“Some of the power has shifted from companies to people. Using social media tools (blogs, wikis, tagging, etc.) more individuals are creating semi-spontaneous 'groundswells' of opinions to which companies and other institutions are realizing they must respond. From marketing to consumers organizations are being pulled into engaging with individuals.” PeopleIndividualSocialRealizingCompanyOpinionMediaCreatingToolsOrganizationInstitutionsMarketingSocial MediaConsumersEtcSpontaneousEngagingConnectingBlogsWikis Author:Charlene Li
“The L Word reaffirmed that good storytelling has a way of creating community. Fans everywhere have been connecting with each other online, in public and at home-viewing parties.” WayHas BeensHomeCommunityPartyFansCreatingStorytellingOnlineConnectingGood Storytelling Author:Jennifer Beals
“Imagine connecting with the human spirit in each person in any situation at any time. Imagine interacting with others in a way that allows everyone's need to be equally valued. Imagine creating organizations and life-serving systems responsive to our needs and the needs of our environment.” WayNeedsHumansPersonsSpiritSituationEnvironmentImagineCreatingOrganizationServingHuman SpiritConnectingOur EnvironmentNonviolent CommunicationInteractingInteracting With Others Author:Marshall B. Rosenberg
“Creating ideas that spread and connecting the disconnected are the two pillars of our new society, and both of them require the posture of the artist” TwoIdeasArtistCreatingSpreadConnectingPosturePillarsDisconnected Author:Seth
“I really love connecting people, creating communities. As a kid, creation was something that I always loved.” PeopleKidsCommunityCreationCreatingConnecting Author:Kevin Systrom
“Those memories that are engraved within me become teaching tools, ways of connecting with others, of creating an empathic bridge, of reaching out a hand and saying, I've been there, too.” WayHandsMemoriesTeachingCreatingToolsBridgesReachingReach OutConnectingEngraved Author:Dani Shapiro
“I figured out in my thirties it was about 'what can I contribute'? And what I figured out about that is creating something from scratch, and connecting it to people.” PeopleCreatingConnectingScratchesCreating Something Author:Mike Birbiglia
“I feel the calmest when I'm drawing or when I'm creating images. I love connecting the mind with the hand and producing something - that is very comforting and centering for me.” FeelsMindHandsCreatingDrawingConnectingComfortingCentering Author:Jerry Pinkney