Terry Starbucker

JULY 29, 2010

I did, however, read a blog post a few days ago about the power of publicity stunts undiminished in the years since PT Barnum perfected them. Seats are filling fast - dont delay [link] about 41 minutes ago from TweetDeck @tom_peters No, absolutely not. :-) about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck in reply to tom_peters @debworks Indeed he was.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 24, 2010

You *could* apply a lot of these ideas to different conferences, but when the scale is much smaller (150 person limit), the connections get much bigger. Conferences should be a good time. So much so that I’ve already reserved my space for 2011′s Chicago conference. The return for you will be far greater.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 3, 2010

It’s just a conference, right? And yes, we also talked about what makes businesses successful, and how the social media tools that many of us use can play an important role in that success, but the real takeaway this year was that collective kick in the rear we all got to just “do”. How can that happen? Nice, Yogi quote too.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 12, 2010

No press conferences. While the interesting part of all this is the intense debate as to whether or not his behavior should be notable or celebrated in the first place, that’s not what I want to write about today. Hopefully, within the organizations that employ them, this professional behavior is rewarded and celebrated.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 23, 2010

I can imagine the scene in just about every office – the sound of that “ding” from the calendar software, followed by the feeling of approaching gloom, and then, the slow rise from the desk, followed by a very deep breath and finally, the trudge to the conference room. Sound familiar? It doesn’t have to be that way.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2009

My first post , covering the 1st Day of the conference , tied all the presentations on Leadership into the theme of “ sitting tall in the saddle “ This post continues the thread on Leadership, but from a slightly different direction. I’ll take that any day. Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 25, 2010

I’ve written elsewhere on the history of this annual Chicago conference , and how Liz has been a marvelous catalyst for the magic that has occurred there for the last 3 years running, but today I’d like to write about where SOBCon is going, and why. My partner is Liz Strauss, author of Successful Blog.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 25, 2010

“Let us march&# And at 8:59 you walk away from that mirror and towards the conference room, confident and ready. &# You dwell for the last 30 seconds on how words alone cannot make the leader, and the last three words of that quote. It’s showtime! Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 11, 2010

Many teammates take their vacations, and there are weeks where simply getting a quorum at on a conference call or a meeting is a major accomplishment. It’s that “in-between&# time, where the current year’s business plans are fully in place, and the budget season for the next fiscal year is yet to begin.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I’m committed to developing as a leader by opening my heart and my schedule to hear others’ leadership stories, battles and victories, read leadership books, and learn from leadership conferences. There’s much to learn. And I’m thankful for the opportunity.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 27, 2010

A great example to me is what I see every year at SOBCon , the conference I co-host with Liz Strauss. Since then, I’ve seen so many other people make great things happen that same way – there’s something about the act of committing the dream to paper.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 25, 2009

Of course, there’s a lot more to this story and how it resulted in a rapid (and still unbelievable) expansion of my known universe and friendships, the birth of SOBCon (a fabulous annual conference in Chicag0) and a long-term business partnership with Liz, but suffice it to say it was that one little post that set it off.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2009

According to Eric Felten of the Wall Street Journal , just a few years ago the Starbucks director of research and development uttered that line at a conference – because instant coffee was way “off the target&# from the core of its business.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

It’s about trying a new and different perspective – and realizing that you DON’T have all the answers. Seats are filling fast - dont delay [link] about 43 minutes ago from TweetDeck @tom_peters No, absolutely not. :-) about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck in reply to tom_peters @debworks Indeed he was.

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