About a year ago Drew McLellan and 100 other bloggers collaborated on a groundbreaking book called The Age of Conversation. With such a distinguished contributer list and all the proceeds of the book benefiting Variety – the Children’s Charity it was a fabulous project.
If you’d like to get an insight on how some of the thought leaders in social media are engaging in conversation during the course of their businesses grab yourself a copy of the book. You’ll be helping a good cause while you’re at it.
Head Down
While all this was going on last year I was up to my eyeballs in SOBCon07 preparations. Between that and general life craziness I didn’t even catch wind of the project until it went to publication. I was head down focused on my business.
Perhaps that was a good thing because I was pretty stretched out at the time. Adding one more thing might have pushed me over the edge!
Why Don’t People Get It?
This year they are at it again. (And just in time for SOBCon too. I’ve backed away from the organizing end of the conference this year but I do have my ticket purchased so my butt will definitely be in a seat next weekend. Liz tells me the room is filling up but there is still room for a few more if you want to rub elbows with some of the best social media conversationalists out there. Get your ticket!)
The topic for the 2008 edition is “Why Don’t People Get It?” Each author will contribute roughly a page on one of the following topic areas:
- Keeping Secrets in the Age of Conversation
- The Accidental Marketer
- My Marketing Tragedy
- Business Model Evolution
This year I’m all in. Drew & the gang invited me to contribute to the project. Along with about 274 other authors!
Holy Smokes!
That’s a whole lot of people with a ton of insight on this whole social media thing. You’re not going to want to miss this book when it is published!
I’ll keep you posted on the progress.
Now I haven’t counted them, but I have it on good authority that there are 275 links in this author list for the 2008 edition of The Age of Conversation: Why Don’t People Get It?
Check them out.
Adam Crowe, Adrian Ho, Aki Spicer, Alex Henault, Amy Jussel, Andrew Odom, Andy Nulman, Andy Sernovitz, Andy Whitlock, Angela Maiers, Ann Handley, Anna Farmery, Armando Alves, Arun Rajagopal, Asi Sharabi, Becky Carroll, Becky McCray, Bernie Scheffler, Bill Gammell, Bob Carlton, Bob LeDrew, Brad Shorr, Bradley Spitzer, Brandon Murphy, Branislav Peric, Brent Dixon, Brett Macfarlane, Brian Reich, C.C. Chapman, Cam Beck, Casper Willer, Cathleen Rittereiser, Cathryn Hrudicka, Cedric Giorgi, Charles Sipe, Chris Kieff, Chris Cree, Chris Wilson, Christina Kerley (CK), C.B. Whittemore, Clay Parker Jones, Chris Brown, Colin McKay, Connie Bensen, Connie Reece, Cord Silverstein, Corentin Monot, Craig Wilson, Daniel Honigman, Dan Goldstein, Dan Schawbel, Dana VanDen Heuvel, Dan Sitter, Daria Radota Rasmussen, Darren Herman, Darryl Patterson, Dave Davison, Dave Origano, David Armano, David Bausola, David Berkowitz, David Brazeal, David Koopmans, David Meerman Scott, David Petherick, David Reich, David Weinfeld, David Zinger, Deanna Gernert, Deborah Brown, Dennis Price, Derrick Kwa, Dino Demopoulos, Doug Haslam, Doug Meacham, Doug Mitchell, Douglas Hanna, Douglas Karr, Drew McLellan, Duane Brown, Dustin Jacobsen, Dylan Viner, Ed Brenegar, Ed Cotton, Efrain Mendicuti, Ellen Weber, Emily Reed, Eric Peterson, Eric Nehrlich, Ernie Mosteller, Faris Yakob, Fernanda Romano, Francis Anderson, G. Kofi Annan, Gareth Kay, Gary Cohen, Gaurav Mishra, Gavin Heaton, Geert Desager, George Jenkins, G.L. Hoffman, Gianandrea Facchini, Gordon Whitehead, Graham Hill, Greg Verdino, Gretel Going & Kathryn Fleming, Hillel Cooperman, Hugh Weber, J. Erik Potter, J.C. Hutchins, James Gordon-Macintosh, Jamey Shiels, Jasmin Tragas, Jason Oke, Jay Ehret, Jeanne Dininni, Jeff De Cagna, Jeff Gwynne, Jeff Noble, Jeff Wallace, Jennifer Warwick, Jenny