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Oct 22, 2009 12:12 amAllowing the Orchestra to Make the Music#

John Stephen Veitch		An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders

http://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors.html

This is directly relevant to what we DO here on Ryze.

Every time you join a new network you are joining a new orchestra, some of these orchestras have more than a 1000 members. Some are very small more like a string quartet.

In any case, to play in harmony you MUST listen to the playing of the others before you join in. And then you might start by playing a line of two, listening, and playing another line or two.

After a little while you will find the confidence to start a solo. If you attempt a solo before you understand what they others are playing, you run the risk of making a serious social mistake. (These networks are not called "social" networks for nothing.)

+60% of the members who join Ryze networks NEVER make a post to that network. They joined the orchestra but chose not to play. If you look at Ryze networks; far to many are sustained by 6 to 10 regular participants.

For instance on my Innovation network
http://innovation-network.ryze.com/
There are 549 members, but the last 50 posts have been started by only 13 people.

In far too many networks the Network Leader is posting but the response is rather mute. The conductor leads, but the orchestra doesn't play.

This is another reason for creating this Social Networking Newbies Network. People need to be trained to understand they they also have a role to play. Networks require participation (members playing) if they are to best perform their task. Even more importantly for each of you, is the following observation.

"Only after you begin to post to networks yourself does your learning rate take off. The reason is simple. While you are only an occasional reader (listener) you are NOT engaged. Once you begin to post yourself, now you are engaged, so you pay much more attention, you need to be ready when it's your turn to post again." (Ready to play when the conductor looks at you.)

John Stephen Veitch; The Network Ambassador
Open Future Limited - http://www.openfuture.co.nz/
Innovation Network - http://veech-network.ryze.com/
Building an Open Future - http://openfuture-network.ryze.com/

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Oct 22, 2009 4:25 pmre: Allowing the Orchestra to Make the Music#

T.E.A.M. Mom! 		Hi John this is a good and easy anology to sharing the new experiences of networking within a new group/organization for the first time. Here are my thoughts:

'In any case, to play in harmony you MUST listen to the playing of the others before you join in...'
Great sage advice! In the beginning when I first joined ryze, for at least the first 2 years (honestly), I basically just lurked. Bad experiences with a few leaders/members, left such a sour taste in me, I felt it best to stay quiet. After sometime, though, I got very comfortable in a few networks, opened up little by little, mainly by adding to posts already began. The rest is ryzestory LOL

'After a little while you will find the confidence to start a solo....making a serious social mistake...'
Yup, as I just shared, it took me a long time to get myself back on track, feeling comfortable enough to really break out my shell and start posting my own topics, etc. The cardinal rule I have always shared with my own members (I've had 3 networks prior-all closed) to read the rules/guidelines of the network before jumping in and RESPECT the leader (ie Me at the time). This is the solomn rule of thumb I have and always will follow anywhere, not just on ryze.

'There are 549 members, but the last 50 posts have been started by only 13 people'
I see this all the time John, on alot of networks, it is really sad, especially when the leader's work so hard to provide the network, work at it daily/weekly, ensure you (the members) have content to read, pass on and use; it can be daunting. When I first revamped and renamed the network, I tried endlessly to get the network members to engage, chat, add, post, but the only time they would was to spam, so I stopped that too. It just comes a time where you as a leader need to step back and think what the primary focus of your network is and if not working, figure how to fix it or just move on.

'Networks require participation (members playing) if they are to best perform their task. Even more importantly for each of you, is the following observation.'
When I first started out with my biz board, I tried to do a platform of networking, for a few days it worked fine, than the bad apples joined and poof, the board was moderated. Thus, many got angry, sent PMs sharing their dismay, some bad mouthed me, the network, while others just left and moved on. Again, the premise of joining a network is to: learn, grow, share and eventually, possibly open up a door to a: sale, new client, referral, etc

Thanks for starting this thread. I do hope that other's will chime in and share their thoughts, whether we all have the same sort of ideas or concepts on networking, it is the variey and mix of things that help bring about connections.

Enjoy your day everyone! Patricia
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Oct 22, 2009 8:13 pmre: re: Allowing the Orchestra to Make the Music#

Lindsay Douglas		Hi John
The conductor analogy is brilliant. Bringing together the contributions of others, regardless of how small and seemingly insignificant, to create some wonderful music. What is really important for us all to understand is right there in the subject heading: "Allowing the Orchestra to make music". The conductor doesn't make a sound on his/her own.

I am as guilty of the next person for sitting back and waiting for the conductor to make the music. Your Post is a welcome reminder that we all need to contribute a little to make this a better place to thrive and enjoy life. So, come on everybody. Let's make some music together.

Cheers, Lindsay

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