Meme: the one thing that I must say to the entire world
All right, brains. I’m creating a meme and I compel all of you fine readers and bloggers to join in.
The name of this meme is “the one thing that I MUST say to the entire world.”
It’s very simple: you have up to 150 characters to say a message to the world. You can do it in your blog, microblog, tumblelog, or whatever electronic medium. Please link back to this post so I can try to track the activity of this meme – trackbacks would be cool, too.
Here’s my one thing, as an example:
Leaders: accept that you are sometimes wrong. Do not suppress dissent. Publicly acknowledge your errors. Then work like mad to make things right or at least better.
In the desire to spread this well and good, I’m going to tag 20 people.
When you respond to the meme, please pass it on to at least 10 people.
Super bonus incentive:
If I get at least 100 responses to this meme, then I’ll volunteer to create an eBook and publish everyone’s responses (at least the ones that I can find!), with a link of their choice (i.e. blog URL, social networking page, etc.) included as well as their name.
Just think: we can spread good ideas while letting the world know about us!
So… here’s who I am tagging:
Don’t let me down…. 
spostareduro:
Great idea Mark! Happy to oblige. I need a while to do it, as I am not feeling so well right this minute. (booo) But I’m definitely in.
Check out The Drunk That Almost Got Away from spostareduro
21 April 2008, 8:45 ambrainadmin:
@SpostareDuro – excellent – thanks!
21 April 2008, 9:29 amSpeak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace:
[...] Please send your responses to Mark. Of course, he would absolutely love trackbacks. [...]
21 April 2008, 11:26 amspostareduro:
If you weren’t sure when you saw the pingback..yup..its the same article posted on both sites.
I’d really like to see something come of this.
21 April 2008, 12:06 pmbrainadmin:
@spostareduro- excellent!
21 April 2008, 12:18 pmKristen:
Cool idea Mark! Now I have to think of something profound to say and that could be harder than it appears.
21 April 2008, 2:32 pmNick James:
Great idea, Mark. I shall endeavour to oblige, my good fellow.
21 April 2008, 3:27 pmbrainadmin:
@Kristen, @Nick – bring it on!
21 April 2008, 4:50 pmSammy_sunshine:
K, Mark…I’m doing it…
21 April 2008, 7:27 pmbrainadmin:
@Sammy_sunshine – that’s the spirit!
21 April 2008, 7:39 pmspostareduro:
Hey Mark. You don’t have to post this comment..just trying to figure out if something went wrong with the pingback from my other site..Did the second one get caught by Akismet?
Check out Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace from spostareduro
21 April 2008, 8:14 pmDavid:
I predict: fail
22 April 2008, 1:30 ambrainadmin:
@Anon David – the beauty of your comment, of course, is if you’re proven to be wrong, we won’t be able to attribute the comment back to you.
22 April 2008, 7:24 amLisa Rousseau:
Will do. Gives me something non work related to do for a change:)
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22 April 2008, 10:27 ambrainadmin:
@Lisa – go for it!
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brainadmin:
@Ole Phat Stu – thanks!
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