June 22, 2010 34 Comments

The Beauty of Keeping Information Shareable

I release all content on [chrisbrogan.com] under the Creative Commons license, which means that you can share and reuse my information within reason and with some attribution back to the original post.

One great use of this is what Paul Durban created out of my 50 Power Twitter Tips. Look at this cool YouTube video that Paul made out of my work.

If you can’t see the video, click here.

Thanks, Paul, and for you: consider making your information shareable. It goes so much further.

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  • http://www.ricardobueno.com Ricardo Bueno

    Paul: that's pretty darn awesome and wickedly creative! Props to you :-)

  • andrewcareaga

    What an excellent way to reshare content. Kudos to Paul – and to you, Chris, for creating the Twitter tips originally.

  • http://www.robertpickstone.com Robert Pickstone

    This is a great example of sharing and reusing informationm – well done Paul (and Chris in the first place!)

    Rob

  • http://www.joshchandlerva.com Josh Chandler

    Chris,

    How have you found the experience of using CC overall? Have people always given you correct attribution for your work?

  • darrenlcarter

    Awesome video. And this was my first time seeing your twitter tips and those were awesome too! Thanks for sharing all of this.

    Peace,
    Darren L Carter

  • David Siteman Garland

    The best posts are like peanut butter, easily spreadable (YES, I went there)

  • http://www.kaplancopy.com/blog Jodi Kaplan

    Paul rocks! (as always).

  • Lois Ardito

    I love the whole collaboration of it all! Your 50 power tips are invaluable ( have read them over and over again) and Paul got them rockin' out! Love it and passing this on!

    As always, many thanks for all you share so freely!

    Lois

  • http://www.avenue3re.com Lois Ardito

    I love the whole collaboration of it all! Your 50 power tips are invaluable ( have read them over and over again) and Paul got them rockin' out! Love it and passing this on!

    As always, many thanks for all you share so freely!

    Lois

  • Rex

    Nice work, Paul. You got it goin' on!

    This guy has some serious talent. Hire him.

  • http://www.businessbuilderbookclub.com Joy Johnson

    This is one of those “why didn't I think of that” examples. Real creativity is a wondrous thing. So simple and yet so rare.

  • http://www.loususi.com loususi

    Coolness ;]

  • http://mydarabell.com/ Dara Bell

    Interesting mutation, I like mutations because they present a more colourful world, a better take. We need more mutations more mutants and less mutanity. Collaboration is a decent word, my friend has that in his company title. What I think is more interesting is the mutatations and the newness. The new Chris Brogan logo loooked diamond in the montage too.

    Viva la Mutantes.

    Dara

  • http://socialbutterflyguy.com/ DJ Waldow

    I realize this post is about sharing and “keeping information sharable” but what strikes me is that we all digest content differently. While a nice (pretty?) list works for some, a cool, slick, creative video works for others. Love it.

    DJ Waldow
    Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory
    @djwaldow

  • http://www.joshchandlerva.com Josh Chandler

    Joy,

    I rely on getting those tidbits of information from one source (this blog!) when it comes to good business practice.

    I've lost count to how many times I've been inspired or motivated to take action after reading a short phrase or two on one of Chris's articles!

  • http://www.businessbuilderbookclub.com Joy Johnson

    I've watched him for the last few years as he's broadened his thought base. At this point he's close to Godin, Gladwell, Anderson, Kawasaki, and their ilk. There are a lot of great minds that are more linear – and I would never minimize that in any way – but I do appreciate someone, especially in this “niche” driven world, who can accumulate a diverse variety of immature concepts, coalesce, and elevate them. That is the role of a thought leader. I place the greatest value on people who present ideas that make me think, that make my own mind want to take the next step. He's clearly there.

  • http://twitter.com/pauldurban Paul Durban

    Thanks for the mention, Chris! Great information deserves to be spread in various forms. I'm glad I could be a small part of that!

  • http://twitter.com/pauldurban Paul Durban

    “While a nice (pretty?) list works for some, a cool, slick, creative video works for others”

    I second that!

  • http://www.joshchandlerva.com Josh Chandler

    Joy,

    That's exciting, I only started reading Chris's blog back in 2007. Didn't really follow his work closely until the end of 2008.

  • http://twitter.com/oneforty oneforty

    This could be the next “Social Media Revolution” video. :)

  • http://www.websitebegin.com Joe Boyle

    Wow, that's an amazing idea.

    I never would have thought the great ideas that could come as a result of allowing others to use your content! Great post, and kudos to Paul Durban!

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/6UCT6JGHYTNAO7TV6RLMTIJJOQ Tom

    Chris, thanks for the tips. Paul, thanks for tipping them at an appealing angle!

  • @circlesofsa

    Thanks for the tips-

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  • enricksspaikers

    Wow! I wish I knew how to add the slick graphics to a video. Good job converting Chris Brogan's tips to video. Thanks for sharing.
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    Wow! I wish I knew how to add the slick graphics to a video. Good job converting Chris Brogan's tips to video. Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.mindadventure.com/ rob white

    The universe works on the foundation fo sharing. We cannot worship god (sharing) and mammon (greed) too. One works … and the other hampers your experience of prosperity no matter how rich you may be.

  • http://www.danieldecker.net Daniel Decker

    Paul… Glad you made the video for Chris and that Chris shared which ended up making those of us who were unaware of you now become aware. :) The circle is complete and I'm really looking forward to sending a few upcoming projects your way!

  • http://www.perfectoled.com electronic display

    That's a pity i can not see this a video .Thanks Nice post !!

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  • thomsinger

    I saw this post and watched the video the day that Chris posted it. What I did not realize at the time is the the highly creative guy who created this video, Paul Durban, is someone I went to high school with in Los Angeles Country (I am now in Texas and Paul is in Nebraska) 26 years ago (how did we get this old?).

    The interesting thing is I read Chris's words, saw the video, but Paul's name did not register (even though I am connected to him in Facebook and knew him well when we were in high school). Today he found me on Twitter and I immediately called him on the phone. We had a great conversation and I want to work with his creative company on some projects for my publishing company.

    He was highly creative in school, thus the amazing stuff he is doing with ebooks and video is not surprising. Check out all his stuff at http://www.blazonfire.com.

    Thanks, Chris, for almost reconnecting me with an old friend. Had I been more observant I would have called Paul two weeks ago! Duh.

    But think about this for a second folks. 26 years have gone by…. we live thousands of miles in opposite directions from where we grew up, and yet our paths crossed on a blog like ChrisBrogan.com….. and yet we missed. How many other people are we all just missing to make a connection?

    thom

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    Its very cool post.. Thanks for sharing this tips..
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