Janet Fouts

MAY 3, 2021

All of this combined with his speaking and teaching experience, has led him to create the Language of Mindfulness – so we can have amazing conversations, every day. He also trained as a facilitator in Matrix Leadership group dynamics with founder Amina Knowlan and established the Quest Institute Meditation Center in Dallas.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Rather than making decisions based on parsing the big data, we can listen in on conversations about our product, our competitors’ products, and the needs of the consumer. You’ve got to back it up with real conversations with real people. Be a fly on the wall without an agenda to change the conversation.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 24, 2017

Rather than making decisions based on parsing the big data, we can listen in on conversations about the issue we want to address, our product, our competitors’ products, and the needs of the consumer. On social media sites we can eavesdrop on the conversations and understand what the needs really are and the emotions behind them.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 18, 2021

At first it feels odd, but as people get used to taking this opportunity to get fully present before the meeting, you’ll find they look forward to it and conversations are calmer and better focused. When someone cuts in front of you in line, in a conversation, or on the freeway? Were delighted by. Share appreciation.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Now, the next time you meet with this person bring your compassionate heart and a calmer mindset prepared to have a calmer, kinder conversation. Your boss redirects the conversation back to you, showing that she values your opinion. This kind of practice helps immensely in developing the “muscle” of compassion. Self-comparison.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 18, 2014

It may be you are talking to the founder of a business, a marketing or sales manager, customer service or a social media manager, but you’re talking to a person at the other end of that conversation. I recently had an issue with a purchase at Whole Foods market. No big deal really, but I expressed my disappointment online.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The best part about the Influencer blogs is the ability to share their insight with your social networks and the conversations generated on LinkedIn and other platforms. Raising the level of conversation world-wide is a powerfiul way for someone to become a true social influencer and share their knowledge.

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Janet Fouts

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

They can be a memory, a conversation, or simply a feeling that we respond to in a certain way. Emotional triggers happen to us all day, every day. A trigger can be pretty much any topic that makes us feel strongly, whether that’s negative or positive. Some good, some not so good.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 14, 2017

We are going to have to spend more time listening, having open conversations about what is wrong in America (and around the world) to understand how to make it better. Start those difficult conversations with a wish to understand, with compassion. Call me a snowflake if you will, but dialog has to happen. It only fans their ego.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

If they are smart social users they will follow the person or brand on Twitter, join a group they’re in on Linkedin, follow the company, and engage in tangental conversations to become part of the person’s social network before they connect.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 2, 2019

We met on Twitter and struck up some conversations. This was a very special episode with Non Wels, creator of the You, Me, Empathy podcast. Non hosted me on his podcast in October to talk about self-care for caregivers and a whole lot of other things. Non has a way with interviews that really draws out some unexpected insights.

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Janet Fouts

JULY 7, 2014

The soldier responded and started a conversation with the woman who sent the tweet. During the Obama State of the Union Address people shared their feedback live on #SOTU and talked with others in a carefully monitored conversation. Here’s the story. DesmondTutu Official (@TheDesmondTutu) July 3, 2014.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 9, 2022

Have a “back-pocket” question on hand—or a question you can ask to start up a conversation or defuse awkwardness. Practice empathy and compassion to better understand why people who are different from you do the things they do. Put yourself in their shoes. What might they be experiencing? Relationship management.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The idea of meditating together with 10,000 people around the world is powerful, and I’ve struck up several conversations around these notifications on Twitter. There are some who feel that gamification diminishes the value of mindfulness or meditation practice, and I’ve had some fairly intense conversations about it. The naysayers.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 1, 2012

This morning I had a conversation with a friend about Google+ and it’s a conversation I used to have about Twitter. They expect to sign up and immediately be inundated with vibrant, intelligent conversation! Commenting on another user’s post gets you into the conversation. Comment and share some more.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 30, 2012

On the one hand it’s got the best features of Twitter like immediacy and fast moving conversations with the added plus of being able to direct conversations to channels (Circles) of people who are actually interested in that topic and exclude the ones who could care less. It’s Twitter on steroids. AlmostSavvy.com.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 28, 2018

It’s a beautiful thing when this happens, it can leave lingering positive feelings for both parties, and make the conversation flow more smoothly. Walk away to come back to the conversation another day. Now that you are settled, you may find the other person responds to your settled calmness differently, even calming them too.

