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A funny thing occurred to me recently as I was redesigning this blog. (by the way, if you haven't stopped by the actual site lately, it's got a whole new look) There's a very specific reason why it's named Awaken Your Superhero - you're already a superhero. You have only to realize it, to awaken it within yourself.
I was going through my archives the other day, sifting out stuff that I didn't need to hold onto any more, and found some pretty amazing content collecting dust. I have hours and hours of video, text, and all kinds of media, some of which has never seen the light of day but is incredibly valuable. Other stuff used to be posted online, but has since vanished due to changes, time, even companies going out of business.

Plenty has been written about the pros and cons of employees engaging in social media at work, officially or unofficially. Plenty of people have gained and lost jobs through the judicious or indiscrete usage of social media and new media, but by and large, most corporations haven't truly accepted full employee participation in new media. Here's a slightly different perspective on personal brand, personal blogs, and corporate success:
As both a practitioner and teacher of social media stuff, it's interesting to see what people ask for, what people ask to be taught, what other teachers view as important. Here's an unpleasant truth to social media:
If you missed it earlier this year, I presented at the Inbound Marketing Summit on the ROI of social media. Here's the session video. Enjoy!
What's next? Is it Google Wave? How should we be using Twitter? Which social networks should we be on? What's next?
I'm proud to announce that after several months of very hard work and significant effort on the parts of the University of San Francisco and our instructors, the Advanced Social Media certificate course is now live and available to the world!
Book me to speak at your next conference, trade show, or event and I'll help you awaken your audience!
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