Who is Braden Kelley?
I am an innovation speaker, trainer, marketing strategist, and recognized thought leader.
And also co-founded the world's most popular innovation web site:
"I help organizations use social media and other tools to attract and engage customers, partners, and employees to help the organization achieve its goals.
If you're looking to create a culture of innovation, tackle some of your innovation barriers, train your employees to be more innovative, or build a more profitable, more social business -- let's talk."
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Category Archives: Social Media
Rise of the Social Business Architect
The world is changing and needs Social Business Architects. Gone is the epoch of the passive consumer, now customers want a say. At the same time, the quest for survival and growth is causing companies to stop looking at suppliers … Continue reading
Embedding Innovation
Distributing Innovation Knowledge for Innovation Success Is innovation in your organization a project? Or are you trying to embed innovation into your organization as a new core competency? Is innovation part of the new business as usual you are trying … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Social Media, Strategy
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Three Social Media and Innovation Quotes
“Social media serves an incredibly important role in innovation. Social media functions as the glue to stick together incomplete knowledge, incomplete ideas, incomplete teams, and incomplete skillsets.” – Braden Kelley “Social media can help ideas grow and thrive that would … Continue reading
Social Media is the Glue of Innovation
Social media serves an incredibly important role in innovation. Social media functions as the glue to stick together incomplete knowledge, incomplete ideas, incomplete teams, and incomplete skillsets. Social media is not some mysterious magic box. Ultimately it is a tool … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Innovation Perspectives, Social Media
Tagged Accelerator, collaboration, communications, Engagement, Tools
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Should I run for President again in 2012?
My presidential campaign picked up a lot of steam in 2008, but of course I came up short. Should I make another run for the presidency in 2012? If you didn’t know I was a front-running presidential candidate in 2008, … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Social Media
Tagged funny, Humor, pass along, social marketing, Video, viral marketing, viral video
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Dumping Facebook Ads the Obvious Choice for GM
The twittersphere erupted with news of GM’s announcement that it was refusing to pay for 2013 Super Bowl advertisements and $10 Million worth of advertising on Facebook. Much of the popular press and self-proclaimed social media experts are jumping on … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing, Social Media
Tagged Advertising, Android, Apple, apps, BMW, Chevrolet, Chevy, Chevy Gametime, facebook, Ford, GM, Harley-Davidson, Honda, iphone, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota
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Effective Conversational Marketing
A few years ago I published a white paper on “Effective Conversational Marketing” and it is still relevant today as my service offering evolves to a B2B Pull Marketing focus. Here is an excerpt: “Introduction What is conversational marketing? Conversational … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Psychology, Social Media
Tagged Conversational Marketing, Pull Marketing, Social Business
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Who is in Your Social Media Band?
It used to be that when you formed a rock band to seek fame and fortune, all you had to do was find a lead singer, a guitarist, a bass player, a drummer, and maybe another guitarist or a keyboard … Continue reading
Guest Innovation Blogger in the Language of Your Choice
Are you looking for a way to increase the innovation knowledge in your organization? Looking for a way to begin installing a common innovation language in your organization? Well then, why not have me (Braden Kelley) as a guest blogger … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing, Social Media
Tagged Articles, blogs, English, German, guest blogger, linkedin, Portuguese, Spanish
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