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The 5 C’s
1. Contribution:
2. Conviction:
3. Culture
4. Commitment:
5. Confidence:
What do the words above mean to you. I don’t mean what do these words mean, for none of the words above can truly be defined. If one puts a definition behind one of these words, it presents limitations of what they could mean to someone. The 5 C’s are essentially the 5 boxes you have to check off before deciding, am I in the right place. Whether its college, high school, a job, or even a club, creating a mental checklist of the 5 C’s can be a useful way to navigate through difficult situations.
Making a mental checklist of the 5 C’s is quite the easy task but it is important to put emphasis on focus on it for it to truly benefit you. On a scale of 1-10 with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the absolute highest, how would you rate your happiness levels of your choice of occupation, school, and social group? Try using the 5 C’s for this. If your being honest with yourself and you scored a 10, high five because that means you are in the right place in your life; don’t doubt it. However, if you did not score a perfect 10 still give yourself a high five because it means your being honest with yourself and you see room for improvement in some areas. Now lets dissect your answer for a bit - if you scored a 5, why? Did you get a 7, a 9 or something as low as a 2? If you scored lower than a 10 what made you score lower than a perfect 10 and how do you think you can improve that at all? When choosing whether to transfer high schools, I thought about my contribution to my previous school, deciding whether I made an impact that was critical or even noticed. I looked at my motivation to succeed, the social culture, valued importance of studying the subjects I was taking, and the confidence I had to be competent at my school. Once I realized that school did not check enough of my 5 C’s I knew what the right choice was. This is just an example of using the 5 C’s in everyday life, but apply it to anything and it will make a difference in your decision making for the better.
Inspired by: Adventures in Positive Psychology by Joe Wilner
The 5 C's of Building a Community
As I sit on a flight to Canton, Ohio to speak to an Advertising Federation chapter, I'm tweeting, on Facebook chat and answering emails. I wouldn't be do any of those things if I didn't have a community of followers/friends or potential/existing sponsors to have a conversation with. I also wouldn't have the chance to do public speaking without a community that's supported my business and helped create new opportunities. Basically, I'd be nothing without my community.
So how have I built this awesome community? Well, I think I can sum it up in 5 C-words and I hope this helps you, your business or someone you may know...
Conversation: The first and most important "C" in my mind, is having a conversation with potential community members. The majority of us aren't celebrities, we won't be featured on prominent news outlets on a regular basis and won't have any opportunities to have a community of fans/followers/friends fall into our laps. So, you need to spark up conversations with people and you need to exhaust the heck out of your existing network. People tend to forget that they're already connected to people who are connected to other people. Engage in conversation with them, stay tuned in to their lives and try to go out of your way to help anyone you can. To find brand new conversations, Twitter Search is probably one of the most powerful FREE tools you could ever have at your disposal.
Content: Following conversation, what kind of content are you putting out into the world to keep your community interested and to have new people find you? It's not like you need to make critically acclaimed movies, or even short YouTube videos, but you should be sharing photos of things that might interest/entertain people, share your insight into the world and join all kinds of conversations. Facebook is built around sharing content, whether it's a Status, Photo, Link or Location. All of these things are pieces of content that you can create daily. Don't overdo it, but don't sell yourself short either.
Context: Everyone knows the saying "content is king", but there's a shift in thinking in social media and it's to remember how important context is. You can churn out content all day long, but if it doesn't resonate with the people viewing/reading it, why do they care? Being contextual is easy if you ask your friends/fans/followers/customers what it is they like. Take the time to learn things about your community and stay contextual.
Creativity: When I thought of the idea of IWearYourShirt it wasn't because I saw someone else do something similar. I thought of something unique and tried to be creative. I wanted to take something (advertising/marketing) and do it differently. Being creative doesn't come naturally to everyone, but the easiest way to make creativity happen is to get out of your comfort zone, put yourself in situations you wouldn't normally put yourself and be open to trying things. You'd be surprised at how creative you can be when you aren't doing the same things over and over again and how that can attract new friends/fans (and press!).
Commotion: Shake things up! Similar to my point in creativity, leave your comfort zone. Travel to a place you've never been (even if it's just a weekend getaway). Go to different social events and actually hang out with people in person. Join a local group, church, non-profit, etc. Have your company's logo built out of 3,000 Lincoln Logs. Take an advertisement out in a local paper and put nothing but a picture of your face. Maybe those last two aren't great ideas, but you get what I'm trying to say. By causing a commotion and stirring things up, you'll get people's attention. Attention = Very valuable.
And what would this post be without a thank you to my community? I've started to include the slide below in my speaking presentations and I'm honored to have so many awesome people support IWearYourShirt. I'll be continuing to update this image as often as I can, and if you have a photo of yourself in an IWYS t-shirt please post it on our Facebook page.
Thank you for reading this, thank you for supporting me and good luck in building your own community!
The 5 C's - Get Out of the Ghetto (G.M.C. Records, 1974)
http://www.discogs.com/5-Cs-I-Need-A-Girl-Get-Out-Of-The-Ghetto/release/1573088
(Found in Melbourne for next to nothing!)
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