Hello, students! You should be well into The Tipping Point by now. It's been quite interesting thus far. I especially like the part about Paul Revere, which has been a nice add-on to my previous knowledge of him and the onset of the American Revolutionary War. Cool stuff!
With that said, here is an extra credit question for you. Be reminded that I will not award extra credit if your answer is not backed with direct quotations from the book, nor will you receive credit for answers that are grammatically incorrect. My suggestion is for you to type your response in Microsoft Word, then proof and edit it there, then copy and paste into the comment section. OK, here is the question:
Think of the qualities of a CONNECTOR, MAVEN and SALESMAN. Name a modern-day person whom you believe to be a CONNECTOR, one you believe to be a MAVEN, and one you believe to be a SALESMAN. Be sure to support your answer with SPECIFIC details from both the book AND your observations. Please do not state the obvious. I want you to reach a little!
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The Tipping Point
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As stated in the novel, Connectors are the people with a special gift for bringing the world together. A person that can relate to being a connector is my aunt Maria. She is a person that where ever you go with her she knows someone. My aunt is a very sociable person. She likes to get to know different people. But, besides being very sociable and friendly, my aunt is a very helpful person. She will help anyone who needs any help. As a result, Connectors are the ones who know very different people and like to get to know them. They are very outgoing and are spirited. For example, if I go with my aunt to a grocery store, she will know someone there and they will talk forever. But, my aunt Maria is a very friendly person. A Maven is the person with the most information must be the most important. A person that can relate to being a Maven is my father Mark. My father is a manager of the receiving department at Home Depot. My father knows everything and where to locate anything that the costumers need to buy. As stated in the novel, a Maven is a person who has information on a lot of different products or prices or places. If they don’t have the items that are in stock, my father would call any other Home Depot and check to see if they have the item that the person is looking for. For example, if they don’t have the right material that the customer needs, my dad finds another material that would work better. Salesmen are the people who use their skills to persuade us when we are unconvinced of what we are hearing. A person that can relate to being a Salesman is my uncle Ruben. My uncle works at Rick Case and is the manager for the parts department. My uncle over sees the department with eight employees. In addition, my uncle manages inventory and manages over 450,000 of inventory. As Salesmen, they discuss the prices and places that have the other parts of inventory that needs to be sold. These are the three people who I believe are Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen.
Connectors are individuals who link others by having a broad social network. In the Tipping Point it states that connectors are who “ people with tend to bring the world together”. They have the ability to make friends very easily and they know over hundreds of people. A modern day connector for me would be Donald Trump, the reason why I picked this person is because Donald Trump as many hotels everyone he is one milliner that as such a big network since he works with hospitality and tourism. Just like in the Tipping Point they gave Roger Horchow to be a connector for his “intrinsic personality & sociability”.
Mavens are people who can be able to follow us up with new information. They have the ability and the knowledge to share with others whats the latest news out there. A modern day maven for the latest news on celebrity would be Ryan Seacrest. Ryan as the ability to carry out spectacular news about any celebrities. Ryan has everything he needs to be able to start “an epidemic”. Stated in the Tipping Point it says “ Mavens are really informational brokers, sharing and trading what they know. Ryan as very good social skills to be able to get any type of news and specifically to be able to communicate.
Salesman are charismatic people that are very powerful and they are great negotiators. This individuals tend to be easy to persuade others they are very open minded to many ideas. A modern salesman is Dough Elliot of Manhattan; he is a lawyer, negotiator and entrepreneur and a big restaurant person. Dough is very charming and as great potential to obtain what he wants. Dough negotiates with many upper class individuals he goes beyond of whats expected. Dough is a persuader when it comes down to business wise.
I like your choices, ladies! Nicely done!
Laysu, I want you to work on your spelling. In the grand scheme of life, it's not a big deal. However, honing your spelling skills will not only help you to be a better writer, but a better reader too!
SMILE! Get ready for my response. I have one relevant to the goings-on of this week in sports!
Gilbert Soles
In the novel, a Connector is described as someone with a broad social network that is capable of bringing those within the network together. This is clearly a description of Tom from Myspace. That guy had over 72 billion friends the last time I checked Myspace, which was like three years ago. Tom brings the world together…kinda.
