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Martin Luther, The Economist, me and you

By Lee Aase | Published: January 5, 2012
On October 31, 2009 I published my 35 Social Media Theses, subtitled “The Disputation of Chancellor Lee Aase on the Power and Efficacy of Social Media,” on the 492nd anniversary of Martin Luther posting his disputation on indulgences on the church door in Wittenburg. Since then, I’ve delivered well over 100 presentations in 7 countries, [...]
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Under-promise. Over-deliver.

By Lee Aase | Published: October 28, 2011
Listening again last night to Guy Kawasaki’s book, Enchantment: the Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions, one of his tips on “How to Enchant Your Boss” was (and I’m paraphrasing because it was an audio book, so I’m not sure I got the quote exactly right): Under-promise and Over-deliver. Only make promises you are [...]
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If Snow Blowers were like Hard Drives…

By Lee Aase | Published: December 4, 2010
…I would have been able to get this one for about 23 cents. As it was, I picked it up at Sears on Black Friday for $419, or about 40 percent off. That 23 cents figure is just a guess, and is probably way high, in the snow blower/hard drive comparison of prices and capabilities [...]
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Accelerating Innovation

By Lee Aase | Published: September 19, 2010
On the day we announced our crowdsourcing plan for the advisory board for our Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media, Seth Godin ironically had a post called “Beyond Crowdsourcing.” It was a riff on the latest TED talk from Chris Anderson. Both of these guys are among my heroes. I hope you find this video [...]
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On World Peace, Labor Day and Blocking Facebook

By Lee Aase | Published: September 6, 2010
I’m as big an advocate of social media as you’re likely to meet. Still, I think Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker went a bit overboard in yesterday’s offering, Facebook and social media offer the potential of peace: Not to be a Pollyanna, but it is striking to realize that peace becomes plausible when barriers to [...]
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