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One thing presents itself to me as being significant. I followed Cynthia and her friend and they pointed Im at my wits end for money. And, by making Dawes edge away from his own affection, mingled with violent hate, for the man. I find I cant marry an Englishwoman, not even flirt, like Charlie, who isnt successful. And the traveller and he were left alone together. She hated the dialect the thee and the tha.

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A Digital Book Report (Continued)

Hi all!

As promised earlier, I have returned to discuss my findings regarding the work featured above.

After travelling around with me to work, school, the park, & many other locations, my copy of Macrowikinomics is a little rough around the edges, but don't let that fool you. This book is tough, both literally and figuratively. Not having come from a marketing background, this book took some effort on my part to get through. Many times I wanted to give up, throw it out & never see it again, but a small part of me wanted to read a little further. 

If I had to choose two things that I have taken away from this book they would be that the world is in a greater need of immediate action over more industries than I was aware of, & the second would be an increase in my vocabulary. I am confident that I looked up more terms and words on Google over the past weeks than ever before. Arab Spring, P2P bankers, modus operandi, carbon markets & powder keg are just a few off the extensive list that have been added to my personal encyclopedia - one that is safe from the destruction, replacement or change coming to the educational system. 

At times this extra weight that I was carrying around with me would make me stop and think.. Is it too late? How can we possibly make up for lost time? Will we ever be able to catch up to Denmark's energy initiatives? Will I be able to afford an eco-friendly car when the time comes? Perhaps if we all get our acts together NOW, maybe just then, there can still be hope for the future. Never again do I want to hear the words "How much impact can one person really have on the system?". I am not perfect, but I am certainly going to try - we all need to try a little harder - to make a difference by consuming less, collaborating, and being more open with one another on many levels.

I couldn't think of a better summary for this work than the one offered by The Huffington Post, so I decided to borrow it:

"(This book is) Nothing less than a game plan to fix a broken world."

Thanks to these 388 pages, my eyes are now wide open to a world and global population that is desperate for renewal and rejuvenation & I pledge here that thanks to this book, I will be much more aware of how we need to make this happen.

That being said... I challenge you all to be more open, to engage in collaboration, to share, to be true to who you are, & finally to be interdependent. 

On a final note, I think that Macrowikinomics should be read by many, no matter what stage of life you find yourself in (if you are interested I know where you can find a copy). 

I hope to see some of you step up to the challenge, not only for yourselves but for the generations to come.

With Love, 

K

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A New Day....Introducing the Digital Book Report

Hello Friends, Family & Visitors, 

As I mentioned to you in a recent post, I am currently enrolled in continuing education..remember? For my most recent project in my social media marketing class I was asked to select a book related to the social world. Topics varied from the new web, others about the history of social, and some (as in the case for my selection) present the view of new. After much consideration on what it was that I wanted to get out of the class,  Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet, seemed like the right fit. The work, co-authored by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams promised to provide me with an in depth look into the world of collaboration on a large scale as well as the way that it is changing the life cycle of how business connect with the consumer.

I was initially drawn to it, as it covers a spectrum of industries, each one independent from the next, while at the same time drawing the pathways which interconnects them by the phenomenon of collaborative innovation and the ability of communication to occur in a very open and exposed environment. I anticipated that I would be educated on the new momentum that the business world has gained, and that if businesses do not follow the trend they may just get left in the dust.

The high acclamation that it has received from many individuals who all come from different backgrounds and industries helped to seal my decision that this was the book that would be carried around in my leather tote for the foreseeable future.

Hoping that I will gain a good foundation about the world of marketing, I am jumping right in unaware of what is to come in the next 388 pages.

I will report back later & will (try) to post snapshots of favorite moments (both here & on Pinterest) along the way.

With Love, 

K xx

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The industrial age model of education is hard to change. New paradigms cause dislocation, disruption, confusion, and uncertainty. They are nearly always received with coolness or hostility. Vested interests fight change. And leaders of old paradigms are often the last to embrace the new.