The novel describes a second type of individual as well. This second classification is known as the Maven. A Maven is generally described as a well informed person who craves informing his or her peers of all their discoveries on one or more subjects. It can be said that Glenn Beck is a Maven. He is so consumed with a passion for telling the people the truth, that his emotions overtake him at times. lolz. Regardless of his lack of emotion composure at times, he speaks the right wing truth! He is clearly a man who deeply desires to inform the people and is, therefore, a Maven.
The final classification presented in the novel is known as a Salesman. The Salesman is a charismatic individual with the ability to convince people to follow what is being said. The modern day Salesman I chose is Barrack Hussein Obama while using a teleprompter. That man could say just about anything (that’s on a teleprompter) to the generally ignorant American population and gain support based solely on his charisma while using a teleprompter. Did I mention he has to be using a teleprompter? Well, yeah he does. He is capable of brainwashing or “informing” (“informing” being the more politically correct term) the general public about his policies and is there for a Salesman.
These three individuals are outstanding examples of a Connector, a Maven, and a Salesman respectively.
Gilbert,
Nice effort, but...
Are you sure that Glenn Beck isn't just giving us HIS version of the truth? Since you appear to be quite the right-winger (you watch FOX News and you're a fan of Beck's), it is obvious he is your prophet. You both share the same perspective, and his ideals and beliefs are concomitant to yours. Though some of what he says is spot on, I want you to be careful to never take what someone says as gospel.
Luckily for you, this AP class is about seeing through the talk, looking for the rhetoric (the language and emotion), and being smart enough to not fall for it (well, at least not every time). See, Beck has rhetoric down to a science...much like our president. Beck is who he is because he is good at what he does. You're right, he is emotional, and that's what makes him appealing (at least to conservatives). I have never seen someone shed more tears than that guy. He cries more than I do, and I'm a woman traipsing on the fringe of menopause. You must understand that Beck's tears are a form rhetoric (either that, or he is in dire need of testosterone). It's called pathos, Gilbert. He knows how to pull on the public's heart strings and, more importantly, how to get his message across. You're also right (pardon the pun) - he is a nice guy, and maybe he is honest. However, he is no different than any other politician! He will tell you want YOU want to hear and what HE wants you to hear. And we, as listeners and viewers, have to be smart enough not to SWALLOW anyone's ideas "hook, line and sinker." Trust me when I tell you, there is ALWAYS some other agenda with a politician or a pundit. The two are often one in the same. Therefore, if you're going to classify OUR president as one who brainwashes and reads from a teleprompter, I can assure you, Glenn Beck does as well.
Man, I love some good discourse late at night! Smile! :o)
Love, C-Rod
PS. I am not trying to belittle your guy; I do like him. I just saw this as an opportunity for you to understand what AP Language is and how to use it in your everyday life.
C-Rod,
Yup, I'm definitely a right winger, (although I like to consider myself a Libertarian), and I understand perfectly that Glenn Beck uses emotions in a rather pathetic attempt to convince his viewers that what he's saying is more correct (I did mock that fact in my original response). I can very clearly see through his theatrics. However, the fact that he uses his emotions to play into a response from the audience does not disqualify what he is saying from being factual. As for brainwashing, let’s define it first. I would define brainwashing as the presentation of a story while excerpting parts in order to be more persuasive, not telling the whole story. This being said, it would, at first, appear that that is the only thing Beck ever does! But take a step back now and let’s look at it a different way. What if Beck is actually serving as an equating force within the larger picture that is the entirety of the Media? It really wouldn't be so much brainwashing now as it is someone attempting to get the other side of the story out, considering the rest of the media seems to be largely Liberal. I wouldn't say that he doesn't attempt to brainwash his audience at times either, but it seems to me more like he does a pretty good job at balancing the degree to which the whole story is told by the largely liberal media. Also, the only prophet I have is Jesus. I tend to like to chew my food before I swallow, and I don't necessarily agree with everything Beck says. I just happen to agree with him more regularly than I would agree with say Chris Mathews (I like to listen to the Liberals too, although I find that I can only listen for a while before I start getting angry animalistic impulses to burn cars…but I digress lol). Being open to both sides is key to me. It’s just when it comes to all the fiscal stuff like government programs and welfare and foreign policy stuff like immigration, the conservative lens just makes much more sense.
