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I’ll be attending the National Summit today.

A Gathering to Define America’s Future
The National Summit will be a clear, strong voice for transformational change at a critical time in our nation’s history.  It is designed to be inclusive, interactive and innovative, and to drive real-world results.  The goal of The National Summit is to bring attention to actions that will improve America’s ability to compete in the 21st century. – Overview, The National Summit

I was lucky enough to get a student pass through U of M.  I’ll endeavor to cover the summit via twitter and hopefully be able to blog.

• Chris Anderson’s Counterintuitive Rules For Charging For Media Online (TechCrunch)
• Facebook Pages Is The Community Platform For Businesses (All Facebook)
• WordPress & SocialVibe: Blogging Gone Good (Publishing 2.0)
• Amplify Helps Brands Leverage the Social Web (The Social Times)
• Consumers Want More Free Content; Media Promises Less (Marketing Charts)
• The GigaOM Interview: Kristof Kloeckner, CTO of IBM Cloud Computing (GigaOM)
• Spinn3r Adds Twitter Support and Social Media Ranking (ReadWriteWeb)
• Tips on Innovation & Entrepreneurship From Jeff Bezos (GigaOM)
• PageRank sculpting (Matt Cuts)
• Enterprise Web 2.0 Calls for Access Control, Not Shutoff (Internet Evolution)
• Watch my site review session from Google I/O (Matt Cuts)
• With An iPhone And Android Strategy, Imeem Mobile Pushes Past A Million Users (TechCrunch)
• Do You Tweet to Read or Do You Tweet to Write? (Performancing)
• Google Says: Yes, You Can Still Sculpt PageRank. No You Can’t Do It With Nofollow (SEOmoz)
• Marketing ROI: In This Electronic Age, Print Articles and Print Advertising Still Sells Cars (Ad Operations Online)
• Opera “Reinvents the Web” with Unite, Makes Every Computer a Server (ReadWriteWeb)
• Virtual Goods + Mobile Payments = Small Market Worth Fighting For? [MediaMemo] (All Things Digital)
• Home Buyers Twice as Likely to Use Online vs. Print (Marketing Charts)
• Hitting The Social Media Sweet Spot (Duct Tape Marketing)
• Walking the Censorship Tightrope with Google’s Marissa Mayer (O’Reilly Radar)
• Flip Announces Flip Channels, Adds Easier Video Sharing (TechCrunch)
• Top 10 May Blog Topics: Holidays, Movies & Obama (Marketing Charts)
• 13 Tips for Marketing Your Business With Your Blog (ProBlogger)
• 9 Hidden Benefits of Blogging (Duct Tape Marketing)
• A Simple Presence Framework (Chris Brogan)
• The Key To Developing A Social Media Strategy (Social Media Explorer)

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Posting over at Insights Group today:

It’s not necesary to wait for fate to force you into a situation where you have to change.  If you’re aware of negative aspects of your life or business, then you can take steps to turn towards the positive – by changing course. – Changing Course – Sarah Worsham – Insights Group

Please head over to the rest of the post at Insights Group to see how you can change course.

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