How to Change the World

Examples need: Outside passions

Need some examples of the passions and hobbies of famous people—indeed that make them more interesting and approachable. For example, Scott McNealy loves hockey. Please send examples to guykawasaki@gmail.com. Would especially like women examples.

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If you have a love of Nature, you'll love these sites:

Check out our latest additions: Nature.alltop and Nature.com.alltop. The former contains the blogs and websites of nature lovers. The latter contains all of the feeds from Nature.com. And don’t forget that we have cover ecology at Green.alltop.

How to Fascinate People

If you ask me, the key to attracting more followers, fans, and “likes” is to post interesting stuff—that is, to fascinate people with the information you find. Over at the American Express Open Forum, I explain “how to be fascinating.”

How to Persuade People

Just posted an article about how to persuade people at the American Express Open Forum. Click here to read it.

How to stay on top of immigration news and issues

People who like to stay on top of immigration news and issues will find Immigration.alltop very useful. We aggregate the best websites and blogs about immigration news there.

Example needed: Invoking consistency

Looking for some unusual examples of invoking consistency to persuade people. This is the concept that if you get people to sign something, verbally agree, identify with a value or type of person, then their desire to be consistent with those items mean that they will follow through. For example, if you tell people you’re concerned about the environment, then you’re more likely to participate in a beach cleanup when asked. Please send examples to guykawasaki@gmail.com.

Example needed: Enchanting the influencers

I need an example that illustrates that you often have to enchant more than just the person you’re trying to enchant to try a product or service. There’s also parents, spouses, friends, and colleagues. In fact, you often have to enchant the whole “village.” Of course, you can also use this to your advantage where you get the whole village working on the person for you too. Please send any examples of this to guy@alltop.com.

People who like design will love this collection of sites

We’ve got design totally covered. Check out these sites to see the top blogs and websites in one easily scanned location:

Graphic Design

Web Design

Typography

General Design

Interior Design

Architecture

Example need: Using data to persuade people

I need an example of the use of data to prove a point to do something. The more counter-intuitive the data is, the better. Ideally, it would a brand’s experience. For example, XYZ Coffee Shops thought that no one would buy sushi at its stores, but it tried it and the fifty samples were sold out in twenty minutes. The most popular item was uni. Please send an email to guy@alltop.com if you have an example of how data was used to persuade people.