Do you want to make new friends, do business, get a job or whatever your reason are is this essential to ask yourself.

You need to know your values, be authentic, genuine and transparent since it’s meeting with real people and if you loose yourself it will get out of your control.

If you are really serious about using Social media and building your Personal Brand and making business you need to invest some money.

Kim Garst who I have been following for a while in the You Can Do Facebook group. Kim is on Forbes top 50 list for influential Social media people and She explains why and how you can go further. Watch and listen carefully to her story.

I use social media for making friends, business, learning and leading people.

My vision is to help our children, sick, elderly and future generations and my mission is to collaborate with creative and inspiring people.

Some examples of learning & leading this week and my next week planning:

• Certified Networker, Referral Institute (Sv. Referensakademin)
• Hallstavik ”Day of the Future” book and connect with the exhibitors
• Social media presentation, Rotary Järfälla Club, Sweden
• Open House at Niketo an Independent School for adult education
• BNI Royal Haga meeting (I have created our team’s new website)
• Social media workshop, Rotary Järfälla Club, Sweden

Why are you using Social media?

One of todays biggest challenges is to be authenthic and genuine and don’t play around in Social media without knowing Why you should be there.

I have been working with Social media over 15 years educating people in using tools for collaboration and leading teams. I left IBM in 2010 and re-launched my own company with focus on creativity, values and social media.

If you want to know your values and visions I recommend ValuesOnLine which is a tool to help you to find your own. It’s an OnLine questionnary where you reply during 1 – 1 ½ hour. It’s used by leading companies all over the world and a part of the Swedish Scout training for their youth leaders.

I will get the result and share with you during a face 2 face or Skype session lasting about 2 hrs. I am doing this in my role as a ValuesOnline facilitator.

Read more about ValuesOnLine and book a session with me. I have one seat for free but only if you book within 24 hours. The investment are normally approx. 75 USD for the Ranking questionnary and 360 USD for the personal session.

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To start using Social media is about going into the public space and that’s why I am talking about values and visions as the most important before even think about being in a public space for business. You need to be authentic and genuine on a personal level. There are no work arounds!

I am offering 2 seats, only 1 left for free to go through your values and vision together with me. You start the journey with an OnLine tool and reply on questions during approx. 1 ½ hour. The result will then be shared with you during a Skype session or face 2 face meeting and everything is based on your own story. My role is only to facilitate your process.

You can reply to me by mail, phone, Twitter, Facebook or the tool you feel comfortable with. I am doing this for free as a part of my own training to be a facilitator for helping people to know their values and visions.

Read more here

It was absolutely amazing to discuss social media with the team who had a very diversified background and this is optimal for creative collaboration.

2012 is the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives which I suggested they should use in their marketing for reaching out to people.

I showed them also the Facebook group Kim Garst started and I learn so much from. There are a lot of amazing people in the group and you can visit Pinterest to find their pages.

The next meeting was a start up for Referrals for Life the Certified Networker Programme I have joined for creating more business to my customers.

We are 21 persons who will be trained during 10 weeks. The 5 hours I spent today is the most efficient networking hours so far and I am looking forward to the next meeting.

The programme is created from BNI’s (Business Network International) most successful teams and how they are networking with Referral Marketing.

Our team consists of professional networkers who are dedicated to be the best and this is exactly what I mean with collaborate with the most inspiring people.

Today there are very many who write about how to do, but very few do it themselves or have the ability to come up with something new.

It’s like Twitter, where most follow someone else and retweet what others have written. Almost all articles and newsletters also refers to what someone else already have come up with.

Everything seems to be to copy, modify a bit and present as their own, which is unnecessary and time consuming. What if there was intelligent search tool that brought out what is unique much faster, and presented it in a good way.

To create creative renewal need strong leaders and individuals who want and dare to think and do something new instead of following someone else. Here you will enter and all people can take a leadership over their own thoughts and ideas.

So what is authentic and unique?
In my opinion, it is when someone assumes herself and adds something new from their own experiences. The basis for this often come from a variety of sources and contexts. Essential for success is that you are aware of your personal values ​​and visions.

When it comes to innovation work, it is almost impossible to re-connect to all sources, since the best ideas often come intuitively and not logically. This is in my opinion, one of the biggest obstacles that so few ideas are implemented.

Why is this so important to know?
To succeed in implementing the ideas they need to be clarified and presented so that they can contribute to the introduction of them, they presented very well and understand the purpose. Here defects too often and it will never start a dialogue.

Anyone who is genuine and unique is instead often seen as odd and ideas are treated accordingly. Clear leadership and an innovative corporate culture that appreciates that we are authentic and unique leads automatically to creative renewal.

What can you do to influence?
We are certainly many people who have been told that it is impossible or that it has been tested before, but that it was possible to do and then it stops completely and we will return to everyday life again. Here I would say that everything begins.

