Academy Awards 'Red Carpet' & Social Media

I watched a pro­gram tonight that was on prior to the Acad­emy Awards pro­gram called the ‘Red Car­pet’.  It was the nor­mal ‘meet and great’ of stars.  You know… who they were with, what they were wear­ing, etc. One big thing that really stood out to me was that the inter­view­ers / reporters talked to the stars BUT asked ques­tions that had been posted on Face­book and Twit­ter — and — not one even flinched.  Wow, what a change from even last year.

So you have to know that if social media has hit the Oscar ‘red car­pet’ you best be hit­ting social media in your business!

Many con­grats to the win­ners Jeff, San­dra and Kathryn — right on!!

BTW — did you get a look at some of those dresses???

Jan

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Google & the Winter Olympics in Vancouver B.C.

I watched a news report tonight and it said, and showed, Google Street View using a snow­mo­bile to show what the slopes are like in Whistler for the Olympics.  You can actu­ally do a ski run, see a turn as an Olympic skier does and much more.  Very exciting!

You can also see the view from above, see the ski runs and so much more.  Check it out here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlJ0VQyhQpY

Also do check out this great blog to see great views of pho­tos and video

http://blog.virtualwhistler.com/

More to come in the next days.

Jan

p.s. Wooooo Hoooooooo — Cana­dian hockey team won tonight!!

 

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The Winter Olympics in Vancouver & A Client Connection

My client, Susie Hast­ings, and I have worked together for 5 years now.  She has proudly told me about her son’s Chris & Jeff Hast­ings (ski jump­ing).  I was thrilled to learn they are both in Whistler cov­er­ing the Men’s ski jumps  What a proud Mum!
 
Susie, as a Coach, refers to her Olympic connection:
 
We all know that an Olympic ath­lete flour­ishes under the keen eye of a coach – they dis­cover the poten­tial of the ath­lete, build on their strengths, cel­e­brate vic­to­ries, lift spir­its when the ath­letes are dis­cour­aged, they guide, cheer­lead, pro­vide men­tor­ship and on the occa­sion a good morn­ing wake up call. They believe in the ath­lete – even when the ath­lete doesn’t believe in them­selves. As a mother of two Olympians, Susan applauds coaches, be it sports or life in general.
 
You can read more about Susie and her coach­ing pro­gram here:
 
Hope every­one is enjoy­ing the Olympics.  Much more to come.
 
Jan
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Business in 2009, The Feng Shui Way

I sub­scribe to many newslet­ters to keep up to date of what is going on in many areas of the vir­tual world. One newslet­ter I received this week struck a cord with me and I wanted to share it with you.

This is from Feng Shui Truth:

There head­ing is “BUSINESS in 2009 is “Col­lab­o­ra­tive, Mind­ful and Proac­tive” ENERGY, that serves the greater good of All.”

Sounds a lot like what is going on with the newly elected Pres­i­dent, Barack Obama.

They go on to say, and I will quote:
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Les­son #1: Com­pa­nies and entre­pre­neurs who build reli­able teams, “ven­dor net­works” and strate­gic alliances accel­er­ate the growth of their busi­nesses faster, bet­ter and with less effort.

Les­son #2: Com­pa­nies and entre­pre­neurs who will­ingly accept “feed­back” from their tar­get mar­ket accel­er­ate the growth of their busi­ness faster, bet­ter and with less effort.

Les­son #3: Com­pa­nies and entre­pre­neurs who “honk” at their team mem­bers, staff and ven­dors with “encour­age­ment,” accel­er­ate their per­sonal pro­duc­tiv­ity and busi­ness growth, expo­nen­tially … FAST.

Les­son #4: Com­pa­nies and entre­pre­neurs who pro­tect and edu­cate their teams’ and clients’ in chal­leng­ing times, “grow” their busi­nesses even dur­ing eco­nomic down-swings.

Les­son #5: Com­pa­nies and entre­pre­neurs who show COMPASSION and SUPPORT the com­pa­nies and peo­ple they serve, will sur­vive and thrive (like Geese) in this “new world order” of col­lab­o­ra­tive CO-CREATION.
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There is more but I highly sug­gest you actu­ally sign up for this newslet­ter. It is always full of pow­er­ful ener­gies (and no, I do not get any­thing out of this other then the joy of sharing).

Here is their link: http://www.fengshuiparadigms.com/

Jan

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