http://lisahickey.com Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:32:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ------------------------------- Is commenting on news articles a new form of entertainment? Apparently. One thing that has never ceased to amaze me in Social Media is the way people comment on blogs, stories, news articles. It truly is "new media" -- blog comments as entertainment. What a fascinating way to watch what people ... http://lisahickey.com/why-do-these-wimps-need-their-own-magazine-why-indeed/ As the publisher of The Good Men Project Magazine, I thought a two minute synopsis of where we're at with the magazine was in order. It's been an awesome month since we launched. What does it mean to be a good man? And do men even want to entertain that question? ... http://lisahickey.com/a-magazineabout-good-men-what-the-heck/ Hello, Hello, I've started sending out a weekly email of social media tips to those people who have asked me for advice in the past. It started as tips for my friends at the newly launched The Good Men Project magazine. The tips are somewhat random, mostly for those just starting out ... http://lisahickey.com/somewhat-random-social-media-tips/ “The subhead looks funny. I can’t figure out if it should have a period.” We all keep working. Benoit will figure it out. He’s been a writer for the New York Times Magazine. The author of two books. Surely he can figure out a period on a subhead without help from ... http://lisahickey.com/i-forgot-how-hard-launches-are/ NOTE: This story first appeared on The Good Men Project blog July 8, 2009, shortly after I had begun working on the project. “So what’s the book about?” The cold drizzle on Newbury Street was threatening to become a downpour, and I was pretty sure Tom Matlack, whom I had met five ... http://lisahickey.com/how-i-got-involved-in-a-big-sprawling-project-full-of-good-men/ [caption id="attachment_370" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="photo by inmost_light on Flickr"][/caption] "My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three." Vladimir Nabokov wrote those words in 1955, buried in a paragraph somewhere within “Lolita.” I never read the book. Nabokov’s voice is, for the most part, too ... http://lisahickey.com/how-to-develop-a-voice-picnic-lightning/ Good Men Media, Inc. has launched. It's a media company. Online publication. Product company. A this-is-where-the-world is going company. It's about being men. About being good. And about what it takes to build something amazing. It's part of The Good Men Project. Become a fan, see the video on NECN, read the article ... http://lisahickey.com/good-men-media-inc/ [caption id="attachment_244" align="aligncenter" width="180" caption="photo: laughlin"][/caption] On WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 7-8pm, the Ad Club held a "Twitter Party" talking about "The Best Advice You Ever Got."  I was the moderator. Four questions were asked over the course of an hour. Over 50 people joined in. The best answers will be used ... http://lisahickey.com/the-best-advice-i-ever-got-thoughts-on-life-women-leadership-and-learning/ [caption id="attachment_344" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="braincake photo by hfb on Flickr"][/caption] Thought Leadership involves two things. Thinking. And Leading. Leading requires action. Too often, people who view themselves as “Thought Leaders” are great at the first part. http://lisahickey.com/on-thought-leadership/ Oh, the stories brands tell! Yesterday. I’m on Twitter. A Tweet leads me to a blog post written by Hugh MacLeod. On the blog – some great quotes about entrepreneurship. One in particular, strikes a chord: "People buy your product because it helps fill in the narrative gaps in their ... http://lisahickey.com/people-buy-your-product-because-it-fills-the-narrative-gaps-in-their-lives-an-explanation/