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$10,800,000,000.00. The estimated amount of greenbacks you'd need to shell out if you wanted to recreate Linux using conventional methods.

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"The interdependence of actions & events means we have no option other than to try to encourage and enforce mutual cooperation through a new division of labor among the four key pillar of society: business, government, the civic sector, and a new pillar enabled by the internet -the individual citizen." - Macrowikinomics

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The future is not something to predict, it is something to achieve

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New book by bestselling authors @dtapscott & @adw_tweets : Macrowikinomics, Rebooting business and the world

In their 2007 bestseller, Wikinomics Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams showed the world how mass collaboration was changing the way businesses communicate, create value, and compete in the new global marketplace. Now, in the wake of the global financial crisis, the principles of wikinomics have become more powerful than ever. 

Many of the institutions that have served us well for decades or centuries seem stuck in the past and unable to move forward. And yet, in every corner of the globe, a powerful new model of economic and social innovation is sweeping across all sectors-one where people with drive, passion, and expertise take advantage of new Web-based tools to get more involved in making the world more prosperous, just, and sustainable.

Tapscott and Williams show that in over a dozen fields-from finance to health care, science to education, the media to the environment-we have reached a historic turning point: cling to the old industrial-era paradigms or use collaborative innovation to revolutionize not only the way we work, but how we live, learn, create, govern, and care for one another. You'll meet innovators such as:

* An Iraq veteran whose start-up car company is "staffed" by over 4,500 competing designers and supplied by microfactories around the world * A microlending community where 570,000 individuals help fund new ventures-from Angola to Vietnam * An online community for people with life-altering diseases that also serves as a large-scale research project * An astronomer who is mapping the universe with the help of 250,000 citizen scientists

Tapscott and Williams once again use original research to provide vivid new examples of organizations that are successfully embracing the principles of wikinomics to change the world

http://www.macrowikinomics.com/

Don Tapscott  is one of the world's leading authorities on business strategy and how information technology changes business, government and society. Don is Chairman of nGenera Insight and directs several of Insight's research and education programs, serving a marquee list of Global 2000 customers. He served as founder and chairman of the international think tank New Paradigm before its acquisition by nGenera. Don was recently named one of the 50 most influential living management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. He is an internationally sought writer, consultant and speaker. His clients include top executives of many of the world's largest corporations and government leaders from many countries. He is a fellow of the World Economic Forum and Adjunct Professor at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Tapscott is the author of 13 widely-read books about information technology in business and society, including 2007's bestselling business book in the US, Wikinomics (co-authored with Anthony Williams), as well as Paradigm Shift, The Digital Economy, and The Naked Corporation. His most recent book, Grown Up Digital, is a sequel to his 1997 bestseller Growing Up Digital. Coming on September 28, 2010, Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World. Don holds a B.Sc. In Psychology and Statistics, an M.Ed. specializing in Research Methodology, and two Doctor of Laws (Hon) granted from the University of Alberta in 2001 and from Trent University in 2006.

Anthony D. Williams is a best-selling author, speaker and consultant who helps organizations worldwide harness the power of collaboration innovation in business, government and society. In 2007, he authored the groundbreaking bestseller Wikinomics with Don Tapscott and is set to release the much-anticipated follow-up Macrowikinomics on September 28, 2010.Anthony is currently a visiting fellow with the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and a senior fellow for innovation with the Lisbon Council in Brussels. Among other appointments, he is also an advisor to GovLoop, the world's largest social network for government innovators and a founding fellow of the OpenForum Academy, a global research initiative focused on understanding the impact of open standards and open source on business and society. As a senior fellow at nGenera Insight, Anthony previously founded and led the world's definitive investigation into the impact of Web 2.0 and wikinomics on the future of governance and democracy. Anthony holds a Masters in Research in Political Science from the London School of Economics and lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.

   Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams - MacroWikinomics | € 18.80 | paperback | 432 pages