Find out all the facts is necessary and make sure you have a sound basis. A good start is to have several who want to participate and you can develop the idea with. Then, for the sale of it and if you can show in a realistic and expected result is half the job done.
You may have to do everything in your spare time and do not earn anything in the beginning then it is important that you are really passionate about it and work hard. The result will be and even if you do not succeed in implementing it, you have learned a lot and come a step further on your own development.

Good Luck!
Creativity Coach

Det finns idag väldigt många som skriver om hur man skall göra, men väldigt få gör det själva eller har förmågan att komma med något nytt.

Det är som Twitter där de flesta följer någon annan och återtwittrar vad andra har skrivit. I stort sett alla artiklar och nyhetsbrev refererar också till vad någon annan redan kommit fram till.

Allt verkar bestå i att kopiera, ändra lite och presentera som sitt eget, vilket är onödigt och tidskrävande. Tänk om det fanns smarta sökverktyg som plockade fram det som är unikt mycket fortare och presenterade det på ett bra sätt.

För att skapa kreativ förnyelse behövs det starka ledare och individer som vill och vågar tänka och göra nytt istället för att följa någon annan. Här kommer Du in och alla människor kan ta ett ledarskap över sina egna tankar och idéer.

Vad är då äkta och unikt?

Enligt min uppfattning är det när någon utgår från sig själv och tillför något helt nytt utifrån sina egna erfarenheter och upplevelser. Underlaget för det kommer oftast från en mängd olika källor och sammanhang. Grundläggande för att lyckas är också att du är medveten om dina personliga värderingar och visioner.

När det gäller innovationsarbete är det nästintill omöjligt att återkoppla till alla källor eftersom de bästa idéerna ofta kommer intuitivt och inte logiskt. Detta är enligt min mening även ett av de största hindren till att så få idéer genomförs.

Varför är detta så viktigt att känna till?

För att lyckas genomföra idéer behöver de tydliggöras och presenteras så att de som kan medverka till införandet av dem får de presenterade på ett bra sätt och förstår syftet. Här brister det alltför ofta och det kommer aldrig igång en dialog.

Den som är äkta och unik blir istället betraktad som udda och idéerna behandlas därefter. Ett tydligt ledarskap och en innovativ företagskultur som uppskattar att vi är äkta och unika leder automatiskt till kreativ förnyelse.

Vad kan du själv göra för att påverka?

Vi är säkert många som fått höra att det inte går eller att det provats förut utan att det gick att göra och så slutar det helt och vi återgår till vardagen igen. Här vill jag påstå att allting börjar.

Ta reda på alla fakta som behövs och se till att du har ett ordentligt underlag. En bra början är också att skaffa flera som vill delta och du kan utveckla idéen med. Därefter kommer införsäljningen av den och om du kan visa på ett realistiskt och förväntat resultat är halva arbetet gjort.

Du kanske måste göra allt på din fritid och inte tjänar någonting i början då är det viktigt att du verkligen brinner för den och arbetar målmedvetet. Resultatet kommer och även om du inte lyckas genomföra den har du lärt dig massor och kommit ett steg till i din egen utveckling.

Lycka Till!
Kreativitetscoachen

If you want to be successful in Social media you need to connect with people and do it regularely on a personal level.

My Klout score and peer index have had a remarkable increase during the last couple of weeks. This is only achieved thanks to a close collaboration with people who are dedicated to help each other to follow our dreams with passion.

Take some time and connect with my friends and leave comments and start up conversation through their blogs. I will continue to share my friends blogs. Pinterest is a Great tool for this and it gives a quick picture overview.

Special Thanks to Kim Garst who started and run the Facebook group where we collaborate every day. Susan Preston is also moderating our team.

Social Media is about Collaboration

För att få en ökad tillväxt och lönsamhet är det avgörande att ha en vision och värderingar som stöder den.

Christer går en facilitatorutbildning hos ValuesOnLine Leadership Centre. Att ha tydliggjort och vara medveten om sina egna och företagets värderingar och visioner är avgörande för att lyckas med sin närvaro i sociala medier.

Det är i kommunikationen mellan månniskor på bloggar, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ m fl som ditt företags värderingar och visioner syns.

Affärsnätverkar du på ett kreativt sätt?

Att affärsnätverka innebär att skapa relationer med människor som kan bidra till att båda parter får flera affärer. Nya kontakter skapas på olika sätt och det gäller att ta initiativ och följa upp dessa på rätt sätt. Det görs som regel alltid genom att du börjar istället för att vänta.

Alla kunduppdrag Creman utför kommer från kreativt nätverkande och det är en process som utgår från värderingar och visioner. Hallstaviksnätverket var första uppdraget och samarbetet började efter googling på kreativa nätverk i Hallstaviksbygden.

