As brands get hip to social media, I have seen a few organizations take the inevitable shortcuts. These shortcuts can include outsourcing community management (at a more radical level), ignoring the weekend, moderating unwanted comments, or simply not engaging...
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What if… the world were on time?
What if drivers thought ahead enough not to get stuck in gridlock? What if people got out their change ahead of the toll booth while idly waiting in line? What if people respected lines (read: queues, my English friends)? What if Doctors thought that your time was...
Biggest impact on your business?
Tough choicesWith the limited resources we all have at our disposal, we must make tough choices. Here are a set of options that, with your magic wand, you can provide for your business overnight. Which is to be?Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the...
Interview With Sean Keyes, CMO and Co-Founder of Avalanshare
A new service to give value to digital sharing UPDATE AUG 2013: AvalanShare had to shut its "doors". Minter Dialogue Radio Show number #28. This interview is with Sean Keyes, CMO and co-owner of Avalanshare. AvalanShare is an interesting start-up that helps brands...
Interview with Brian Platz, founder Silkroad Point: gauging employee influence
At this year's Netexplo Forum*, Silkroad Point was given one of the top 10 new tech awards. Presented by Brian Platz, founder and COO, the Silkroad Point was a project that created quite a stir in Paris (the forum is hosted at the UNESCO HQ). In the fifth and...
To blog or not blog? A very real question for any CEO
I had a lovely interview podcast with a good friend of mine, Olivier Cimilière Cordonnier, who is specialized in Corporate Communications (formerly head of Corporate Communications at Google France) and author of a successful French blog (Le Blog du Communicant...
Interview with Erika Anderson, CEO and founder of H2020, in search of good water!
I attended the Netexplo Forum 2012 on March 15-16, held at the splendid UNESCO headquarters, in Paris. Netexplo* is an observatory of new tech trends around the world, with which I have been associated for the last couple of years. There were ten award winners...
Interview with Joe Salesky, founder of Freemonee, winner at the #Netexplo 2012 Forum
I attended Netexplo* 2012, held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris March 15-16. During the two days, ten new tech projects around the world were awarded a Netexplo prize. I was lucky enough to grab a few of the award winners -- including Joe Salesky, Chief Strategy...
Examples Of Social Networks Hijacked By Users Around The World
I attended the Netexplo 2012 Forum last week at the UNESCO (in Paris). It was a great event, honoring ten laureates for some exceptional projects (ProPublica, Word Lens, Blindspot...). We also heard from three international speakers, Rishi Khiani (CEO Times...
Interview with Tracy Weber, Pulitzer Prize winner, ProPublica Award winner at Netexplo
At the Netexplo Forum* 2012 (March 15-16), held at the magnificent UNESCO headquarters, in Paris, ten new tech initiatives were recognized with a Netexplo Award. One of the ten award winners was ProPublica - Dollars for Docs, "investigative...

To Book Minter!
I’m Minter Dial and I serve my clients by elevating the debate and energy, telling powerful stories and connecting people and ideas. My mission to insert more meaningfulness into our lives and at work. I relish being an engaging professional speaker on leadership, transformation and branding. I’m known for being someone who walks the talk and delivers on or above expectations. I’m the author of four award-winning books, including the second edition of my award-winning book, Heartificial Empathy (April 2023, available in English and French), You Lead published by Kogan Page that won the Business Book Award 2022, and Futureproof (FT-Press/Pearson) that won the Business Book Award 2018. I’m also the producer of the award-winning WWII book and documentary film The Last Ring Home.
My last major published project was Dialogos, Fostering More Meaningful Conversations that was published weekly via Substack, over 79 weeks. I am currently working on a new book, The Avatar Trap.










