When you use 3Lunches in a collaborative fashion, to offer ideas, to kick around business concepts or to share information, there is a slightly different dynamic. We call this Collaborative Coaching. Though we’ve developed suggested rules to guide this kind of exchange, we haven’t posted them in the Table Manners section of this site because of space.
That [...]

Documentary filmmaker Tan Siok Siok recently interviewed me for her film Twittamentary that profiles extraordinary connections and happenings taking place on Twitter.  What a treat, and what an elegant visual from this amazing director. I sincerely hope 3Lunches makes it into the final cut!  Let me know what you think and please reach out to @SiokSiok [...]

Owen J.J. Stone is a passionate vlogger and a new media consultant who was intrigued by 3Lunches when he first heard about it at the 140 Characters Conference in Los Angeles. Owen offered to do a video on the concept and interview me about 3Lunches. If you aren’t familar with Owen’s vlogging, you can [...]

Joe Pena interviewed me on his wonderful radio show that profiles entrepreneurs and inspirational stories. What a great opportunity to get the message out. Have a listen, share your thoughts and answer this: are you ready to coach a friend?
Enlighten Me: Carol Quinn

I recently received a message from a Twitter acquaintance expressing enthusiasm about 3Lunches and then he asked, “How much does it cost?”  After I explained that it didn’t cost a thing, I thought it might be an opportune time for a post on the 3Lunches concept.
Right alongside the recession and its aftermath, a new sense of [...]

“I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the integrated structure of reality.” Martin Luther King Jr.
If Martin Luther King Jr. was right and I can’t achieve my potential without you, then I’d better get to know you. And since we live in an [...]

I’ve always wanted to know a philosopher. Imagine being able to make a quick call to learn the origins of a particular theory, to get the ancients’ perspective on an ethical dilemma or to discover exactly how derivative a seemingly original idea might be.
Hi!  Can you share a good quote about wisdom?
“The mark of wisdom is [...]

I had an entertaining interview recently with Rob McNealy on his blog radio show, Startup Story Radio. Rob’s passion is to use social media to evangelize about small businesses, and coaching entrepreneurs.
I am grateful to Rob for giving me the the opportunity to talk about 3Lunches at length.
Have a listen and share your thoughts: http://tinyurl.com/l6rojm

3Lunches is meant to facilitate sharing between two people, and there is simply nothing more wonderful than when a person reaches out and offers time, knowledge, and experience to you. There’s no other way to describe it; it feels like love.
It happened to me just last week. Iggy Pintado, author of the new book, Connection [...]

Last night I dreamt I was on Twitter again. The default brown avatar with the bewildered baby-blue eyes stared at me, 140-word messages scrolled through my mind, but I couldn’t understand any of the communications. I’m not against Twitter. I may possibly love it, but the dream stayed with me.
 
Twitter is true democracy, of the [...]