Billy Bicket

when all else fails -- open doors. - Billy Bicket

enlightened marketer, i'd like to get to know - Billy Bicket

Motorola needs to gain 1200% to reach stock-high in early 90's! - Billy Bicket

more evidence of trend towards tranparency...though the q remains, "Can the campaign use the tools to mobilize support for Obama to address complex gov't issues?" Open question for sure, but my bet is that we're going to see O's team take a hard swing at trying. - Billy Bicket

ms to sell ALL software online by 11/14? wow! - Billy Bicket

Hard to believe the activity and doubt about markets over the last 60 days. An opportunity for new enterprise models that render tangible benefits for people and communities. Audacious visionaries of the world, unite! - Billy Bicket

interesting. d.c. mayor sponsors mashup contest. - Billy Bicket

nice interface, though my question for ben and the change folks is, "To what end will this info-source serve?" Is this a way to introduce quick and dirty ideas and people? Are you going to provide ways for idea-submitters to 'flesh-out' their ideas? How are you supporting those ideas that aren't 'chosen' ideas? etc. When everybody asks everybody for advice, what do we 'do' with all this stuff? - Billy Bicket

steps to testing product ideas. - Billy Bicket

From the fall of 2007 to this October, the share of 16- to 19-year-olds working fell by 8 percent, the largest decline of any age group, and the outlook for youths and low-skilled workers in coming months is bleak, economists say, with the industries most apt to employ them, like home-building and retail sales, taking steep dives. (What about a "Farmy Assistance Program" that pumps $ into the economy of people and groups interested in creating the next generation of Food Cooperatives for America?) - Billy Bicket

"But advisers said the question was whether they could tackle health care, climate change and energy independence at once or needed to stagger these initiatives over time." - Billy Bicket

note to self: figure out a way to collaborate more closely with mysociety in 2009 - Billy Bicket

publish rss feeds into magazine format for feed-fearful friends and colleagues. - Billy Bicket

a premium for consolidating highly-perishable thinking (or is there)? - Billy Bicket

“I posted a message there introducing myself and asking readers to ‘Tell me what hurts,’ and I got a flurry of complaints in response,” Westerman said. “I answered each one and started to address them, and after a few months, the feedback on Duke City Fix started to turn positive. It became a new method for us to address customer issues.” - Billy Bicket

logic behind corpo decision-making with re to 'social media' initiatives. - Billy Bicket

nasa using 'co-working space' as local entry-points for feedback and collaboration. fascinating! - Billy Bicket

“Web 2.0 has to have a purpose.” - Billy Bicket

“I do not underestimate the enormity of the task that lies ahead,” Mr. Obama said, his voice slow and controlled. (Humility is the new black.) - Billy Bicket

Whatever the case, the best thing you can do to protect yourself and your interests is to make friends. The more we are willing to do for each other on our own terms and for compensation that doesn’t necessarily involve the until-recently-almighty dollar, the less vulnerable we are to the movements of markets that, quite frankly, have nothing to do with us. "Think small. Buy local. Make friends. Print money. Grow food. Teach children. Learn nutrition. And if you do have money to invest, put it into whatever lets you and your friends do those things." - Billy Bicket

Though I share in the jubilation at Obama’s election, I find I’m also a bit guarded. Holding back, as if afraid to get “fooled again” by the promise of new leadership. - Billy Bicket

"If you have time for that, then you have time for work." - Howard - Billy Bicket

Over the past two years, I have developed a growing fascination with lawn signs. - Billy Bicket

4 precepts (simple rules to structure and guide local chapter leadership) - Billy Bicket

Growing Power Workshop Dates Breakouts: - Billy Bicket

Noah and I have tried not to define what it is or what it does - and that approach has, I think, kept the meeting on the third Friday of every month attractive to so many people. In this article, Alex Williams sort of sees the coffee mornings as un-networking events. - Billy Bicket

Noah and I have tried not to define what it is or what it does - and that approach has, I think, kept the meeting on the third Friday of every month attractive to so many people. In this article, Alex Williams sort of sees the coffee mornings as un-networking events. - Billy Bicket

Motivating the committed outperforms persuading the uncommitted. The unheralded success factor of Obama's campaign is the get out the vote effort. Every marketer can learn from this. It's easier (far easier) to motivate the slightly motivated than it is to argue with those that either ignore you or are predisposed to not like you. - Billy Bicket

good template for summit wiki via jarvis - Billy Bicket

On approaching his latest book, "That was no easy task. It required building a complete holistic framework for personal growth from the ground up. The idea is that once you mentally step inside this framework (meaning that you adopt a certain mindset), everything would finally click, and you’d be able to make meaningful progress in all areas of your life without having to repeatedly switch contexts. In other words, you could use the same set of rules to improve your health, build a fulfilling career, achieve financial abundance, cultivate loving relationships, boost your productivity, and increase your spiritual connectedness." Golden rules. Focus on providing value to the people we're serving. Listening. Transparency. Integrity. Commitment. - Billy Bicket