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Join me at Leadercast!
Posted by: | CommentsLast Tuesday, at noon EDT, I participated in something I’d never done before. In fact, it was something I’d never SEEN done before: an interview conducted via Twitter.
A “Twitterview,” if you will.
Suddenly, people used to seeing 1-2 Tweets per day from me, received one solid hour of them coming every 2-3 minutes. Sorry if that caught you by surprise. I especially apologize if you had your Twitter set up to send each of my Tweets as a text to your mobile phone. I bet your phone will never be the same.
Anyway, the Twitterview was courtesy of the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, coming up on May 6. Tripp Crosby, the emcee from last year, asked me loads of questions – most of them serious – and I did my best to answer in 140 characters or less.
Leadercast is a leadership conference for people from all walks of life. And because it’s simulcast from the live venue in Atlanta, Georgia, it’s for leaders from all over the world. This year’s speakers include Robin Roberts from ABC’s Good Morning America, Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A, financial guru Dave Ramsey, and Seth Godin.
You can find out more about Leadercast by visiting their site. Click HERE or on the logo below to learn more.
And if you’re interested in a recap of my Twitterview, you can find it on the Leadercast blog. HERE is a direct link. I hope you enjoy.
Between now and May 6, I’ll be speaking publicly several times, in Ohio and Georgia. (See Events in the sidebar for details.) I’d love to meet you, so if you’re there, please be sure to come up front and say hello at the end of the event. And let me know that you’re a blog reader!
Follow me on Twitter at @JohnCMaxwell.
Be the One… from the Chick-fil-A Leadercast
Posted by: | CommentsA week ago today I had the honor of speaking at the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, and let me tell you: it was phenomenal. The participation of Chick-fil-A Restaurants added so much value to what was already a great conference.
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen what I posted on that day. But mine was only one voice. Thousands of others weighed in on Twitter, which is turning out to be an exceptional resource for conferences and events.
How? To connect participants worldwide, the organizers created a Twitter “hashtag” (kind of a label) for all Tweets about the conference: #cfaleadercast. If your Tweet included that hashtag, it was automatically included. The conversation could be searched and indexed and even watched live on that day on various Twitter applications. To read for yourself what people found most inspiring while the conference was going on – and afterward - click here (a simple Twitter search for #cfaleadercast).
For more resources, check out the official Leadercast site:
Here you can find downloads, speaker bios, videos from the event, and more.
Finally, I’d like to share with you a video of the opening, which I found incredibly inspiring. The young lady doing spoken-word poetry is Amena Brown, a poet and speaker. I was delighted to get to meet her that day, and I hope her words speak to you.
Something fun for your weekend
Posted by: | CommentsOnly one week from today is a fantastic conference/simulcast: The Chick-fil-A Leadercast. I’m so pleased to be a part of a fantastic lineup of speakers, including Jim Collins (Good to Great), Tony Dungy (retired NFL Super Bowl-winning coach), Mark Sanborn (The Fred Factor), and Chip Heath (Made to Stick).
And while the conference will be live in Atlanta, Georgia, it will also be simulcast in many different cities worldwide.
(To see the whole speaker lineup
and find a location near you, visit Leadercast.com.)
Now, if you were at last year’s event, you might remember an “interview” between me and Tripp Crosby, one of the emcees.
Tripp’s parody video caught me totally by surprise, which is always fun. And it also made me look like an idiot, which I LOVED. I enjoyed it so much that I posted it right here on my blog. (If you haven’t viewed that first fascinating interview, take a look.) A year later, I still get asked if I REALLY swim in a Snuggie. (No, I don’t.)
Well, my publishers, Thomas Nelson, loved Tripp’s comedy. So they couldn’t resist asking him to create a second “interview,” this time as a book trailer for Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. And the best part? I got to be in on the joke.
Here is the result:
Isn’t that great? Tripp really captured my “essence,” didn’t he? (And I really hope the next printing of the book DOES have a scratch-n-sniff section.)
