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Tid-bits from SOBCon ‘07 - An Insider’s Perspective

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I know many of you might be SOBConned out at this point but I thought I’d share a bit about what the conference looked like from my perspective. Call it an insider’s view of the conference.

So here are a few tid-bits from what I saw at the conference that you might not have seen:

One final tip for everyone who attends next year. Some of the best conversation and connections happen outside of the formal sessions. You will completely miss out if you don’t

SOBCon is ON!

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Only 14 Days to a Blogging Experience Like No Other

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SOBCon 07:

When you join content-rich conversations with authentic relationships, you are bound to make an amazing experience.

Here’s what you can look forward to.

–Me “Liz” Strauss
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Drew McLellan Can’t Keep a Secret

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Or Can He?

Perhaps the real question is
Should he?

If by some force of magic, and you were Drew,
then would he?

If he were offered millsions of $dollars,
then what do think the answer is? Could he?

All I know is right now. Drew is
advertising that he’s got a secret about SOBCon 07.

Click the title to find out about the secret that Drew has.

Want to know [Drew's Confidential] secret?

Pass on the secret . . . there’s only 16 days left!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
SOBCon 07 limited seating. Register Now!

You Can’t Write My Blog Post

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A Bad Facsimile

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She came into my office and sat across the desk from me. She might have been the brightest person I ever hired. I know she is the best.

We were meeting on her first lesson for a teacher guide that she was working on. Her name was J.

I looked down at the lesson. I looked up at J. I said, “Do you like this lesson?”

J said, “Do I like the lesson? Well it has this, and this, and that.”

I repeated myself. “I said, “Do you like this lesson?”

J said, “Well it has that, and that, and this.”

So, I said, “J. This isn’t a test. Do you like this lesson? Would you actually teach from it?”

“Oh no! I wrote what I thought you wanted. I’d never teach it like that.”

J get this straight. You can’t write my lesson. I can’t write yours either. If we tried we’d both just fail miserably — we’d both write bad facsimiles. I’d write a bad facsimile of your lesson. You’d write a bad facsimile of mine.

Writing a blog works the same. You can’t write my blog post. I can’t write yours either. What I can do is pay attention to how you do things and find my own version of doing them that makes sense for me.

I can’t write your blog post.

But I can find my version. That blog post that would be only me.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
SOBCon 07 It’s incredible. Are you coming?

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