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Become A Connector

Do you have one hour and forty-five minutes to spare?

I’ll admit it, I have been sucked into the vortex that is Skillshare. For a very normal monthly fee (like, ten bucks), you can take a whole bunch of fascinating courses. Not the kind of courses that you probably see in catalogues or through the continuing education department of your local college. I’m talking about courses being offered by people like Simon Sinek, Susan Orlean, Seth Godin and courses with titles like The Possibilities of Instagram: Sharing Your Best Photos, Hyperthinking: improve your day to day learning & creativity, and Humor Writing: Write Funny for the Internet.

This is my kind of school. Smart classes. Relevant Topics. Right to the point.

This week, Seth Godin launched his latest course on Skillshare. It’s called, Become a Connector: The Impresario Institute, and here’s the course abstract:

“Impresarios are the connectors. They are the reason we are able to attend concerts, meet like-minded people at events and get inspired at organized talks — as talent and good ideas in the world need to be shared by someone. Author and entrepreneur Seth Godin walks through a workshop covering all the bases of being an impresario — how to start, who to get on your team, and how to scale your connections. By the end of this class, you’ll be inspired to recognize opportunity, assemble your own event, and to be a connector for the rest of your life.”

I’m about halfway through this course… and thoroughly enjoying it.

If you’re still not convinced that you could learn a thing or two (or twenty) about how to build relationships that matter, you can watch this teaser video:

Become a Connector: The Impresario Institute

An Online Skillshare Class by Seth Godin

Feel free to use the comment section below to let me know what you think of this course.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.