P.S. I look forward to some spirited class discussions with you next year! :)
Here you go Ms. C-Rod:
As stated by Gladwell in section two of part two of the book: The Tipping Point, Connectors are those set of individuals that play an undeniably important role in the making of relationships and links to different communities of people to, metaphorically and literally, in turn make the world just that much smaller. The best example of such a person that comes to mind is Oprah Winfrey. Gladwell mentions that: “The point about Connectors is that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together.”(Gladwell pp. 51) In essence, that is the role that Winfrey takes on with so many different outlets to so many societies. Despite me not knowing whether she carries the same characteristics as Roger Horchow, Winfrey is one of the most well known females worldwide-I think it’s safe to say. The amounts of ways that she connects to other people are immeasurable, through a television talk-show, a magazine to her own television network, but it doesn’t end there. To say the least, Oprah Winfrey is one individual that through close observation could be linked to several parts of different societies just because of her broad spectrum of communications with so many people.
A Maven, according to Gladwell is a certain person whose desire is to collect information, but is also passionate about sharing it with other people, in other words helping people. The success behind a Maven comes from “the fact that Mavens want to help, for no other reason but because they like to help, turns out to be an awfully effective way of getting someone’s attention”(Gladwell, pp.67). My friend Richard is the epitome of someone who looks for different data and insightful news to share with his friends just for the pure joy of doing so. Gladwell proposes the idea that Mavens: “read more magazines than the rest of us, more newspapers, and they may be the only people who read junk mail”, and I could not agree more. The search for innovative findings and the love for teaching others is what make up a Maven, whether it is through finding great deals on consumer products or just through informing others with up-to-the-minute news.
Charisma, effervescence and energy are adjectives to describe the qualities that a person who is able to persuade people easily should have. Like the subject Tom Gau in The Tipping Point, Tony Robbins has such a positive and determined attitude that through so many exhibitions to the community is able to get people to see things in a new perspective, depending on how his own personal perspective is guided. “Part of what it means to have a powerful or persuasive personality, then, is that you can draw others into your own rhythms and dictate the terms of the interaction.”(Gladwell, pp. 83) After seeing Tony Robbins give a speech to a large audience, I understood what Gladwell meant by the movements and speech patterns that gave way to “conversational harmony” within a conversation. Robbins displays all the characteristics that a salesman is to display as well, and with that he is portrayed as the perfect example of one.
:) Looking forward to this year!
Anthony and Natalie~ Well said! Proud of you!
Gilbert ~ Glenn Beck has apparently done his job well. :o)
Smile, guys and gals!
C-Rod
Connectors are the super glue that binds our society together. They are naturally equipped with a rare “impulse” to know a large mass of people. And not just any people either. Gladwell states how connectors “manage to move up and down and back and forth among all the different worlds and subcultures and niches and levels.” In other words, they don’t just know a lot of people but the people they know are diverse. My mother Mayra is a connector. Her profession involves working with immigration. Therefore, this opportunity enables her to meet hundreds of different people from all walks of life, all the time. Excluding work though she somehow manages to remember a large mass of people’s names and even some of the data she collects from their lives. It’s almost impossible to go out because she simply knows most of the people on the streets, in the mall, gas station and more. Mayra’s a true connector though because as Gladwell mentions she “simply likes people, in a genuine and powerful way.”
Mavens are the data bank that provides society with information. They’re like the human equivalent of the World Wide Web with an enlarged heart. However, Mavens not only know an unusual quantity of information but to them that’s worthless unless their using it to help. I have yet to meet a Maven but someone close to the description is my recent Chinese tour guide Kevin. Similarly, to Mark Alpert Kevin finds happiness in solving other people’s problems or questions. While in China, if any of us had a question he would state the answer without a moment’s pause. The rare occasion he didn’t know he went out of his way and wasn’t completely satisfied until giving us our answer. Gladwell states in pg.67 how “What sets Mavens apart…is how they pass it along… Mavens want to help, for no other reason than because they like to help…” Kevin never gave the impression of being a no-it-all; he was simply an excessively educated and caring “teacher.” And as Malcolm Gladwell mentions “To be a Maven is to be a teacher.”
Salesmen are simply persuaders that have harnessed the ability to talk at a whole new level. The basic characteristics of a salesman are energy, enthusiasm, charm, likeability, and yet there is something more according to Gladwell. In William Condon’s talking experiment people do what is called gesture and conversational rhythm. This skill if owned is enough to form bonds with strangers. This is the case when Gladwell encountered Gau. He mentions feeling “synchronized and seduced” which of course led to easy persuasion afterwards. My uncle Raydel Ricardo owns his own business of carpentry and is in charge of handling most customers. He has an uncanny ability of persuading even the most stubborn or scared client. Just as Gladwell hinted his personality matches the description of a salesman. Raydel is extremely bubbly and likeable and I have yet to meet a person that doesn’t fall fast for his charm.