Meade, Jeremy Fuksa, Jeremy Heilpern, Jeremy Middleton, Jeroen Verkroost, Jessica Hagy, Joanna Young, Joe Pulizzi, Joe Talbott, John Herrington, John Jantsch, John Moore, John Rosen, John Todor, Jon Burg, Jon Swanson, Jonathan Trenn, Jordan Behan, Julie Fleischer, Justin Flowers, Justin Foster, Karl Turley, Kate Trgovac, Katie Chatfield, Katie Konrath, Kenny Lauer, Keri Willenborg, Kevin Jessop, Kris Hoet, Krishna De, Kristin Gorski, Laura Fitton, Laurence Helene Borei, Lewis Green, Lois Kelly, Lori Magno, Louise Barnes-Johnston, Louise Mangan, Louise Manning, Luc Debaisieux, Marcus Brown, Mario Vellandi, Mark Blair, Mark Earls, Mark Goren, Mark Hancock, Mark Lewis, Mark McGuinness, Mark McSpadden, Matt Dickman, Matt J. McDonald, Matt Moore, Michael Hawkins, Michael Karnjanaprakorn, Michelle Lamar, Mike Arauz, Mike McAllen, Mike Sansone, Mitch Joel, Monica Wright, Nathan Gilliatt, Nathan Snell, Neil Perkin, Nettie Hartsock, Nick Rice, Oleksandr Skorokhod, Ozgur Alaz, Paul Chaney, Paul Hebert, Paul Isakson, Paul Marobella, Paul McEnany, Paul Tedesco, Paul Williams, Pet Campbell, Pete Deutschman, Peter Corbett, Phil Gerbyshak, Phil Lewis, Phil Soden, Piet Wulleman, Rachel Steiner, Sreeraj Menon, Reginald Adkins, Richard Huntington, Rishi Desai, Beeker Northam, Rob Mortimer, Robert Hruzek, Roberta Rosenberg, Robyn McMaster, Roger von Oech, Rohit Bhargava, Ron Shevlin, Ryan Barrett, Ryan Karpeles, Ryan Rasmussen, Sam Huleatt, Sandy Renshaw, Scott Goodson, Scott Monty, Scott Townsend, Scott White, Sean Howard, Sean Scott, Seni Thomas, Seth Gaffney, Shama Hyder, Sheila Scarborough, Sheryl Steadman, Simon Payn, Sonia Simone, Spike Jones, Stanley Johnson, Stephen Collins, Stephen Cribbett, Stephen Landau, Stephen Smith, Steve Bannister, Steve Hardy, Steve Portigal, Steve Roesler, Steven Verbruggen, Steve Woodruff, Sue Edworthy, Susan Bird, Susan Gunelius, Susan Heywood, Tammy Lenski, Terrell Meek, Thomas Clifford, Thomas Knoll, Tiffany Kenyon, Tim Brunelle, Tim Buesing, Tim Connor, Tim Jackson, Tim Longhurst, Tim Mannveille, Tim Tyler, Timothy Johnson, Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Toby Bloomberg, Todd Andrlik, Troy Rutter, Troy Worman, Uwe Hook, Valeria Maltoni, Vandana Ahuja, Vanessa DiMauro, Veronique Rabuteau, Wayne Buckhanan, William Azaroff, Yves Van Landeghem
Chris, Welcome Aboard! And thanks for getting the word out.
Kudos and congrats! And thanks for spreading the word. You’re awesome. And your blog rocks. I’m sorry I won’t see you at SOBCon08. Maybe next year. Be safe and blog on!
I’ll certainly have to pick up a copy of the book. It looks really interesting
Looks like a great read. I will have to get myself a copy to get the full story. Thanks!
Hey, this should be fun. I just sent mine in…way ahead of time. Which is most definitely NOT like me to be quite this early doing anything. Should be a good read.
best, GL HOFFMAN
Minneapolis
I don’t have the book yet. I’m wondering did all the contributors subscribe to the assumption implicit in the question part of the title, i.e. that people don’t get it? A related question is whether there is a consensus about what the “it” is.
Des, those are good questions that I don’t know the answers to yet. The book is still in the writing stage at this point. It will be interesting to see how the 275 authors address those points.
I’ll let folks know when it’s been published and available for purchase.
Sounds like it will be a good read. I didn’t see when it will be out…
Looks like an interesting read, bloggers all around the world writing about “conversation”. It’ll be thought provoking to see the variation between different people from different parts of the world on the same topic, Illustrating the communication differences across the world as a result of cultural and social factors.
Wow, that’s a lot of people. I’m surprised more of them don’t have their own URLs (some use TypePad and WordPress).