Excited about having Guy Kawasaki speak at Catalyst west this April. He was an "Evangelist" for Apple during the start-up years and has gone on to become one of the world's biggest bloggers, founder of Alltop and Garage Technology Ventures - a venture capitalist firm.
Notice how Christian terms translate well into the business community. It's okay to say you're an "evangelist" for a product or a company. But in terms of the Gospel... it's become a bad word.
You know I've been so irritated about this recently - I keep on tweeting "I want the word Evangelist back" - when did It become cool to be an evangelist yet the church should be ashamed of the word?!?
Thanks for the post - I've been thinking this for months and not said anything!
Posted by: Scott Gould | October 30, 2008 at 07:27 PM
Hey Ben....great choice with Guy. I heard him speak several years ago while I was at Accenture. I distinctly remember listening to him because it was the first time I heard a speaker in the business world that was actually engaging. He's going to knock the socks off your crowd.
Posted by: Betsy Wright | October 31, 2008 at 12:27 AM
nice makeover and *new profile pic* :gleams with gladness:
Posted by: anne jackson | November 01, 2008 at 11:51 PM
i love guy! great great great pick.
Posted by: gail | November 03, 2008 at 02:07 PM