saw that you posted a blog about Tweetsgiving for Epic Change and I just wanted to drop you a note to let you know about TWEETLUCK! This time we are spreading luck and asking people to donate $7.77 for St. Patrick’s Day. Check out Tweetluck.org to see the new spin on Tweetsgiving!!

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