Revelnnovation

The Mayo Clinic is doing some amazing things in the innovation space, using service design. Mayo has a three year track record for holding an annual Innovation conference that engages the whole organization with social media tools. Features of the gathering that helps spur on energy, creativity and innovation include:

• Diversity, 400 or so executives & thought leaders in diverse disciplines of large enterprise innovation are invited mix & mingle at the conference

• Tools, using new engagement tools in social media, such as SocialText, (described on a business page on Facebook)

• Processes: Fostering "microsharing" - a process using the above two factors, in order to extend creative thinking to the whole organization, 50,000 people

• Engagement, Mayo staffers not at the conference appoint themselves as connectors and advocates of new ideas and innovations to carry ideas forward to further development and possible implementation

• Published, Mayo cited as a case study cited in ~ The New Social Learning, Tony Bingham and Marcia Conner, 2010

Check it out and see what you think:
http://blog.centerforinnovation.mayo.edu/

As for me, I'm including them in my presentation at the local OD Summit this week in Michigan (organization development) with the title: Social Media: Choosing Change Leadership & Strategic Agility over Chaos.

More about the local, Michigan OD Summit conference is available here: www.odsummit.com

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Digital New York Times PAID subscription:  OK - I'm NOW, just now, ready for this.

• iPad √ check. 
•  iPhone √ check. (The iPhone is my 3G workhorse - I can't live without it work-wise...)

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You get what you pay for...or someone pays for...

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The light tablets are all ready for PRIME TIME, sez I.  Whether it is an iPad, a Samsung big pocket size or Motorola Xoom, whatever, this is truely the year of tablet content delivery.  Baby boomers are doing it.  Your grandmother might even be doing it. 

Ever since I saw tablet sized readers via some part of the Star Trek franchise, I was hoping. I think I can finally let go of my HandSpring Visor component system jones, as the tablets are really doing it for me.

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Photos:  by Deb, Mohan and his Samsung pocket tablet this January, 2011.

Shoop, shoop, shoop, finger touch:
1) Light, agile tablet: It's less wieldy than flipping through all that newsprint on Sundays.

2) Cleaner too! No newsprint inky fingers. Pecan rolls sticky fingers with breakfast are another story.

Reasonable price - high end subsidies:
3) The Times is a fairly expensive paper for good reason, to pay for the level of in-depth trained journalism.  (Fox News arguements aside.) This English major never ceases to enjoy the wonderful quality of writing in this paper.

4) Daily paper subscriptions, on one count, are .99 a month rising to 8.99 a week for digital for iPad and smartphone. There are other deals out there.

5) Subsidies: Depending on who you are and what you do, Lincoln and other companies courting you might subsidize your subscription for one year. Sounds like a smart move to me.  You get what you pay for, or what someone out there pays for.

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 Your grandmother might even be doing it. 

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Rich content:
6) Movies, slide shows, audio narration, citizen journalism are all value adds in the digital platforms. I love hearing about fashion on the street from the cool guy with a New York Accent:

7) Personalization & customization: I agree it is cool, not creepy. I'm more ready for it now in 2011. In 2010, it was still a bit creepy.

Ann Arbor News R.I.P. - AnnArbor.com is still finding its way.  I just discontinued my New York Times Sunday only paper version this past January.  (The soy ink based papers get recycled in my garden.)  The guy on the phone was really good about it and let me know what was in the works for the iPad.

Via iPad, I look forward to my daily read every day, and we have, in this household, one subsidized subscription and one that I've already paid for.  For quality journalism, I'm glad to do it.   I want it.  It backs up my twitter, Facebook, citizen journalism mania and restores balance to the force.  

--Deb

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Excerpted:  If you've always wanted to set up a blog, but aren't particularly web savvy or don't want to invest a lot of time in blogging, you may want to consider using Posterous.

Posterous (pronounced "PO-ster-us") makes it ridiculously easy to set up a blog and share your thoughts, photos, videos and favorite links with others on the web via email.

Deb will share her story, lessons learned, and tips & strategies for staying on top of social media development and the decision questions that will help you make wiser choices for how you budget your marketing time and money. Deb's presentation will include looking at the niche of marketing for independents, consultants, and small to medium sized business, which may be overlooked in much of the social media research geared to large business.

To sign up for attending this lunchtime presentation this Wednesday, January 20th, 2010, go to the Facebook LA2M (Lunch, Ann Arbor Marketing) events page either here on the Reveln Consulting events page here or on the Facebook LA2M event site here.

She'll also share her contacts with those in the business who are discovering new trends regularly and links to tutorials and helpful Posterous blogger examples.

Deb Nystrom is an organization development consultant and leadership coach based in Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States) with 20+ years of experience serving business, higher education (University of Michigan+), and non-profits. Reveln Consulting provides organizational development and leadership coaching and is all about helping you access the strengths, innovation, and yearnings of your leadership team and organization to fully achieve your mission and vision.

Learn more about Deb by following these links:
* http://debnystrom.posterous.com/
* http://www.linkedin.com/in/dnrevel
* http://twitter.com/RevelnConsults

Sign up today on the Facebook events RC page  here or  LA2M here.  The event is offered at no charge.  Donations are accepted to help cover LA2M costs.  See you there!

 

Deb:  Anybody who knows me in SE Michigan or follows me knows I'm an unabashed Posterous girl, for business & fun.  Posterous is so simple and easy to use, writing about it as an innovation for your edification and practical use seemed appropriate.

Sachin, formerly with Apple, is demonstrating the elegant design inherent with Apple's culture in the Posterous platform, IMHO, just with the beatifully simple email and mobile smart phone interfaces, for starters.  It's great for business too!  Check out my Reveln mothership home page and facebook business page, for examples of posterous integrations.

I walk the talk too, as I have now 13 posterous blogs, since I started using Posterous last September.  Some of my blogs are private -- for friends family.  Some are private group blogs with a password.  Some are public and business oriented, like Reveln Education (almost 20K site hits), and some are just for fun, like my personal but public blog with my name, Deb Nystrom.

 

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Here's a pretty cool post by the Posterous folks on why Posterous is the "graduate" level for those of you aging out of MySpace and Tumblr, as well as those of you taking your first time blogger baby steps.   Enjoy this cool, robust and magnificently simple blogging platform.    --Deb

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Posterous is the "graduate" level for those...aging out of MySpace and Tumblr, as well as ...first time blogger[s]...

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Tumblr is a pretty cool service.  They offer easy set up, loads of funky themes and super-simple reblogging. 

But blogging on Tumblr is sort of like being in high school.  But you know deep-down that you can't be in high school forever.  Eventually, you have to move on.

It's the same with blogging.  After you get your feet wet, you need comments and the ability to moderate them.*  You need to add different media types to each post.  Your sharing needs are more complex, and your site needs to grow with you. 

Face it.  You need to leave Tumblr behind and graduate to Posterous.

...Sharing on Twitter and Facebook is great. But what about your number one reader, your mom? Wouldn't it be great if she could get an email whenever you posted?

With Posterous there are [virtually] no limits to your self expression.  You can use Posterous to run your private family email list, proudly promote your business or set up a multi-user site where everyone contributes posts via email without having to set up an account.   If you can imagine it, you can do it on Posterous.

Moving your Tumblr blog to Posterous is simple.  ...Get the straight scoop at switchto.posterous.com from users like Pascual.

Update 1:  Several folks have pointed out that Tumblr allows multiple people to contribute to a site.  On Posterous, your group members don't need to have an account to post to your group site whereas Tumblr requires them to sign up first. 

There's  A 2nd update too, read more....

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