I just re-watched the TED Talks video from last Wednesday featuring guest speaker Seth Godin. I find it to be quite inspiring, really! He talks about how anyone can be a leader and it only takes a small group of "true believers" to get a movement going, and I definitely agree with his statement. If you just find a few other people who believe passionately about what you believe in, they are bound to tell and recruit others into the group (or what Godin referred to as "tribe") as well. Godin mentioned electronics leaders Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, two people who were both successful in leading others. I really liked how at the end he urges all of us to get out there and be leaders, too. He asks us to start a movement because it only takes 24 hours to do so. Considering the power of Facebook, it is completely possible. Facebook started out as being designed for only a small niche of society (specifically college students), but slowly, more and more and more people became curious and interested in the site and more and more people wanted to be a part of this social media movement.
Taking this class has helped me realize just how big a part of social media really is in our modern society, and how one person's small idea can turn into something bigger than they could have ever imagined.
Here is a link to another really interesting TED Talks video by same presenter Seth Godin:
http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread.html
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