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Open Tabs 5

Tagged coaching , music , opentabs , socialmedia

Delicious is overflowing with links, so it is time to share.

This is my third attempt to write and publish post. I've been thwarted at every turn, but I must share with you some of the best things I've read since Open Tabs 4. Here are quotes from four blogs that I think I worth your time. I've got about 20 more to share save to Delicious under the tag OpenTab.

Now is not the time for programming innovation. Instead, we should focus the next fifteen years on expanding the programs that work. Innovation is aimed at system-changing efforts that will lead to huge success or major failure; that’s not what we need right now. US government resources are not limitless, and we have a deep body of research in what works in global health. We have highly effective programs that are begging for funding; that is where our money should go.

An Argument Against Innovation on Blood and Milk

Alanna is talking about global health care and development work, not social media or marketing, but I was sucked into her archives for 30-45 minutes the other night. This post of one of many worth reading and digesting.

The traditional barriers between researchers, practitioners, journalists and the like seem less pronounced and I’ve enjoyed some interesting exchanges as a result.

Despite my early sneers about it, Twitter isn’t just about self promotion, although if you want to promote your ideas, website, blog, publication or other venture then that’s welcomed. I’ve been made aware of some fantastic individuals, charities, organisations and initiatives in UK and globally because people have been willing to share the work they’re doing.

Dr. Petra reviews her first month on Twitter and finds that she agrees with us. It is a pretty nice place to hang out and share ideas.

Does Facebook make you react negatively to some of your friends? Does Twitter make you think the world’s trite? Does Tumblr make you think you just wasted hours of your time scrolling down your dashboard? Does reading the comments on a newspaper article, blog post, YouTube video or Digg thread disgust you?

What depresses me greatly though isn’t that we voluntarily engage ourselves in these activities — as we all deserve a chance to do some mindless stuff — but that we spend an excessive volume of time occupying this persona instead of being who we really are when we’re not sitting in front of a glowing screen adding to the narrative.

This post by Kiyoshi Martinez reminds me that the contrarian point of view can be very important and refreshing. We are not brands, we're human beings.

Beware the social media expert selling a bag full of 'should'.

Everybody can tell you what you 'should' do and you can waste a great deal of time on it. The focus is what you 'can' do. We're moving beyond theory and putting effort behind strategies and tactics that achieve the goals we set.

An industry voice that I trust and recommend - Josh Hallet from Voce in another stellar post.