Comments on: The Real Leader’s Challenge Might Just be Text Messaging http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/ Hidden Internet Tips For Sales And Business Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:45:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/comment-page-1/#comment-13674 Michael Benidt Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:06:01 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/#comment-13674 And Timothy, Thanks so much. The Ellensburg story is amazing. Just do a search of our blog and you'll read more about the downtown association that just won't quit. Timothy told Sheryl and I recently, "I can't tell you how important I think social networking and web 2.0 tools are to the Ellensburg Downtown Association." No one is more willing to try something new than Timothy Bishop. Thanks. And Timothy,

Thanks so much. The Ellensburg story is amazing. Just do a search of our blog and you’ll read more about the downtown association that just won’t quit. Timothy told Sheryl and I recently, “I can’t tell you how important I think social networking and web 2.0 tools are to the Ellensburg Downtown Association.”

No one is more willing to try something new than Timothy Bishop. Thanks.

]]> By: Michael Benidt http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/comment-page-1/#comment-13673 Michael Benidt Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:57:43 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/#comment-13673 Thanks Wade and Eric, Both of you guys are great examples of Irwin McManus' quote - "invite them to be great" - as you work with young people every day. Wade at Educational Latitudes - http://educationallatitudes.com/meet-wade/ And Eric at Generation Why - http://www.generationwhy.com/ For that matter you both work with high schools and college students around the country - and should meet each other. And keep up the good work, both of you. Thanks Wade and Eric,

Both of you guys are great examples of Irwin McManus’ quote – “invite them to be great” – as you work with young people every day.

Wade at Educational Latitudes –
http://educationallatitudes.com/meet-wade/
And Eric at Generation Why –
http://www.generationwhy.com/

For that matter you both work with high schools and college students around the country – and should meet each other. And keep up the good work, both of you.

]]> By: Eric Chester http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/comment-page-1/#comment-13659 Eric Chester Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:21:50 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/#comment-13659 No one knows leadership in the 21st Century any better than Mark Sanborn. As a former National FFA President (an office that many believe is harder to win than a seat in the US Senate) Sanborn knows how to positively influence young minds. His two sons are knocking on the door of teenage adolescence, and you can bet that he and his wife are inviting them to be great - every single day. And Mark is always trying to learn something new, so he truly walks his talk. The attendees at this event were indeed fortunate to have Sanborn and Mecklenburg in the house! No one knows leadership in the 21st Century any better than Mark Sanborn. As a former National FFA President (an office that many believe is harder to win than a seat in the US Senate) Sanborn knows how to positively influence young minds. His two sons are knocking on the door of teenage adolescence, and you can bet that he and his wife are inviting them to be great – every single day. And Mark is always trying to learn something new, so he truly walks his talk.

The attendees at this event were indeed fortunate to have Sanborn and Mecklenburg in the house!

]]> By: Timothy Bishop, CMSM http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/comment-page-1/#comment-13657 Timothy Bishop, CMSM Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:54:36 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/#comment-13657 Michael, Great post. As a Main Street program manager in Ellensburg Washington where Central Washington University students account for nearly 40 percent of our population, reaching out in new ways has become a necessity. Last year we launched a myspace page for the Ellensburg Downtown Association and today with more than 1400 “friends”, including many who don’t read the local newspaper or watch local television news, it’s become one of our programs most important marketing and outreach tools. More recently, as in the last month, we’ve added an Ellensburg Downtown Association page on facebook and are reaching an even larger audience of this important target audience. We’re pretty sure that we’re not using either of these new tools to their fullest potential yet, but we are using them and that’s the most important thing. As a local downtown revitalization program struggling to engage a new generation of volunteers, customers, and leaders, trying new tools and finding new ways to communicate is not just a good idea, it’s an imperative. We simply can’t allow 40 percent of our customer base to feel disenfranchised because we’re unable to communicate with them on their terms. Michael,

Great post. As a Main Street program manager in Ellensburg Washington where Central Washington University students account for nearly 40 percent of our population, reaching out in new ways has become a necessity.

Last year we launched a myspace page for the Ellensburg Downtown Association and today with more than 1400 “friends”, including many who don’t read the local newspaper or watch local television news, it’s become one of our programs most important marketing and outreach tools.

More recently, as in the last month, we’ve added an Ellensburg Downtown Association page on facebook and are reaching an even larger audience of this important target audience.

We’re pretty sure that we’re not using either of these new tools to their fullest potential yet, but we are using them and that’s the most important thing. As a local downtown revitalization program struggling to engage a new generation of volunteers, customers, and leaders, trying new tools and finding new ways to communicate is not just a good idea, it’s an imperative. We simply can’t allow 40 percent of our customer base to feel disenfranchised because we’re unable to communicate with them on their terms.

]]> By: Wade Peterson http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/comment-page-1/#comment-13610 Wade Peterson Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:47:37 +0000 http://goldencompass.com/blog/the-real-leaders-challenge-might-just-be-text-messaging/#comment-13610 ." As an independent college admissions counselor, I utilize facebook and text messaging to reach my clinets on a regular basis. Teenagers lead busy lives, and you often have to reach them on the fly, so to speak. It has proved vital to my business." .” As an independent college admissions counselor, I utilize facebook and text messaging to reach my clinets on a regular basis. Teenagers lead busy lives, and you often have to reach them on the fly, so to speak. It has proved vital to my business.”

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