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helpful list. - Sean Oliver

"It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth." ~ Francis Bacon - Bill Romanos from Bookmarklet

"If you're anything like me, you are constantly creating social data. From your blog posts and your tweets, your photos and videos, bookmarks and status updates, you are creating new information, big and small. You might do so in spurts, or you might be creating new content throughout the day. But with so many different social networks out there, and friends scattered here, there and everywhere, there's always the potential you're not sending the right data to the right place. But if you start by knowing where your data is flowing now, you can make minor adjustments along the way to get the recipe right." - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

Excerpt: "The "what is Twitter about?" article is not a new concept. It's been discussed frequently pretty much since Twitter was launched. Yet people still have a hard time grasping the concept. In fact, Twitter has had a hard time with user retention most likely because so many people try it based on all of the hype, and then don't return because they don’t "get it."" - Sharon McPherson from Bookmarklet

The story of how I started a social media community in Japan and how talk about how to make money in social media makes for a good icebreaker. - Lance Shields

I would argue that using "Money Talk" as an icebreaker would attract a less than ideal crowd. Sacrificing quality for quantity in the short term doesn't seem like a great way to build an engaging community with longevity. YMMV. - coldbrew