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A connector is someone who connects the world. A connector a person who is always socializes with people. “The point about Connectors is that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together.” For example, I think a connector is my aunt Brigit because she knows were you could get some good hook ups, because she know a lot of people. Every time I’m with her, her phone never stops ringing because everyone is always calling her.
A maven is a person who knows everything and is really important. “A Maven is a person who has a lot of different information on products or prices or people.” To me a maven is Jesus because he came to earth and knew everything wrong and right and only did right things. Jesus was a person who is important and will never let you down when you need his help. In the book it say that mavens are people that try to help you, and that is what Jesus does tries to help you whenever you have a problem, whenever you don’t know which way to go Jesus will help you because he knows everything.
A sales person is a persuader, they tries to get you to agree with their opinion.”Part of what it means to have a powerful or persuasive personality, then, is that you can draw others into your own rhythms and dictate the terms of the interaction.” A sales person to me is Carlos. This person is a sales person to me because he always thinks he right. He always tries to persuade you to agree with his opinion. Somehow he draws people in to do what he wants or to along with him. They are good at persuading us, especially when we are unsure of our information.
Part two was very informative about the three different types of people.
Hello there C-Rod a little late but here we go,
In reading the” tipping point” I couldn’t help but see that it takes different people around us to make the world go on. In having different people you come to have different roles and responsibilities. Which come to the connecters, mavens, and salesman which are introduced in the novel. Stated in the tipping point,”Connectors are individuals who have ties in many different realms and act as conduits between them, helping to engender connections, relationships, and “cross-fertilization” that otherwise might not have ever occurred.” A perfect example of a modern day connecter would have to be Hilary Clinton. She is a woman with a lot of controversy, on her side, but as our current Secretary of State, she is head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. The Secretary is a member of the Cabinet and the highest-ranking cabinet secretary both in line of succession and order of precedence. Hilary Clinton is involved in many charities connecting the world, one step at a time.
In the novel the author also talks about another individual as well, which are the Mavens. Mavens are people who have a strong compulsion to help other consumers by helping them make informed decisions. I would have to say that you C-Rod are a perfect example of a Maven due to the fact that you are always informed on a variety of subjects wither it be about literature, sports, politics and even entertainment, you are always up to date and on point. In the classroom you are the source, your ability to teach and to inform us the student is amazing. C-Rod wither your helping your students or giving a hand to your fellow co- workers you continue to enlighten us with your knowledge and for that you are a perfect example of a Maven.
Last but not least, we have the Salesmen which is charismatic people that are very powerful and they are great negotiators. These individuals tend to be easy to persuade others, they are very open minded to many ideas. Like Laysu, said Donald Trump does have characteristics of a connecter but I do believe he has qualities of a salesman. Starting of small and now a multi-millionaire Mr. Trump has proven to be a worldwide brand name. Donald Trump, the American business magnate, socialite, author and television personality. He is the Chairman and CEO of the Trump Organization, a US-based real-estate developer. Trump is also the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which operates numerous casinos and hotels across the world. Trump's extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner have made him a celebrity for years, a status amplified by the success of his NBC reality show, The Apprentice. He has an enormous amount of followers which comes to the way he persuades his audience to see things the way he does. Wither you hate him or love him, Donald trump has proven to be a perfect example of a salesman.
While reading the Tipping Point, the author explains to the reader what a Connector, Maven, and Salesman is, titling it the Law of the Few. These people exhibit certain qualities that make them beneficial when it comes to spreading a social epidemic.
By definition a Connector is someone "who knows lots of people." They have certain traits that make it easier for them to meet new people. What's interesting about them is that unlike most, they are happier when they have many acquaintances rather than a handful of close friends. Sociologists call these relationships between acquaintances "weak ties," a friendly yet casual connection. For this reason Roger Horchow was able to meet lots of new people without lingering on one for too long. Which is why I think my mom, Angie, has these traits which makes her a Connector. My mom likes to network with other people and while networking she often meets a new person who she can establish a weak tie with. With that she is able to do favors for others, as well as have favors done for her in return. During this process she also acts as the adhesive in a new relationship between two people who would not normally meet. For instance, someone who works in the school district offices and an acquaintance that she knows from a gym class.
