Praise for Get Bold
“For crying out loud, IBM ‘gets’ social media. Don’t you think it’s about time that you do? This is the book to get you started.”
—Guy Kawasaki, author of Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions
“Sandy Carter has not just written a book, she has set a standard. Get Bold is NOT an option, it’s an imperative. It’s a book to be embraced, studied, and implemented.”
—Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling and Social BOOM!
“Sandy Carter is spot-on in Get Bold. IBM has understood for years that this social networking thing meant more than sharing pictures of funny cats. Get Bold speaks in a language that will satisfy the stodgiest of CEOs but with a passion that belies the importance of these tools for these times.”
—Chris Brogan, president, Human Business Works
“Looking for unparalleled innovation and improvements to the way your organization operates? In Get Bold, Sandy Carter demonstrates how leveraging powerful collaborative tools will transform your business into a vibrant Social Business.”
—Marcia Conner, Social Business Industry Analyst and coauthor of
The New Social Learning
“Sandy gets it. It is all about Social Business and social media, the transformational forces in the world today! Her examples are global and applicable with lessons to help you get started fast!”
—Loic Le Meur, founder of LeWeb, #1 social media and technology event in Europe
“Outstanding!!!! Sandy Carter, Women in Technology Hall of Famer, writes about Social Business in a way that you can just ‘get it.’ Sandy is a talented social media expert—who really understands the business side of technology.”
—Carolyn Leighton, founder/chairwoman, WITI (Women in Technology International)
“This breakthrough book gives marketers a path to making the entire organization customer-centric using social media with real case studies and strategies for significant ROI. Most importantly, it provides the arguments you need to convince senior management that all departments in the organization must ride the wave together or your company risks getting lost out at sea.”
—Roy Young, president of MarketingProfs, coauthor of Marketing Champions
“Get Bold is not another book full of buzz words that describe social media. It provides a clear blueprint for developing strategies that leverage social media to deliver tangible business results. If you want to create a social enterprise, you need to read this book!”
—Tony O’Driscoll, executive director, Center for Technology Entertainment and Media, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
“For years now, companies have been watching the growing popularity of social networking and asking themselves whether this is something they should pay attention to. In Get Bold, Sandy Carter urges companies to leverage social media to unlock the intellectual capital within their organizations, paving the way for unprecedented innovation and becoming a new type of Social Business. Her book is based on her experiences helping IBM become a world-class Social Business and working with clients around the world and across industries to help them do so as well. Sandy offers the readers of Get Bold an action-oriented Social Business agenda to help them get started today.”
—Irving Wladawsky-Berger, strategic advisor, IBM and Citigroup; and visiting faculty, MIT and Imperial College
“At this moment, we are on the verge of the largest shift in the communications landscape in the history of mankind. For the first time ever, companies can communicate with their constituents in ways never before possible. This more connected and engaged way of doing business, Social Business, will transform the way business gets done well into the next century. In Sandy Carter’s new book, Get Bold, Sandy illustrates what leading companies are doing to transform their business around a framework to chart their own path to Social Business success. As a core partner of IBM’s on Social Business, we’d encourage you to pick up this must-read!”
—Jeff Dachis, CEO of Dachis Group, who coined the phrase “Social Business”