Conversation Agent - Valeria Maltoni

Tapping into Your Sense of Purpose

Purpose is a powerful motivator and ally. Tap into your sense of purpose and there is no limit for better. +++ Valeria is an experienced listener. She is also frequent speaker at conferences and companies on a variety of topics. To book her for a speaking engagement click here. Read more →

Where Data and Creativity Overlap

A conversation on data literacy between Hilary Mason, chief scientist, Bitly and co-founder of hackNY and Leslie Bradshaw, COO of the startup Guide. I met Leslie prior to that as co-founder of the digital agency Jess3 when I spoke at FutureM, Cambridge, and I'll look forward to comparing notes next time we meet at an event on media and entertainment. The graph you see here depicts the overlapping worlds of Mason and Bradshaw through data: This page was a collaboration: Bradshaw, Mason, and their respective teams pulled together biographical facts, as well as stats about each person’s social media networks.... Read more →

New Technologies Change the Way we Engage with Culture

We're so used to thinking of change with technology and the Web as fast, that we forget to remember its full impact and utility have a longer runway. The accepted time frame for significant changes in culture is about thirty years. The reason, says Matt Locke, is that: [...] cultural change is not just about technology or economics, but about changes in behavior. The important phase of cultural change is not the adoption of new technologies, but about the way those new technologies change the way we consume or engage with culture. It's often the case that the first cultural... Read more →

100 Verbs to Connect

The biggest and still unexplored opportunity with social media is that of helping make connections. 100 verbs to connect make things happen welcome relationships suspend judgment create experiences use multimedia for learners and readers with different styles/preferences use your content to elevate others be helpful show you care introduce peers tell stories help readers rock listen and ask questions stay humble keep learning participate fully accept take responsibility resist copying liberate your inner fan transform your attitude challenge your assumptions think community collaborate freely develop opportunity stay passionate be honest (especially with yourself) be willing to change your mind provide... Read more →