Welcome to Connectors, Mavens, and Sellers

The defining context for this group is found in Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling book “The Tipping Point, How little things can make a big difference.” Another point of reference would be found in his book “Blink.”
This is not a book group however. The purpose of meeting is to bring together a group that can see those little things, connect them to a social network, and promote them. The people in this group would be best described, in Malcolm Gladwell's terms, as Connectors, Mavens, and Sellers. Consult http://www.gladwell.com/tippingpoint/tp_excerpt2.html as an example.
The spectrum of discussion would span topics such as Business Trends, Political Shifts, Emerging Technologies, Artistic Waves, and so on. In Seattle, a lot of this might seem to be web-centric, but this would be short-sighted (and not narrow sliced, to employ a “Blink” term). Insofar as mentioning Seattle distinctly, if I were to draw upon an outside authority (outside of Malcolm Gladwell, that is), then I would add the name Richard Florida who speaks eloquently about how communities prosper when they express tolerance, accept new ideas, and embrace change. Consult http://creativeclass.com/