About the Book
“From Lincoln to LinkedIn” is a call to action , and in some respects, a call to arms.
Having worked in political campaigns before moving inside of large corporations, one thing I noticed was a dramatic shift in tone and approach – indeed a lack of respect for those people who were being asked to change, to innovate, to dig deeper and to represent their organisations with enthusiasm.
While the advent of social media has caused that condescension to reduce a bit, social evangelists also advocated replacing old-school, top-down, one-size-fits-all communication with the brainless anarchy of leaping headfirst into twitter and facebook without any thought about what lurks on the other side, or what lies beneath your own organisational surface.
Lincoln to LinkedIn offers an alternative. It offers you an approach that is genuinely strategic, and one which encourages the intelligent use of new communication technologies without being a slave to them. Indeed, one can run an effective social communication campaign with a phone, an email account and an excel spreadsheet.
In 108 pages, the book provides enough training and insights to allow you to do just that.
It also highlights concepts like social landscapes, tribal dynamics, and source credibility that rest at the core of effective, impactful communication, whether inside corporate walls, or inside broader – but still bounded – arenas of interest.
I invite you to order it, and above all, to let me know what you think. I think you will agree that this approach could make a major difference, not only to you in achieving your objectives, but also in sharpening corporate communication while making it more respectful and impactful.
From Copenhagen,
Mike Klein
