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POPSLost Generation: This is a "must see" video. Just under 2 minutes. 7 1/2 million views so far. Thanks to my friend, John Fedorchak, for finding this and bringing it to my attention on Christmas Eve 2009.
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POPSThe Daffodil Principle A re-clip of one of my favorite, inspirational stories! It always seems to resurface and circulate each spring. At the time I re-clipped this, there were 1442 "views".
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POPSWrite for Reuse This is great advice for anyone who writes blogs, or other content for the web.
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POPS Why Facebook Is Even Bigger than You Think
Facebook is the precursor of something Fogg calls mass interpersonal persuasion. That is a new phenomenon and the most important thing to happen in the world of persuasion since the advent of the radio over 100 years ago. Radio changed the game for persuasion because it allowed a message to be broadcast to thousands and millions of people, which was previously not possible. TV was an extension of that, but I don't think it was the big leap that radio was. Facebook takes very strong interpersonal influence dynamics -- the way people persuade each other face-to-face in small groups with peer pressure, reciprocity, flattery -- and allows those to be used on a mass scale because your social networks are built in. Friends influence friends, who influence friends, and that keeps rippling out. They can reach people very quickly for very little cost and ordinary people can set these in motion. It doesn't require a big broadcasting company or a big PR campaign. If you get the right message i
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POPSVerbal Judo George Thompson, CEO and Founder of Verbal Judo, was on CBC's Ottawa Morning radio yesterday. Great concept, useful everywhere.
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POPSThe Daffodil Principle For the past 10 years or so, the story of "The Daffodil Principle" begins to circulate at this time of year. This is one of the most inspirational stories I've ever read. It deserves to be read and to be passed along! Please "pop" it, and "Pay it Forward" -- tell 3 or more people about this great story.
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POPSCity of Ottawa approves Biodiversity Task Force This task force will be composed of members of the Environmental Advisory Committee, a staff person from the Environmental Sustainability Division, and representatives from the community, the Ottawa Forests and Greenspace Advisory Committee, the Rural Issues Advisory Committee and the Conservation Authorities. While the City does not yet have a Biodiversity Strategy document, staff is already implementing policies to protect natural features and habitat. Currently, work is ongoing in the areas of climate change and stormwater management.
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POPSClustrMaps: Great tool for visualizing website visitors I just stumbled on this tool a few days ago. I've set it up to track visitors to fullcircles.org. Although we set up fullcircles.org primarily to target and serve Canada, we can visually see that ,in just a couple of days, we've had visitors from the US and Europe. /e
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POPSHow to Be Photogenic Seems my BIL is having a LOT of trouble getting his passport photo accepted for a Canadian passport. I found this for him! /e