In addition to this promotional piece, the folks at Nelson also created a great webpage for the book. If you have a friend who would like to know more about Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, please feel free to point them in that direction.
And if you enjoyed Tripp’s hilarious sendup of me, you can find more of his writing and videos at his website, TrippCrosby.com.
Have a great weekend! I’m preaching in metro Atlanta, Georgia, Sunday. If you’re in the area, I’d love for you to join me at 12Stone Church.
ECFC excerpt and Twitter GIVEAWAY
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s here! Tomorrow is the “official” release date for Everyone Communicates, Few Connect.
And even though many bookstores actually started stocking it weeks ago, we still want to celebrate by offering something to you now. So over the next few days, look for promotions here on the blog, on Facebook, and on Twitter.
TOMORROW (March 30) is an all-day giveaway on Twitter.
(Obviously, if you don’t already follow me there, now’s a good time to start.)
Just log onto Twitter 3/30/2010 at or after 9:00 a.m. EDT, when I’ll share how to enter. Your patience will be rewarded.
Now on that note, I’ll share a timely excerpt from Everyone Communicates, Few Connect:
Connecting Requires Patience
We live in an impatient culture. We use drive-through windows to buy meals, pick up our dry cleaning, complete banking transactions, and order prescriptions. I think Lisa Thorne’s comment on my blog describes a lot of us: “The good news is I move fast; the bad news is I often move alone.”4 Everybody is in a hurry, but that prevents most of us from connecting with others effectively. If you want to connect with people, you need to slow down.
I must admit, impatience has always been a weakness for me, and I have continually had to work on it. Early in my career, I wanted to do things as quickly as possible and move on to the next thing. If someone didn’t want to move at my speed, I breezed right past him or her. But that leadership style hindered my ability to connect with others, and my relationships suffered. The good news was that I moved fast. The bad news was that I often moved alone.
Moving at the speed of another person can be exhausting. It obviously takes energy to keep up with someone who is moving faster than we are. But isn’t it also tiring to move at a slower pace than we want to? Henry David Thoreau wrote, “The man who goes alone can start the day. But he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready.” I find waiting very frustrating. It tries my patience. However, if I want to connect with people, I have to be willing to slow down and go at someone else’s pace. Good connectors don’t always run the fastest, but they are able to take others with them. They exhibit patience. They set aside their own agendas to include others. These things require energy. But I’ve discovered over the years that anything really worthwhile in life takes time to build.
From Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
The book is coming! The book is coming!
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On a boat in the Sea of Galilee, Israel, with my bride, Margaret.
Hello from the USA! Thank you very much for all your good wishes and prayers for us as we toured Israel. I truly enjoyed helping my friend and pastor, Tom Mullins, lead the group from Christ Fellowship Church. We had a fantastic time.
At any rate, I’m back on American soil for the time being. And we have a lot going on this month.
Remember the book? The one that YOU helped me create right here on the blog? Well, it’s finally on its way!
Two weeks from today (March 30) is the official publication date for Everyone Communicates, Few Connect in the US and Canada! If you’d like to read an excerpt of the “finished product” RIGHT NOW, go to Scribd.com, where you’ll find the prologue, chapter 1, and a very nice high-resolution picture of the cover. (Perhaps with YOUR face on it?)
If you read the book here on the blog last fall and found it helpful, please consider going over to Amazon and writing a review. And if you participated in the editing process, make sure to also share your opinion on how that went.
Are you following me on Twitter and Facebook? If not, now’s a great time to start. For the next 30 days, I’ll be sharing updates with quotes and thoughts on the power of connecting.
ALSO…
On Twitter beginning March 30, I’m giving away signed copies of the book (provided by the publisher, Thomas Nelson). Don’t miss out; giveaways will be Tweeted every day until they’re gone.
And finally, over the next two weeks, I’m speaking in Florida (also streamed live online) and North Carolina. Check Upcoming Events in the sidebar for all the details.
Have a great week!
