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A Better Return on Words Drew Bartkiewicz @lettrs

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Drew Bartkiewicz, founder of the social media platform lettrs, presented on the meaningful connection created by taking the time to write letters.

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A Better Return on Words !

Drew Bartkiewicz @lettrs

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Every action in life is an investment

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So what do we invest in that lasts?

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Tomorrow = abundance

1.4 Billion tweets per week 3.5 Billion Facebook posts per week

1.5 Billion non-spam emails per week

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A law of Abundance:

That which exists in greater surplus has less value, less

impact, less meaning.

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So what becomes scarce?

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Words in 2014

Writing, Publishing, Repeating, Copying

Variety Diversity Craft Meaningful Impact

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One to Many

# of Recipients Meaningful Impact

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Fast social has led us to believe everything in life done faster, wider, more shallow…is better.Digital has set our pace.We skim, we skip, we scatter.

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We are investing in functional words, common words, even less words. Meaning becoming…scarce.

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Do what you can discover about tomorrow today?

Words and how to use them.

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Words are the foundation of how we think.

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Words are the basis for how we inspire.

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"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work."~ Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912)

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Words define who we are.

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“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is like the difference between lightning and a lightning bug”~ Mark Twain

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MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. ~ Longfellow (1867)

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Every word in life is a choice.

Every minute an investment.

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Social media investment is not automatically a people investment.Fast social in the absence of slower social is no social at all.

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And herein lies the secret. Words matter…Because people do.

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Make your words worth someone else’s time. !

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lettrs.com/drew PO Box 99 @lettrs

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Be Indelible, in Word and Deed.

Move People.

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