Comments on: Pay It Forward 2010 Profile: Venessa Miemis http://www.researchgoddess.com/2010/03/pay-2010-profile-venessa-miemis/ Remember where you came from... and always reach back. Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:12:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Joe McCarthy http://www.researchgoddess.com/2010/03/pay-2010-profile-venessa-miemis/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Joe McCarthy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:37:37 +0000 http://www.researchgoddess.com/?p=1633#comment-947 Thanks for producing this great profile! I started reading Venessa's blog shortly before your Mashable article was published, and it's helpful to have the additional context about her background and motivations. Given the recent Twitter exchanges between Brian, Venessa, Tara Hunt (author of <a href="http://www.thewhuffiefactor.com/" rel="nofollow">The Whuffie Factor</a>) and others sparked by Venessa's reaction(s) to Brian's blog post about <a href="http://www.briansolis.com/2010/03/social-capital-the-currency-of-digital-citizens/" rel="nofollow">Social Capital: The Currency of the Social Economy</a> - which she recently summarized in her blog post on <a href="http://emergentbydesign.com/2010/03/06/social-capital-is-not-the-same-as-whuffie/" rel="nofollow">Social Capital is not the same as Whuffie</a> - I wonder if Brian would still recommend her. I hope so, as I believe the kind of constructive critique that Venessa brings to social media - and conversations about social media - is an essential ingredient in preserving its authenticity. Thanks for producing this great profile! I started reading Venessa’s blog shortly before your Mashable article was published, and it’s helpful to have the additional context about her background and motivations.

Given the recent Twitter exchanges between Brian, Venessa, Tara Hunt (author of The Whuffie Factor) and others sparked by Venessa’s reaction(s) to Brian’s blog post about Social Capital: The Currency of the Social Economy – which she recently summarized in her blog post on Social Capital is not the same as Whuffie – I wonder if Brian would still recommend her.

I hope so, as I believe the kind of constructive critique that Venessa brings to social media – and conversations about social media – is an essential ingredient in preserving its authenticity.

]]> By: Eddy Badrina http://www.researchgoddess.com/2010/03/pay-2010-profile-venessa-miemis/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Eddy Badrina Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:14:07 +0000 http://www.researchgoddess.com/?p=1633#comment-945 Great post, Amybeth, and thanks for profiling these peeps. I especially agree with Venessa's second point - storytelling really resonates with my clients, who are all small businesses ($1-20mm), because they thrive on word of mouth. And what is word of mouth but really good storytelling and an ongoing narrative? Kudos to you both. Cheers, -eddy- Great post, Amybeth, and thanks for profiling these peeps. I especially agree with Venessa’s second point – storytelling really resonates with my clients, who are all small businesses ($1-20mm), because they thrive on word of mouth. And what is word of mouth but really good storytelling and an ongoing narrative?

Kudos to you both.

Cheers,

-eddy-

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