Worskhops i kreativt nätverkande för arbetssökande via Arbetslivsresurs med uppdrag från Arbetsförmedlingen kom efter samarbete i Hallstaviksnätverket kring en framtidsdag i Hallstavik.

Resa till Washington DC med 4 elever och delta på världens största festival för barn som syftar till att stimulera deras kreativa och empatiska förmågor är ett resultat av kreativt nätverkande. Uppdraget började efter kontakt som togs av grundaren av International Child Art Foundation som googlat och hittat mig.

Största sponsorer är Roslagens Sparbanks Stiftelser och Hallstaviksnätverket med värderingar och visioner att ge tillbaka för att skapa samhällsutveckling.

Deltagande i världsledande organisationer som Rotary International och BNI (Business Network International) för att utöka nätverket och skapa kontakter som leder till till flera affärer.

Christer kommer utbilda sig under våren hos Referens Akademin för att bli certifierad affärsnätverkare.

Vill du synas mer i sociala medier?

Som en del i min facilitatorutbildning ingår att coacha andra och jag har 2 st platser kvar för dig som vill ta fram dina värderingar och visioner med hjälp av ValuesOnLine’s kraftfulla verktyg. Vill du delta?

Vill du boka ett möte för att gå igenom hur jag kan hjälpa dig att synas mera i de sociala medierna?

Kontakta mig på christer.edman@creman.se eller ring 070 769 79 59

Hallstaviksnätverket and Roslagens Savings Bank who invested in creativity and social media based on my idea to use Open Innovation.

International Child Art Foundation (ICAF), Ashfaq Ishaq who invited me to run a creative activity on the World Children’s Festival in Washington DC. Special thanks to our host families, Ms. Portia Davidsson and her husband Mike who guided us so well and CDR Kirby Sniffen and his wonderful family.

Hallsta and Gottsta School in Hallstavik and Husbygårdsskolan in Husby for your creative and inspiring cooperation when we filled the forum with all the students work which were presented on the World Children’s Festival.

Coompanion, Bridget Wedberg for your referral to Coop who hired me as an inspirational creativity coach.

BNI Royal Haga, Business Network International (BNI) all members in my team are outstanding and you really follow ”givers gain”. A special thanks to Mette Bungerfeldt, Qualitas who has given me some great referrals and also opened your office to run a workshop in social media.

Orjala Consulting, Patric Orjala is a licenced coaching certificator at ICC and we have just started up an interesting collaboration related to a Social media strategy.

Addhuman, Mats Hagelin and Britta Lundkvist who work with Mindfullness and hired me to get some advice related to creating a social media strategy.

ValuesOnline Leadership Centre, Bobby Forshell for your introduction to a work with leadership and values. Our collaboration will have an impact on many levels and this is something I am really looking forward to deepen. It was Bobby who introduced me to Edward de Bono’s, Six Thinking Hats and Lateral Thinking in the 90′s.

Rotary Järfälla Rotaryklubb, Rotary International. I am very grateful for the members friendship and trust in me. A special thanks to Bala Kamallakharan who invited me to Rotary Reykjavik International Iceland club.

Arbetslivsresurs, Johan Bittner who hired me for inspiring unemployed to creative networking twice this year. I love to interact with an audience who cares about their future.

Spring Magic Life who introduced me to write in her book about my dreams and how I am working with fulfilling them. Spring has also introduced me to join her mastermind group and we have virtual meetings using Social media. ”Everybody can make a change in the world and there are always something good we can do for ourselves and others. If you feel and see something which you have passion for just go for it and follow your heart and act with Love.”

Kim Garst for your friendship and invitation to your amazing group with social media experts who I am collaborating with and learn from on a daily basis.

ESBRI Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute. I was invited to talk about Open Innovation and my work with inspiring and encouraging the citizens in Hallstavik to collaborate on an idea forum. This link is to video only in Swedish and I talk about in part 2 after 26 min.

Niketo, Kerstin Eriksson for interesting discussions about new opportunities and collaboration.

New opportunities and collaborations in 2012

There are no limits and every day has a new opportunity. What do You dream about and do you want to join me on this amazing journey where there are no limits except our imagination?

Here are some tools that I am using and testing for improved collaboration. The feeling of schizophrenia and that I have to clone myself by dividing time  between LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Klout and now also Empire Avenue is something which have occupied my creative mind for a while.

I want to be a part of proactive discussions between the social media experts.

It’s also very important to know the customers needs for using Social media. There can be new opportunities but only if we communicate the benefits and provide with some good examples about how to work with at least the three most common tools as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter at the same time.

Yoono a quick overview of a tool which is very easy to start using…

Hootsuite is an excellent tool with several options for analyze and control. You can add apps. for following your top contributors etc. and create reports.

Recommend you to read the blog post about creativity and Empire Avenue