Another person characterized in this book is called a Maven. These people are the ones responsible for handing off information to the Connectors; they are "information specialists." These information specialists are commonly known as Market Mavens because they "are aware of the prices of things and will react accordingly." A person I would consider a Market Maven is Bill Gates. He is the Chairman of Microsoft, a multi-million dollar company that is continuing to thrive. He is one of the most well known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Which is why I consider him a Maven because he has that special gift to acquire and use marketing information.
The last person to be part of the Law of the Few is the Salesman. We all know these kinds of people, they knock on your door in the mornings, call your house non-stop; these are the kinds of people that continue an epidemic. First came the Connector (forming relationships between people from many different worlds), then the Maven (acquiring information and relaying it to the Connectors), and last, the Salesman (who persuades others in believing in the information.) Thus, creating an epidemic. Salesmen like Tom Gau, have such charaimatic energy about them that just make you want to believe about anything they say. I think that the television news networks are a form of a "Salesmen." Even though the news stations aren't a specific person, it consists of a huge group of Salemen who all have one main goal: to sell you the news. Just about anything they put in big, bold, flashing letters will sell to the public. If they were to say that the United States was going to turn to mush in seven days, I'm most certain that 95% of the world would flee to Canada. They use certain tactics to play on the viewers emotions that help them seem more believable . Basically, Channel 7, Channel 4, and every other channel are made up of Salesmen trying to sell their news to the world.
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In the book "The Tipping Point" I noticed that it takes different situations around us and connects them. Connectors are the people with a special gift for bringing the world together. A person that I believe to be a connector would be Julia Roberts. Julia Roberts is Emma Robert's aunt. I believe that if it hadn’t been for Julia Roberts, Emma wouldn’t be who she is now. Julia Roberts introduced Emma to the acting world. So, I suspect that Emma knows everything she does and knows everyone she knows because of her aunt Julia. Julia helped Emma reached her goals.
A "Maven" is the person with the most information that I trust to be the most important of all three. A maven in my life would be Mrs. Nadel. I meet Mrs. Nadel in my 9th grade year. I was new to High School, like many of you were, and I knew that I had to get a lot of community service, so I decided to join the SHAPE club. She thought me, how to be a leader. How I could help other people not just in school. She helped me and thought me many many things. That I strongly agree will help me when I am out of High School. Furthermore Mrs. Nadel just made me feel stronger about my passion that is to be a doctor; Mrs. Nadel has helped me in incredible ways that I can’t put into words.
A "Salesman" is the person that uses his/her skill to persuade us. This people are amazing. They are incredibly enthusiastic and they believe they can move mountains. A salesman in my life would be my friend Viviana Artiles. She is always happy and is always giving me something new to work with. She is great at making things work with only few things or people in hand. She wonders and notices things that I hadn’t even known where there in the first place. She is a great persuader and will convince you on just about everything. She would definitely make a good sales person!
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As stated in the tipping point connectors, are people with a special gift for bringing people together. A connector impulse is simply that, an impulse, just one of the many personality traits that distinguish one human being from another. The point about connectors is that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together. We rely on them to give us access to a world of opportunities and worlds to which we don’t belong. In school, my connector is Ms. Concepcion. Being her teacher’s aid has help meet new people and socialize more with a variety group of people. Also I have learned who every single teacher and staff member is. This to me is really important because as I want to succeed in school and pursue my career and getting the right connections now are vital. By knowing Ms. Concepcion I got to meet Ms. Abesada which is the cap director of our school. Ms. Abesada is right person to connect to for college ideas and career choices. Ms. Concepcion also brought me to a club FEA which I am very proud of and I’m happy to always be there helping. Thru out the past year being with Ms. Concepcion was a pleasure and I thank her so much for the opportunities she has given me. I even learned how to make coffee and if I want to work at starbucks I know who to call to for a recommendation. Over all if it wasn’t for Ms. Concepcion I wouldn’t know half of the people I know today and thanks to her I think I can be successful if put my mind to it . I know that she always has her best interest when it comes to me and I believe that even after I graduate, she will still be my connector.
