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Something Interesting This Way Cometh: "Yahoo Groups Is Going To Change The World"

Well, apparently the ages old maxim has come true: We're living in INTERESTING times!

On every one of the Yahoo groups I own and/or belong to is this message: "Do you think social software can change the world?
We do. If you want to join us, check out these Yahoo! Groups job opportunities."

Clicking on the link in that message leads to this URL: http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoogroupsjobs/

It's for jobs at Yahoo Groups but, at that page is this message:

"Whether it's political organizing, providing support for cancer victims, saving the environment, parents helping parents, rescuing dogs, giving stuff away, or simply talking Harry Potter, Harleys, or HDTV, more people use Yahoo! Groups to connect to their passions, their communities, and the world's knowledge than any other social software in the world.

Now, we are preparing to take Yahoo! Groups to a whole new level, and we are looking for a few good men and women to help us get there. If you are a
 * Rock Star Engineer
 * Product Manager who is equal parts vision and execution
 * Project/Community Manager who can make sponsors happy while building a vibrant community
we have challenges that are worthy of your talents.

Yahoo! Groups is going to change the world. If you want to be a part of making that happen, join us now! "

"Yahoo! Groups is going to change the world."

What an interesting statement to share with 6 Million Yahoo Groups.

What interesting times we live in, my friends...

Enjoy this once in a lifetime ride!  

YAHOO!!!:-)

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Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Chief Encouragement Officer
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Skype = MyLinkedinPowerForum |
http://jaxtr.com/wrighthandnetworker |
"Seeking .Net Developers and Java Coding Architects"

Google Gadget Ventures

Google Gadget Ventures: "Develop new gadgets with support from Google.

Google Gadget Ventures is a new Google pilot program dedicated to helping developers create richer, more useful Google Gadgets. Inspired by the success of iGoogle, which has been driven by the creation by 3rd-party developers of a broad range of gadgets, Gadget Ventures provides two types of funding:

1. Grants of $5,000 to those who’ve built gadgets we’d like to see developed further. You’re eligible to apply for a grant if you’ve developed a gadget that’s in our Google gadgets directory and gets at least 250,000 weekly page views. To apply, you must submit a one-page proposal detailing how you’d use the grant to improve your gadget.
2. Seed investments of $100,000 to developers who’d like to build a business around the Google gadgets platform. Only Google Gadget Venture grant recipients are eligible for this type of funding. Submitting a business plan detailing how you plan to build a viable business around the gadgets platform is a required part of the seed investment application process.

It’s our hope that Google Gadget Ventures will give developers the opportunity to create a new generation of gadgets to benefit users.

How to apply

This program is restricted to people who have developed a Google gadget in our Google gadgets directory that generates at"

Testing "The Biggest Business In The World" On Yahoo Groups! ;-)

Recently, the playful/quasi-serious side of me reserved the domain
name www.TheBiggestBusinessInTheWorld.com

Along with several dozen other "optimism-centric" domain names, I
reserved that name because, frankly, I believe that the business of
business is encouraging humans to be better at being human. (We can
talk about the meaning of that at a later date.)

I believe that if more business realized that there is a LOT of
business in encouraging one another, we'd well, um, be more
encouraged! :-)

Because I'm much better at conceiving and naming things than actually
building them, I thought I'd point that domain name at a Yahoo Group I
created. I decided on Yahoo Groups because I'm so familiar with
them.

Well, tonight, Yahoo just announced its new BETA for Yahoo Groups.

And so, "The Biggest Business In The World" is actually part of
Yahoo's BETA! :-)

Though I'm seriously interested in keeping this group focused on
encouragement and inspiration and hope and optimism and motivation and
joy and laugher and solutions to the challenges that discourage us,
I'd really be encouraged if you helped to test it out! Of course, if
you have lots of optimistic, encouraging, hopeful things to share,
that would be the best of the best kind of test! :-)

Join The Biggest Business In The World at: www.TheBiggestBusinessInTheWorld.com
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Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Chief Encouragement Officer
www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.com |
www.WrightHandEmploymentNetworking.com |
"Employment Solves Problems"

What Type Of Problem(s) Do You Solve? - E. g., Chief Employment Officer? Chief Encouragement Officer?

What type of problem(s) do you solve?

Think of something: We network ONLY to SOLVE problems.

And if it is the case that we network only to SOLVE problems, isn't it helpful to help each other know the answer to  this most basic question when we invite them to connect with us on Linkedin?

The reason I mention this is that there are some great people who are great at inviting us and, thus, they solve a networking problem for some of us: whom to invite. 

BUT...

BUT...

BUT...

Some of the very people who solve one problem for us CAUSE another problem:  they leave us not knowing what problems they solve avocationally or even PROFESSIONALLY.

In other words: We don't know what drives them.   We don't know what they do.  We don't know what problems they specialize in solving.   We don't know what problems we can solve, together.

Avocationally, I like promoting myself as a "Chief Encouragement Officer".   I like that as an avocational title because it helps me "accentuate the positive" - all day long.   For me, just thinking of the term "Chief Encouragement Officer" has a bi-directional benefit: It helps me remember my preferred purpose for my discussion groups.   And the title helps encourage me, too.   (And yes, Chief Encouragement Officers need encouragement, too!)

Professionally, as a Recruiter for client companies and as a Coach for individual job seekers, I solve employment problems.   Thus, professionally, I like considering myself a "Chief Employment Officer".   And I like doing that because "Employment Solves Problems".

Those who help us understand what problems they solve help solve the decision-making problem of connecting with them.

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Thanks!
Vincent Wright
Chief Encouragement Officer
www.MyLinkedinPowerForum.com |
www.WrightHandEmploymentNetworking.com |
"Employment Solves Problems"