The Power of Offering
In a chain of events last week, an idea and a new relationship were born. That idea will continue to form new relationships as it grows. Throughout the story is what Phil Gerbyshak calls “The Power of WE.” Here is what happened.
Chris Owen from Pink Apple Connections wrote about how, if Australia were closer she could be part of SOBcon 07. Leah MacLean wrote about Chris’ post with a suggestion and a questionn about how SOBcon started. Leah’s post generated a pile of comments and a possible Australian conference in the making. It also led to a message from me.
Leah and I met Skype — a brand new relationship. I told her how the relationships at Succeesful-Blog were the seed for the SOBcon event. By the time that call was over, Leah and I were planning a new, virtual event across the dateline.
Working Solo and Successful Blog present the Virtual SOBcon preconference event on March 12.
Chris’ post and her wish to be at a conference with her “mate Phil” put so many things into motion. It started my relationship with Leah and an entirely new event. All of that happened because some folks wanted to have a conference in Chicago. It’s incredible what happens when we engage the Power of WE.
We can change the world — just like that.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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If you’re ready to change the world, send me your thoughts in a guest post. Feel free to take the gorgeous Change the World image up there that Sandy designed back to your blog. Or help yourself to this one.
. Email me about what you’re doing or what we might do. Let’s change the world one bit at a time together. Together it can’t take forever.
The power of curiosity can also change the world. Curiosity was at play in our conversation that day we connected Liz and it may have killed a cat but I haven’t yet seen curiosity kill a business owner or blogger.
Hi Leah!
Curiosity has taught me everything I know! This is going to be so much fun!
Isn’t it amazing what blogging does for us.
The many blog posts I read about SOBCon kept taunting me with what I couldn’t have! It became an obvious posting topic for me and LOOK WHAT HAPPENS!
Thanks Leah and Liz for picking up the ball and running with it! Glad to hear I’ve been faintly instrumental in a new relationship, after all I’m not a relationship diva for nought!
Thanks also for popping in to Take A Bite Liz and telling a quiet(?) little blogger in Australia, who thought nobody knew about her, that she’d be missed at a conference in Chicago! I LIKE it!
Very cool stuff ladies! Looking forward to next year’s trip to Australia to visit Leah and Chris and give you both a big cheesehead hug 🙂 Liz will take them for you both in Chicago. 🙂
Hi Chris!
It is so cool to have you visit here. A new relationship in the making, all because of this little conference that we planned. You most certainly will be missed in Chicago and we’ll make sure that folks know that you are with us in spirit!
Phil,
You and I have a serious role ahead, taking care of these two friends from tomorrowland. 🙂
Hi Liz, and the rest of the commenters… I just couldn’t resist weighing in here about this amazing power that we all have at our fingertips – the power of connection through our love of blogging.
I am totally blown away by the trail of events that has transpired since Chris had her little wail about not being able to go to Chicago. She voiced what a lot of us Aussies (and maybe not a few Americans?) thought about feeling left out of an exciting event connecting with our cyber-buddies.
Now I am looking forward to going back in time to attend the virtual event – who said time-travel wasn’t possible?
Hey Phil – any chance of bringing ME a hug too??
Hi Karen,
We often think that we have no power. We sit back and bemoan our fare “suffer deaf heaven with our bootless cries,” but it’s my experience that there are angels everywhere waiting to help us out.
I understand Chris’s wail, because here sit I potentially hug-less. Oh no!! . . . It’s a risk you run when you hang with Phil. . . . he’s a charisma machine. . . . Now I want a hug from him too. 🙂