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I was a Toastmaster for 20 years. I started 4 successful clubs; Grand, Bishopdale, Westside and Airwaves. I've taught a large number of groups basic public speaking skills.
I started NZDances in 1995. There was strong opposition from the Arts Dance community. With no support and no money, I built the most popular regional dance site on the Internet. That doesn't necessarily win you favours with the local dance community or generate a dollar. It was a successful failure.
I've explored that failure using "Adapt to Experience" as a tool. Along the way I coached hundreds of "newbies" as they joined Ryze. I also built web sites about using the Internet, and about networking online.
Knowing from NZDances the value of many connections, I built my present LinkedIn network of over 7500 connections starting two years before I had a business need for them. I've been using these connection to build stronger linkages between businesses in New Zealand. I call myself The Network Ambassador and I run a group called Kiwi Scrum, to do that.
As The Network Ambassador, I give people advice about how to use LinkedIn and other networks on a daily basis. The core of that advice is available on the Kiwi Scrum homepage.
I have written a monthly newsletter for Kiwi Scrum since July 2007: this is the latest one. Success online demands a different way of thinking, and to get that experience one needs to spend time online. Social networks are ideal training places.
I lead and moderate three networks on Ryze. It's easy to see there both my role as a leader, and as a coach. I hope that the respect for me that members show is also evident. Innovation: 523 Members (6 years); Team Downunder: 53 Members (1 Year); Building an Open Future: 24 Members (new)
Is Your business prepared for the truth? There may be problems ahead as Insurance goes online. Online insurance puts abundant information and the lowest price on every desktop. That's not a price that makes Your business profitable.
There's no back out option Your business can take. The only sensible approach is to be online, and intelligently alert to what's happening. If Your business does that well, it might also produce "market intelligence" and that might allow Your business to produce customized products and increased margins.
The recent research into the activities of Internet Users, that I conducted was to help me understand what was happening online. The online world is plagued by dysinformation.
Hundreds of thousands of companies have gone after "online opportunities" that have never produced a dollar in profit. A tiny number have succeeded online. That's just brutal fact. Be glad you're not in the newspaper business.
For the last four months I've been running an international group looking at the failure of online collaboration by businesses. There are 34 members. You could join if you wish. This is essentially about the failure of the Internet to generate new business opportunities that do exist. The key problem is a lack of trust. Everyone knows that, but it's still not a problem we've solved.
I dance regularly. I take some pride in being able to name over 100 people who regularly attend. I often act as a dance coach too.
As a market researcher you find the typical response from respondents is "why me" and "go away". We have a target to convert 70% of selected respondents into completed interviews. If you listen, if you're friendly and if you quietly persist you usually get the help you need.
Online social networks: I'm a member of about 20, quite active in 5. LinkedIn (7500 connections), Xing (329 friends), Viadeo (147 connections), Ryze (233 friends), Facebook (96 friends), Twitter (334 followers).
I'm a member of several listserv's, Association of Internet Researchers, Communityinformatics, ACT knowledge Management. I usually read this mail in catch-up mode. These groups are sometimes called communities of practice.
You are welcome to do an online search. "John Stephen Veitch" on Google.
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