A maven means one who accumulates knowledge. A maven is a person who has information on a lot of different products or prices or places. A maven is not a persuader but is a teacher. During summer I got a job at leadership institute workforce. It was to learn how to be a leader and be successful in life. In this job I met a man named Nelson Santiago. This man is a Maven. The first day that he got there he taught us and opened our eyes to things I wouldn’t even imagine. For example he taught us how the market and stock works. He taught us how to catch the lies and make a better deal with just knowledge. He is an entrepreneur with 4 amazingly successful companies. Being an entrepreneur is to be leader and know your soundings by taking risks on the outcome. One of our assignments in our job with him was to make our own business plan. This was a competition and there were 13 companies. Since we are all kids we didn’t really know much about business plans so he helped us every step of the way. This man knew anything and everything. No matter how different or small or big you wanted your businesses to be he knew what would work and what not was such a good idea. This man really wanted us to do our best and even when his dad was sick in the hospital he gave us his personal phone number to call if we had any problems or questions since he couldn’t be there that day. Nelson Santiago is a maven to me and is also a connector. In the competition he brought 3 judges and those judges said that that really liked 3 companies and would gave them the money to start up the business. Unfortunately Nelson Santiago didn’t tell us who those three companies were he said that if we really want it we were that company and to call him when we were ready to start.
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Sorry Ms. it says i wrote to much haha so here is the rest .
A salesman has the skills to persuade us when we are unconvinced of what we are hearing. You need to feel comfortable with that person and trust them enough to buy what they’re selling. My dad is a salesman. My dad has never really had a stable job for a very long time; he prefers to be in the streets interacting with people. My dad loves selling stuff and has the charisma to do it. My dad is not all about the money he loves what he does and he just wants other people to be happy. Sometimes it may seem like he doesn’t know what he is doing but in the end it always works out. One time we were in the car on our way to Miami and he found a man broken down on the side of the road. He stopped for the man and gave him $200 to fix his car. They of course became friends and that man actually became his first investor in one of the products he was selling. At the time I thought he was crazy because he didn’t even know the man but after all it was a nice deed and it paid off. I think my dad is a really nice person and that has also hurt him in the business world but he has learned and each day he gets better and better.
Cant wait for next year :D
If the world was trapped in a black hole of disaster, all buildings and skyscrapers were about to collapse, the newly cemented roads were cracking like glass, and the people were running around insanely like a distressed colony of ants: who could drive the universe back to sanity? This calls for the job of a Higgly Town Hero, okay maybe not. In reality, it can only take the super powers of Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen to rescue the planet from darkness.
As stated in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, “Mavens are data banks. They provide the message. Connectors are social glue: they spread it. And Salesmen have the skills to persuade people when they are unconvinced of what they are hearing.” (pg 70) Put these three in the same room and God knows what can occur. More in depth, who does one know has “a special gift for bringing the world together”? (pg 38) One person comes to mind when I think of somebody that knows a great deal of people, and that is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah has an “extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances” (pg 41) and this is mainly because of her television show and special gift. She knows everyone from drug abusers, to celebrities such as Britney Spears and Tyra Banks, to normal middle class people sitting in her audience. If the world was about to collapse, Oprah would be on TV or on her cell phone calling her one million acquaintances getting the firefighters involved since the leader of the rescue team ended up being her neighbor, gathering the police since one of them is her cousins son, and speaking to Congress since one of the members visited her show and became her acquaintance. She could stop the disaster occurring and save the world just like Lois Weisberg that “gathered together a motley collection of railway enthusiasts, environmentalists, and commuters and founded South Shore Recreation, and saved the railroad.” (pg 50) The point about Connectors like Oprah is “that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together.”
If the world was collapsing because of the horrid fashion of teen girls, then the data bank or Maven, the one “who accumulates all the knowledge, and is honest and vigilance about their work” (pg 60) would be Kim Kardashian. Kim not only studies the different trends that are in style, but she combines pieces of clothing from different stores at different prices to satisfy her client. She isn’t a Salesmen because she won’t convince you to buy something, on the other hand she’ll show you with her knowledge of style what not to buy, what stores have the same garments at lower prices, and what pieces of clothing are seen most on celebrities. Kim Kardashian is like “a helper in the marketplace” (pg 62) and in her case: the fashion industry.
