I know its been a week. I know you should have heard a podcast. I promise you I was gone for a good reason, I’ll explain later.

Either way, a week or two ago I had a chance to talk to Pace and Kyeli of Freak Revolution, a community for people who are going against the grain to change the world. Pace and Kyeli definitely have a strong grasp of how they want to create change in the world and they are using the web to do it.

In today’s podcast you will learn all about,

• Connection Paradigms
• The Nature of a Freak
• Deciding Not To Make Any Money
• The Monkeysphere
• What People Value
• The Control Paradigm
• The Paradox of Sacrifice
• An Inconvenient Barter

In case you didn’t know, there are all sorts of ways to subscribe to the podcast on Talkshoe, or you can just click here. Incredible photo from Flickr.

Robert Dempsey was fantastic to speak to. He is the owner of ADS, a web consultancy that specializes in Agile application development as well as a Agile Development coach. We talked about all sorts of things on this podcast, but it mostly surrounded transparency and the role that it plays in modern business.

We also talk about,

This Video from Dominoes,

This article about the KFC Grilled Chicken fiasco

How Every Member of A Business Is Now In PR

Whether you should have to give out your Social Networking passwords like you might in this Montana Town

Managing Size and Shifting Economies

The Importance of Iteration

That “Professional Content” is in the eye of the beholder

AND

We even make time to discuss the fate of newspapers. This podcast is jam packed with interesting bits.

In case you didn’t know, there are all sorts of ways to subscribe to the podcast on Talkshoe, or you can just click here. Incredible photo from Flickr.

Joel Longtine is a software engineer at Social!Thing (which was recently purchased by AOL), and an all around clever guy. We talked talk about startups, entrepreneurship and what life is life after an acquisition.

This is a fantastic, fun conversation — among other things we talked about:

• Joining A Startup Out Of College
• Artificial Intelligence
• The Future Of Fame and
• Changing The World

In case you didn’t know, there are all sorts of ways to subscribe to the podcast on Talkshoe, or you can just click here. Incredible photo from Flickr.

We all want to do a little good. Fix something; build something; change something.

We all want to. Some people go out and do.

Today I spoke to Eileen Corrigan (@ecorrigan), whose helping to bring non-profits onto the web, guiding through the often murky process of using the Internet to effectively convey their message. She’s doing this through her new web design firm specifically geared towards non-profit’s needs, Do Good Web.

More impressive than that were Eileen’s deep insights into entrepreneurship, work/life balance and discovering your passions.

Here are a few more key points –

• The art of throwing yourself off of a 15 story building
• Finding your balance
• Your hard versus your soft resume
• Discovering your passions
• The million dollar question
• Nonviolent communication
• Changing the world

In case you didn’t know, there are all sorts of ways to subscribe to the podcast on Talkshoe, or you can just click here. Incredible photo from Flickr.

There is something you might not know about me that’s relevant to this week’s podcast — I used to write really bad fiction. We’re talking really bad, with headless aliens and pink flamingos and magical, flying marmosets sort of stuff. Well because of my illustrious literary career, I have a softspot for writers doing interesting things. Nancy Brauer is one of those writers. She is working with friend Vanessa Brooks on a serialized Sci-Fi novel called Strange Little Band.

What did we talk about?

Without spoiling too much of the fun,

• Being a boring superhero
• Making a living doing something you love.
• Is the creator economy taking over the working world?
• Should you serialize your content?
• Some marketing types that we like (Chris, Havi, Maki).
• Risking that people will dig your tentacles.
• 1000 true fans
• Structured drama on the web (Reservation)
• The importance of feedback

In case you didn’t know, there are all sorts of ways to subscribe to the podcast on Talkshoe, or you can just click here. Incredible photo from Stephen Poff.

At the end of the first episode of RGS, we had a surprise guest — Michael Wright of Nice Fish Films. Michael is a documentary maker and deep thinker, so it seemed only appropriate that we get him on the show. The result, the episode you are just about to listen to featuring both Miguel and Michael.

What did we talk about?

Without spoiling it, here are a few highlights:

• Something about the death of media being grossly exaggerated.
• A few words on how to get the frog out of your throat and find your voice.
• We talked about our feelings for a bit,
• Then the joys of being your own press agent.
• Finally, we tried to decide whether we would rather have big piles of cash, tons of free time or less ADD. The results may surprise you.

In case you didn’t know, there are all sorts of ways to subscribe to the podcast on Talkshoe, or you can just click here. Photo from Flickr.

We help people tell stories, it’s what we do. Sometimes, we run into people who have stories that need telling — that’s when we fire up Talkshoe, hop on the mic and start talking to them. This week we are talking to Miguel Barbosa who founded a blog on value investing called Simoleon Sense.

The most interesting bits come after that when we start talking about what he’d do with 10 million dollars, why your mom doesn’t use the Internet and what the future of the web looks like. Tune in and tell us what you think.

By the way, if you are interested in being a part of our live studio audience you should follow me on Twitter and I’ll let you know the next time we are taping. Photo via Flickr.

This is where we introduce you to yourself and your product. It shouldn’t take too long once we get started, but by the end you should be able to safely answer:

These Questions

• Who are you talking to?
• Where do they “live”?
• What do they want?
• What are their prestige cues?
• How do they make decisions?
• Where can you reach out to them?
• How are you going to help them?
• How/Why are they going to help you?

Ready to go?

OR

Find out what else you’ll learn.

That sums it up pretty well. This section of the class looks at who you are actually trying to reach and what they care about. By the end of this section, you should be able to answer these questions.

These Questions

• Who are you talking to?
• Where do they “live”?
• What do they want?
• What are their prestige cues?
• How do they make decisions?
• How are you going to help them?
• How/Why are they going to help you?

Ready to go?

OR

Find out what else you’ll learn.

That’s right, time to start building. By the end of this you should have your plan, ready to go as soon as your ready to implement it. Before you leave, you should be able to do

The Following

• Discover your message
• Pick three vectors
• Pick your saturation points
• Pick something hard
• Pick out rewards/discounts/promotionables
• Storyboard it
• Pick your agents
• Assign tasks

Ready to go?

OR

Find out what else you’ll learn.