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This gives you an opportunity to deepen your relationship with these influencers through conversation and invite them to engage in other ways. Even if you miss the chat itself, you can learn a lot by clicking on the hashtag and reading past posts to get a feel for who is driving the conversation and people you’d like to engage.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 3, 2015

If you are marketing an app be sure to look under the tools menu to manage your app promotion, learn more about the App card ads to target your ads for better conversions. The events tab is little used right now but still it’s interesting to see what events people are posting.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 20, 2017

We may not always agree, but if we respond with negativity we're driving the conversation down a rabbit hole it may not recover from.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 3, 2011

If you try to follow the chat from your own timeline on the Twitter web site you can, but if it’s a big chat you can quickly lose the thread of the conversation. Often they will assign a moderator to welcome participants, ask questions and generally keep the conversation on track. Tweetchat.com. Twitterfall.com. TweetGrid.com.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 15, 2017

The conversations among participants were a catalyst as much as the sessions. I had so many wonderful conversations, and so many tips scrawled in my journal. Founder and co-director of 1440 Multiversity, Scott Kriens, invited attendees to “Think of this place as your canvas, to do what you are most compelled to do.”

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 8, 2011

Recently the topic of syndicating content came up in conversation. Unless you are setting up reminders and following the conversations on every site you are syndicated on. In fact, you can miss entire threads about what you wrote and the conversation passes you by, even though you were the one that started it. Share the love.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

After all, sometimes it’s a colleague trying to DM something important or someone who really wants to converse. Maybe you even want to have some legitimate conversations. Strike up a conversation and follow back. ” Now naturally I went to look at the person’s profile to see why the follow back was so urgent.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 16, 2014

The other half (75% if you can stand it) is created on the fly through curation of relevant content, responding to news items and conversations discovered through social listening tools. Look for the people you want to talk to, then let the conversation guide you. Go with the flow the same way you would at a huge networking event.

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Janet Fouts

AUGUST 30, 2015

Hangouts can be clunky for new users and 10 people in the hangout at once generally too many to have a deep conversation. Sure, there is conversation in the comment stream but frankly, in a buzy stream it can hard to respond and focus. This is a terriffic way to get real engagement and conversation with a large group.

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Janet Fouts

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

They have superficial conversations with others in general, especially in the office, but these deeper, more personal connections are what we crave as humans. We check in periodically with other practices and analysis or work with individuals as desired. It’s addictive, really.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 16, 2011

When you have a conversation with someone about something you are passionate about–whether it’s sports, business or your kids–it creates an affinity with that person. A few of these conversations adds up to a relationship. They share their interests freely, allowing you entrée to that first conversation quite easily.

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Janet Fouts

DECEMBER 12, 2014

most cases brands are more interested in cost-per-click and cost-per-lead or cost-per-conversion metrics or developing discussion on their page, so these are the metrics you need to be able to generate. You own your website and no-one can direct how you carry on conversations there. OK, so we should pay for ads anyway right?

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Janet Fouts

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Some are great conversation wranglers, s**t-disturbers even. Many have a passion for the topic of conversation central to the brand they manage. Some are analytical thinkers and know how to extract ROI from a stone.

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 12, 2020

You tried to speak up in a meeting but a co-worker spoke first and took over the conversation. You expected a project to go the way you envisioned it, but the other people involved didn’t know your plans and now it’s all wrong. Now, you avoid meetings if they will be there.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 28, 2020

Whatever stimulates the most conversation gets the most attention and brings in more money in ads. The need to make $$ and therefore the development of the algorithms to feed the polarization (AKA conversations) because that’s what drives money, building traffic. It’s always been this way and it has never changed.

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 4, 2011

I had a very interesting conversation with a Facebook application developer today. Do you see really engaged conversations or simply reactions to a post from the brand or other members? Twitter is like having a conversation while running a marathon. That’s generally the depth of the conversation.

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Janet Fouts

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Add people who will naturally have good information and strike up a conversation. Add a few, get some conversations going and then add more. Collaborate. Your group members are already your friends so you must know something about them. How can you use the group to collaborate around a topic or help them with their work?

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Janet Fouts

MARCH 8, 2015

Every social network has a specific voice or way of conversing with others. Do you communicate best through video, short messages with links, long blog posts, images, or in-depth conversations with your community? Define yourself as a resource or expert? A news resource for your brand? Professional development? Look at the data.

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Janet Fouts

JUNE 2, 2011

TweetChats are Twitter conversations that are focused around a particular topic and anyone who is interested can chime in. Join the conversation and then decide if you want to follow. You never know how everybody finds you, but if somebody reaches out and engages you and you enjoy the conversation follow them.

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Janet Fouts

MAY 11, 2011

People who want to use social media to advance their professional reputation, attract business or build a brand often struggle with deciding where the line is between personal conversations and professional ones. If you’re using social media for your business, know this.

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