Everybody knows him for his energy, charm, enthusiasm, and likeability but best of all for his amazing talent to sell his products. Who is this man? Ronald McDonald. No matter how many thousands of calories his products have, and how many citizens are obese because of this clown: he can sell his Happy Meals to a vegetarian. “What separates a great Salesmen from an average one is the number and quality of answers they have to the objections commonly raised by potential clients.” (pg 72) Ronald McDonald has plenty of answers and way of convincing people just through his charities and smiling, goofy face in every corner of the street almost all around the world. Place Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, and Ronald McDonald in the same room and the world will be saved, everyone will dress great, and no one will ever be hungry.
If the world was trapped in a black hole of disaster, all buildings and skyscrapers were about to collapse, the newly cemented roads were cracking like glass, and the people were running around insanely like a distressed colony of ants: who could drive the universe back to sanity? This calls for the job of a Higgly Town Hero, okay maybe not. In reality, it can only take the super powers of Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen to rescue the planet from darkness.
As stated in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, “Mavens are data banks. They provide the message. Connectors are social glue: they spread it. And Salesmen have the skills to persuade people when they are unconvinced of what they are hearing.” (pg 70) Put these three in the same room and God knows what can occur. More in depth, who does one know has “a special gift for bringing the world together”? (pg 38) One person comes to mind when I think of somebody that knows a great deal of people, and that is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah has an “extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances” (pg 41) and this is mainly because of her television show and special gift. She knows everyone from drug abusers, to celebrities such as Britney Spears and Tyra Banks, to normal middle class people sitting in her audience. If the world was about to collapse, Oprah would be on TV or on her cell phone calling her one million acquaintances getting the firefighters involved since the leader of the rescue team ended up being her neighbor, gathering the police since one of them is her cousins son, and speaking to Congress since one of the members visited her show and became her acquaintance. She could stop the disaster occurring and save the world just like Lois Weisberg that “gathered together a motley collection of railway enthusiasts, environmentalists, and commuters and founded South Shore Recreation, and saved the railroad.” (pg 50) The point about Connectors like Oprah is “that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together.”
If the world was collapsing because of the horrid fashion of teen girls, then the data bank or Maven, the one “who accumulates all the knowledge, and is honest and vigilance about their work” (pg 60) would be Kim Kardashian. Kim not only studies the different trends that are in style, but she combines pieces of clothing from different stores at different prices to satisfy her client. She isn’t a Salesmen because she won’t convince you to buy something, on the other hand she’ll show you with her knowledge of style what not to buy, what stores have the same garments at lower prices, and what pieces of clothing are seen most on celebrities. Kim Kardashian is like “a helper in the marketplace” (pg 62) and in her case: the fashion industry.
Everybody knows him for his energy, charm, enthusiasm, and likeability but best of all for his amazing talent to sell his products. Who is this man? Ronald McDonald. No matter how many thousands of calories his products have, and how many citizens are obese because of this clown: he can sell his Happy Meals to a vegetarian. “What separates a great Salesmen from an average one is the number and quality of answers they have to the objections commonly raised by potential clients.” (pg 72) Ronald McDonald has plenty of answers and way of convincing people just through his charities and smiling, goofy face in every corner of the street almost all around the world. Place Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, and Ronald McDonald in the same room and the world will be saved, everyone will dress great, and no one will ever be hungry.
If the world was trapped in a black hole of disaster, all buildings and skyscrapers were about to collapse, the newly cemented roads were cracking like glass, and the people were running around insanely like a distressed colony of ants: who could drive the universe back to sanity? This calls for the job of a Higgly Town Hero, okay maybe not. In reality, it can only take the super powers of Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen to rescue the planet from darkness.
As stated in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, “Mavens are data banks. They provide the message. Connectors are social glue: they spread it. And Salesmen have the skills to persuade people when they are unconvinced of what they are hearing.” (pg 70) Put these three in the same room and God knows what can occur. More in depth, who does one know has “a special gift for bringing the world together”? (pg 38) One person comes to mind when I think of somebody that knows a great deal of people, and that is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah has an “extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances” (pg 41) and this is mainly because of her television show and special gift. She knows everyone from drug abusers, to celebrities such as Britney Spears and Tyra Banks, to normal middle class people sitting in her audience. If the world was about to collapse, Oprah would be on TV or on her cell phone calling her one million acquaintances getting the firefighters involved since the leader of the rescue team ended up being her neighbor, gathering the police since one of them is her cousins son, and speaking to Congress since one of the members visited her show and became her acquaintance. She could stop the disaster occurring and save the world just like Lois Weisberg that “gathered together a motley collection of railway enthusiasts, environmentalists, and commuters and founded South Shore Recreation, and saved the railroad.” (pg 50) The point about Connectors like Oprah is “that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together.”
If the world was collapsing because of the horrid fashion of teen girls, then the data bank or Maven, the one “who accumulates all the knowledge, and is honest and vigilance about their work” (pg 60) would be Kim Kardashian. Kim not only studies the different trends that are in style, but she combines pieces of clothing from different stores at different prices to satisfy her client. She isn’t a Salesmen because she won’t convince you to buy something, on the other hand she’ll show you with her knowledge of style what not to buy, what stores have the same garments at lower prices, and what pieces of clothing are seen most on celebrities. Kim Kardashian is like “a helper in the marketplace” (pg 62) and in her case: the fashion industry.
Everybody knows him for his energy, charm, enthusiasm, and likeability but best of all for his amazing talent to sell his products. Who is this man? Ronald McDonald. No matter how many thousands of calories his products have, and how many citizens are obese because of this clown: he can sell his Happy Meals to a vegetarian. “What separates a great Salesmen from an average one is the number and quality of answers they have to the objections commonly raised by potential clients.” (pg 72) Ronald McDonald has plenty of answers and way of convincing people just through his charities and smiling, goofy face in every corner of the street almost all around the world. Place Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, and Ronald McDonald in the same room and the world will be saved, everyone will dress great, and no one will ever be hungry.
If the world was trapped in a black hole of disaster, all buildings and skyscrapers were about to collapse, the newly cemented roads were cracking like glass, and the people were running around insanely like a distressed colony of ants: who could drive the universe back to sanity? This calls for the job of a Higgly Town Hero, okay maybe not. In reality, it can only take the super powers of Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen to rescue the planet from darkness.
As stated in Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point, “Mavens are data banks. They provide the message. Connectors are social glue: they spread it. And Salesmen have the skills to persuade people when they are unconvinced of what they are hearing.” (pg 70) Put these three in the same room and God knows what can occur. More in depth, who does one know has “a special gift for bringing the world together”? (pg 38) One person comes to mind when I think of somebody that knows a great deal of people, and that is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah has an “extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances” (pg 41) and this is mainly because of her television show and special gift. She knows everyone from drug abusers, to celebrities such as Britney Spears and Tyra Banks, to normal middle class people sitting in her audience. If the world was about to collapse, Oprah would be on TV or on her cell phone calling her one million acquaintances getting the firefighters involved since the leader of the rescue team ended up being her neighbor, gathering the police since one of them is her cousins son, and speaking to Congress since one of the members visited her show and became her acquaintance. She could stop the disaster occurring and save the world just like Lois Weisberg that “gathered together a motley collection of railway enthusiasts, environmentalists, and commuters and founded South Shore Recreation, and saved the railroad.” (pg 50) The point about Connectors like Oprah is “that by having a foot in so many different worlds, they have the effect of bringing them all together.”
If the world was collapsing because of the horrid fashion of teen girls, then the data bank or Maven, the one “who accumulates all the knowledge, and is honest and vigilance about their work” (pg 60) would be Kim Kardashian. Kim not only studies the different trends that are in style, but she combines pieces of clothing from different stores at different prices to satisfy her client. She isn’t a Salesmen because she won’t convince you to buy something, on the other hand she’ll show you with her knowledge of style what not to buy, what stores have the same garments at lower prices, and what pieces of clothing are seen most on celebrities. Kim Kardashian is like “a helper in the marketplace” (pg 62) and in her case: the fashion industry.
Everybody knows him for his energy, charm, enthusiasm, and likeability but best of all for his amazing talent to sell his products. Who is this man? Ronald McDonald. No matter how many thousands of calories his products have, and how many citizens are obese because of this clown: he can sell his Happy Meals to a vegetarian. “What separates a great Salesmen from an average one is the number and quality of answers they have to the objections commonly raised by potential clients.” (pg 72) Ronald McDonald has plenty of answers and way of convincing people just through his charities and smiling, goofy face in every corner of the street almost all around the world. Place Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, and Ronald McDonald in the same room and the world will be saved, everyone will dress great, and no one will ever be hungry.
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Great job with your posts. Some made me laugh! Remember, Lisaimy, when you comment, just give it time. It will post.
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